Heavy Rain Strands TomorrowWorld Festival Goers, Pushes SFXE Stock Down Sharply
Reports of heavy rains that left many concert goers stranded and others demanding refunds at Atlanta's TomorrowWorld festival sent promoter SFX's already battered stock falling as much as 12% on. Continue reading
How To Rock Madison Square Garden Without Even Being On Stage
While many assume that most hip hop stars simply sing over a backing track when they perform, there is actually an incredible amount of preparation and orchestration which goes into. Continue reading
Overheard @ The Tunecore Indie Artist Forum
Last week, Tunecore brought together LA's indie music community for its first ever Indie Artist Forum. By all measures, the day was a success and with Tunecore already stepping up. Continue reading
Facebook Is Offline! [STAY CALM…]
3:53 PM ET Monday Its back up. Exhale… Facebook has been down for almost an hour. Hard to believe this could happen, particularly mid-day on a busy Monday. No word yet. Continue reading
Soundwave Helps Music Apps Solve Cold Start Problem
In this episode of Music Biz Podcast, we talk with Craig Watson, the co-founder of Soundwave, a popular music discovery app. They also make an SDK, called Shine, that helps. Continue reading
How Much Will Losing “Happy Birthday” Copyright Cost Warner Music?
Warner Music has owned what it believed to be a copyright for the iconic song "Happy Birthday" since 1988. But last week, a federal judge declared their copyright entirely invalid.. Continue reading
YouTube Paid Subscription Music And Video Service To Launch In October [REPORT]
The music industry has been pushing Google to monetize YouTube beyond just advertising since shortly after its launch 10 years ago. After more than a year of beta trails and. Continue reading
Why You Still Should Register A “Copyrighted” Work
While many creatives in the entertainment industry believe (and are partly correct) that a work is copyrighted as soon as it is fixed in a tangible medium it still pays,. Continue reading