I Fight Dragons Case Study: 1 Song, 7.5 Writers, 18+ Versions & Major Label Rejection [VIDEO]
The music of I Fight Dragons is a combination of pop and rock with chiptune, featuring electronic sounds made using Nintendo Game Boys. Atlantic Records thought enough of the band. Continue reading
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(UPDATED) By Tyler Hayes, who runs the music discovery site Nxt Big Thing. Up until recently the solution for artists not making money on their music recordings was for them. Continue reading
Can Short Video Apps Like Strum, Viddy, VJAM, Snapchat & Vine Be Used For Music Marketing?
Though it's easy to be attracted to every shiny new mobile app that comes down the pike, and I'm certainly prey to such Jackdaw thinking, most photo apps are only. Continue reading
DIY Rapper Kellee Maize On Building Her Brand With SEO, P2P & Creative Commons Releases
Kellee Maize is a Pittsburgh-based rapper who has the top spot on Google for "female rapper" and has topped both Amazon's free albums chart and held the honor of most. Continue reading
Musicmetric Adds Spotify To Music Analytics Platform
If you care about music data analytics – and you should – you've got a lot to smile about this week. Fresh off yesterday's announcement that it scored $4.7M in. Continue reading
Musicmetric Scores $4.7 For Affordable Music, Entertainment Data Analytics
UK and LA based Musicmetric has scored a new $4.7 million investment to expand its music analytics service and other data services for the entertainment industry. New investor Imperial Innovations. Continue reading
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By indie rapper Kosha Dillz who is in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign. Although we operate in what is called a superficial business (aka the music industry), I truly. Continue reading
BandPage Extends Profiles, Concert Dates To Pandora, Facebook, Twitter & Soundcloud
BandPage has again expanded it's artist's platform to include new integrations with Twitter, Facebook, Soundcloud and concert listings on Pandora. The Twitter, Facebook and SoundCloud integrations allow artists to manage. Continue reading
Selling Music On iTunes? Fandalism Has Lowest Distro Fees, GeoRiot Simplifies Affiliate Sales
Great news for musicians is not always good for incumbent services for artists. In the case of iTunes music sales, musicians' network Fandalism is introducing the lowest distribution fees now. Continue reading
