Kickstarter Bets On Independent Music With Drip.com Aquistion
Last month, Drip announced that it was shutting down its indie label and artist subscription service. Now, top crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, who would seem to be losing some music market. Continue reading
YouTube, Google Play Reverse Course, Join T-Mobile’s “Binge On” Free Streaming Plan
Google has been a strong public supporter of net neutrality and critic of "throttling" which would favor specific content providers. Apparently, those standards don't apply to its own Google Play. Continue reading
Spotify Agrees To $30 Million Settlement With Nat’l Music Publishers Assoc. Over Unpaid Royalties
Spotify's use of unlicensed songs is the subject of several lawsuits, two of which are currently seeking class action status. Today the music streamer offered another path to payments that. Continue reading
6 Essential Tips For Making A Zero Budget Music Video
Looking to make a music video but have literally no money to spend on it? Not a problem. Here we look a six different tips for how you can make. Continue reading
What If Music Copyright Didn’t Exist?
In this though experiment, we examine what a music industry devoid of copyright would look like, and if it would really leave artists any worse off than they are now,. Continue reading
Stupid Marketing Music Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
While shelling out money for email blasts and flooding social media can be tempting methods of promotion, such techniques can do more harm than good. Here, we look a some. Continue reading
Tidal Extends Free Trials To Let Users Hear Updates To Kanye West’s “The Life Of Pablo” Album
Yesterday we wrote about how, by issuing multiple updates, Kayne West was using music streaming to rewrite what it means to release an album from statement to ongoing conversation. The only. Continue reading
Chinese And Canadian Indie Music Fuse in Toronto
The internet had helped unlikely artists create global careers and true music fans uncover far flung treasures. But some things are still best peculated in person. Such is the unusual. Continue reading
Are Instagramers Better Listeners? First Instagram Music Study Released [MUST READ]
A recent study resulting from the collaboration between Nielsen and Instagram Music has provided some fascinating insight into the relationship between artists' careers and their presence on Instagram, as well. Continue reading
