Curation Is King: Google Acquires Songza For $39M
(UPDATED) Google has acquired mood and activity based streaming music service Songza. Original reports put the price tag at $15 million, but several rumored suitors likely pushed the deal to. Continue reading
Bandsintown’s New Manager App Adds Artist Marketing Tools For The Road
Back in February concert listing service Bandsintown launched Bandsintown For Promoters with concert marketing tools. Today they announced the official launch of Bandsintown Manager, a mobile app for iOS and. Continue reading
Smule’s New Smuush Turns Vine Clips Into Crowdsourced Music Videos
Smule has focused on apps that typically allow everyone to participate in making music. With the launch of Smuush, they are now experimenting with tech that turns community participation into. Continue reading
Apple Removes Music Download Apps From iTunes
Over the last month Apple has been removing most of the most popular music downloading apps from its App Store. Included are apps that linked to third-party file sharing sites. A. Continue reading
Feel The Beat: Trending DJ Apps For iPhone
This is a guest post by Jason Phillips and Airplane Games 365! Remember the good ol’ days when a party DJ had to carry a few large boxes of equipment. Continue reading
SoundCloud Throws Out Baby With Bathwater? Nice App Design But Musicians Feel Screwed
SoundCloud's new iOS app is getting lots of coverage. Many are excited by the design and it is an awesome looking app that encourages checking out new music. Unfortunately in. Continue reading
The Set Lister: Create A Spotify Playlist From Band’s Last Show
Want to relive a bit of a concert by your favorite band? Going to a show and want to know more about one of the artists playing? The Set Lister. Continue reading
Sidestep’s New Music Merch App Boosting Sales
Sidestep is a mobile merch app that's designed to allow fans to pick up merch at the show or to have it shipped home. This month Sidestep launched a brand. Continue reading
ROK Mobile, Music Streaming To Launch In U.S. Launch July 4th
ROK Mobile, a single price combined service that includes unlimited voice, texts, data and full access to a 20 million song catalog – will launch in the U.S. on July 4th.. Continue reading
Spotify Gives Developers Playlist Creation Superpowers
The new Spotify Web API gives developers the ability to create and add tracks to a playlist for the user. "This is a pretty powerful feature opening the door for. Continue reading
Gracenote’s Echo Nest Replacement ‘Rhythm’ To Power ROK Music Streaming
When Spotify bought The Echo Nest, it sent the many users of the later's music data and streaming algorithms scrambling. Gracenote was among the first to deliver a serious alternative. Continue reading
