Universal Music Joins $1.3M VIDA Seed Round
San Francisco-based socially conscious e-commerce platform VIDA has closed a $1.3 million seed funding round led by Google Ventures, The Valley Fund and Universal Music Group. VIDA discovers artists from. Continue reading
YouTube Music Key Streaming Service Finally Launches – Free & Paid
[UPDATED] The long promised YouTube music service finally launched today. Based on the freemium model. YouTube Music Key comes in two parts. The free version, for now at least, attempts. Continue reading
Grooveshark Fires Back After Spotify CEO Calls Them A “Pirate Service”
The subject of multiple lawsuits, Grooveshark has long been music streaming's bad boy; and that extends to a willingness to fight back when someone throws a punch. That certainly was this. Continue reading
YouTube Cuts Merlin Deal To Bring Indies To Music Subscription Service
YouTube Music has just launched. Details here. The deal for indies: We've been hearing that YouTube would be launching a subscription service "soon" for months. But the devil is always. Continue reading
The Rap Industry Needs SMS Marketing
By Max Porter at CallFire. With less than 10 percent of Facebook posts, and possibly less tweets, ever viewed, text messages have an open rate estimated at 98 percent and 90 percent texts are read. Continue reading
#SFMusicTech Summit | Recap & Remarks
Let's start by admitting that I'm about to break several basic rules of journalism. While there's reporting in this piece, I am also a newly minted fan of SF Music. Continue reading
5 Quick Email Etiquette Tips for Bands (and Everyone Else)
By Bobby Borg on Sonicbids Blog While the internet and new technologies propel the world into the future, I'm amazed by how many of us have the online etiquette of a caveperson.. Continue reading
Why Your Band Isn’t Going To Be In Rolling Stone
By Angela Mastrogiacomo of MuddyPawPR.com As a publicist, one of the first questions I ask potential clients is “what do you view as a successful campaign?” This is crucial because it lets. Continue reading
