SFX Owned Beatport Aquirehires Listn, Will Shut It Down
To date, know one has built and sustained a popular music based social network. But that is exactly what SFX owned EDM hub Beatport hopes to to with has acquired music. Continue reading
Project Music Is Ready To Fund $20,000 Seed Round For 6 – 8 Startups
Eight music and entertainment companies have committed to providing seed investment funds to select startups through a 14 week music tech accelerator at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. The six to eight. Continue reading
Meghan Trainor Claims #1 on Billboard Hot 100 Charts for 7th Consecutive Week
No one expected IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) winner Meghan Trainor to dethrone Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj or Iggy Azalea, but that is exactly what she's done for seven weeks. Continue reading
Rhapsody Names New CEO
Rhapsody has always been music streaming's quiet competitor. They were among the first to the party, but have since have avoided splashy moves – no big ad campaigns or free. Continue reading
Top 5 Networking ‘Strategies’ That Will Make People Hate You: CMJ Edition
By Kim Kelly on Sonicbids Blog New York City's annual CMJ Music Marathon festival is right around the corner, and I thought this year's music industry conference-slash-festival-slash-shitshow would serve as a handy setting for. Continue reading
Apple Launched The Digital Music Revolution 13 Years Ago Today
Apple introduced the first iPod 13 years ago today on October 23, 2001. It was 8 1/2 months after the Mac only version of iTunes had been released. While there were. Continue reading
Is Bandcamp’s “Subscribe” Feature the Answer to Sustainable Digital Music Consumption, or Has Streaming Won The Race?
By Tyler Hayes, Freelance Writer & Blogger Bandcamp is a website on a mission to provide musicians with the tools necessary to sell their recorded music–both digitally and physically. It's an. Continue reading
Jawbone Debuts Drop – A Twitter Based Playlist App, Shutters Playgrund.fm
[UPDATED] Audio hardware maker Jawbone has debuted Drop. The app plays instant mix based on your favorite songs from Spotify or Rdio, and take song requests from your friends through Twitter.. Continue reading
7 Quick Reminders To Improve Your CMJ Experience
CMJ is happening right now and you are all probably overwhelmed. It's ok. If you are not there or if you are, you can use these things in every day. Continue reading
Startup Academy Adds Music Tech Elevator Pitch Shark Tank
[UPDATED] Music Biz is hosting the Music Startup Academy: Startups, Rights & Artists in New York at General Assembly on Tuesday November 4th. They've added an Elevator Pitch SharkTank which offers startups 3-5. Continue reading
iTunes 12.woe
By Peter Getty from PeterGettyMusic.com Man, I loved iTunes (and, of course, the iPod) when it first came out. After toying with it for about two minutes, I knew I was done. Continue reading
