5 Lessons For The Music Industry From “Weird Al” Yankovic
By Kevin Erickson from Future of Music Coalition. Last week, beloved musical humorist “Weird Al” Yankovic dropped his new album Mandatory Fun. Propelled by a set of eight viral videos,. Continue reading
Top 10 Earning Dead Musicians
Sadly, for some artists and muscians, being dead is more lucrative than being alive. 1. Michael Jackson – 160 million last year 2. Kurt Cobain – $50 million 3. Elvis. Continue reading
Michelle Shocked Calls Out Digital Music Execs On Silent Album Release
Activist singer songwriter Michelle Shocked has released "Inaudible Woman," an 11 track 'silent' album completely devoid of sound via CD Baby. Each 'song' is named after a prominent music industry. Continue reading
Find and Promote New Music Tech Sites and Apps With Product Hunt
Product Hunt is an increasingly popular site, launched late last year, that posts links to new websites and apps (the products in question). It seems to be taking on some. Continue reading
Top Pandora Execs Donate To Anti-Gay, Anti-Abortion Congressmen
Pandora founder Tim Westergren, its CEO and half of the company's board of directors have made campaign donations to several powerful anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion Republican Congressman. Utah Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz. Continue reading
Spotify Adds More Sonic Control with Equalizer
Spotify has upgraded its iOS app adding an equalizer. There are 22 presets for specifc genres including electronic, hip-hop and classical; or users can manually chose their own equalizer settings. The update is. Continue reading
Rhapsody Passes 2 Million Paid Subscribers, Expands French and Latin American Services
Rhapsody announced this morning that its has more than 2 million paid subscribers globally across its Rhapsody, Napster, recently launched UnRadio services. It's a significant milestone for the music streamer,. Continue reading
Can Indie Music Discovery App ‘Next’ Find Success Where So Many Have Failed?
Tinder is a mobile dating app that allows you to pick out those that interest you by swiping one way and dismissing those that don't by swiping the other. There's. Continue reading
Politics of EDM: Festival Bans Plains Indian Warbonnets, Sniffer Dogs Not So Easy To Ban
With electronic music a large part of youth culture, we're seeing numerous issues surface that have come up in the past. The trend of wearing Plains Indian warbonnets, aka "Native. Continue reading
Sony’s Major Label Shenanigans Revealed By American Idol Lawsuit
By copyright and intellectual property attorney Wallace E. J. Collins III, Esq.. 19 Entertainment, the record company founded by “American Idol” creator Simon Fuller, has sued Sony Music Entertainment for. Continue reading
