Why Musicians Make Little While Music Services and Distributors Make Billions [JEFF PRICE]
By Jeff Price, the founder of TuneCore and now founder/CEO of Audiam. In today's new music industry of peer-to-peer file sharing, download stores, and on-demand streams, it's hard enough for. Continue reading
MySpace Reports Growth: Daily Site Visits +7M, Artist Profiles Up 340%
MySpace is reporting some cautious optimism following their relaunch in June. The company says that their audience grew from 24 million prior to launch to 31 million in its first. Continue reading
5 Vital Features For Your Band Website
Social Media is an unprecedented promotional outlet on many levels, but taking the time to strategically customize your band's website gets you more mileage for your time. Not sure where. Continue reading
Spotify’s New Spotlight Feature Provides Bigger Marketing Boost For Spotify Than For Artists
This week Spotify launched a couple of features that have marketing elements while expanding Spotify's presence on the web and deepening the content available to keep listeners engaged. Spotify Follow. Continue reading
Dave Stewart Launching First Artist Bank As “Global Creative Community Bank”
Dave Stewart is an excellent example of a musician not simply adjusting to changing times but taking an active role in those changes. Stewart's latest move is a plan to. Continue reading
No Repress/Fistcogs Anonymously Battle “People Playing Wall Street” With Collectible Vinyl
Though the entities behind No Repress are anonymous, they're getting a positive response to their new service Fistcogs which is designed to combat vinyl speculators with particular inspiration from the. Continue reading
7 Ways I Paint The Lemons Gold On Tour [Kosha Dillz]
By indie rapper Kosha Dillz (@koshadillz). Writing this from a San Francisco airport while I head in to Medford to play with my dude Matisyahu on the Good Vibes Tour.. Continue reading
Spotify Adds Follow Buttons, But Will Artists and Labels Use Them?
Spotify has added Follow buttons in the hopes that artists, labels, blogs and brands will embed them on sites. The buttons make it easy for web visitors to follow artists,. Continue reading
Hootsuite Adds SoundCloud App For Listening To, Posting and Sharing Music
HootSuite is one of the more popular social media tools that allow you to manage multiple social media accounts from one interface. A variety of third party apps are available. Continue reading
The Musician’s Unconventional Guide To Getting A Record Label Deal
By Budi Voogt who runs Heroic Recordings, an artist management agency and record label. He blogs about music marketing and the industry and his first book, "The Soundcloud Bible," is. Continue reading
