Apple Denies 200 Jobs Cut At Beats, But Admits Some Are Coming
UPDATE 2: Sources close to both Beats and Apple are denying earlier reports of 200 person layoffs at Beats, but admit that some may be coming soon: "We're excited to. Continue reading
Ryan Farish Shares What He’s Learned Streaming Music On MP3.com, YouTube and Spotify
Brad Hill at RAIN interviews electronic music artist Ryan Farish who got his start sharing music via MP3.com and went on to huge success on such platforms as the Weather. Continue reading
Australia Invades The US Charts: 5 Seconds Of Summer Debuts At #1
Australia invaded the Nielsen SoundScan Billboard charts this week with 5 Seconds of Summer scoring the 3rd largest overall debut of 2014 by selling 259,000 copies. It’s also the biggest. Continue reading
Music Magazines Move To Apps With Mixed Results
By Knar Bedian, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Sound of Boston and journalist previously published in Billboard, Wired, AUX Magazine and Gizmodo. Imagine if every recipe in a cooking. Continue reading
Beat Junkies Debut Direct-to-DJ Digital Record Pool
Record or music pools trace back to David Mancuso's efforts in the 1970s to get record labels to share new releases with a group of djs that played in clubs. Continue reading
9 Tips For Successful DIY Tour Booking
(UPDATED) By Lee Duck for the Sonicbids Blog. It’s no secret that in today’s industry, musicians are much more than musicians. Often we have to be our own booking agents, publicists,. Continue reading
How Art Became Advertising
Innovative ways to harness your creativity and captivate your audience is the name of the game these days. The times when standard block print slapped on a billboard got everyone's. Continue reading
No Virgin Mobile Free Fest For 2014
Virgin Mobile FreeFest, the one day music festival produced by Seth Hurwitz IMP Productions, has ended its run. The festival, originally held at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore in 2006,. Continue reading
Specialty Music Streamer Saavn Nears $30-40 Million Funding Round
New York based music streaming service Saavn is close to raising $30-40 million in a deal reportedly led by Hong Kong-based hedge fund Steadview Capital, according to the Economic Times.. Continue reading
