Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Alex Day and the Dilemma of the DIY Pop Star Macklemore's Manager On Music Marketing and Social Media Metallica Splits From WMG To Launch Blackened Recordings Average Musician Grosses $5490. Continue reading
CD Baby Milestone: $250M Paid To Indie Musicians
CD Baby, founded as a backroom enterprise by Derek Sivers and sold to DiscMakers in 2008, announced that it has paid out over $250 million to artists for digital download. Continue reading
New Strategies For Optimizing Your Facebook Posts
Guest post by Valeria Bornstein of Fame House A new research project by social media analytics and software company Buddy Media analyzing brand interactions for Facebook’s Timeline for Pages reveals that the interactions. Continue reading
Macklemore’s Manager On Music Marketing And Social Media
By Chris Franco (@ChrisFranco), entrepreneur and SEO Specialist at Carat, Media Magazine's 2012 Agency of The Year. He blogs at ChrisFranco.org. Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis – collectively known as. Continue reading
Music Ecommerce News: Chill Direct Goes D2F, Card Included Launches, Kout Becomes Ribbon
Chill introduces a new platform for direct to fan video sales called Chill Direct that takes some interesting pointers from crowdfunding. Definitely worth a look for anyone with feature-length projects. Continue reading
Upward Spiral #15: Jason Feinberg (Epitaph Records) On Digital Strategy, Artist Hubs, & More
Jason Feinberg, VP of Digital Strategy at Epitaph / Anti- Records, joins the conversation. As a veteran of the digital music space and an insightful teacher/speaker/writer, Jason has a lot. Continue reading
Average Musician Grosses $5490 Less Than Average American [CHART]
With a backdrop of the radio royalty wars raging in Washington, The Future Of Music Coalition is digging deeper into the data derived from it's Artist Revenue Streams project in. Continue reading
BandPage Adds Deeper Partner Integrations & New Usage Stats
BandPage has just announced deeper integrations with several partners in their new Connect API, as well as new usage numbers for their platform. Musicians can now update Facebook, Twitter and. Continue reading
Alex Day And The Dilemma Of The DIY Pop Star
Last year Alex Day's Christmas campaign took his single "Forever Yours" to #4 on the UK singles chart earning him a Guinness World Record for highest charting single by an. Continue reading
SoundCloud’s Major ‘Next’ Upgrade Leaves Beta, Mobile Due 12/6
The major redesign and upgraded Next SoundCloud has launched from private beta and is now the platform for all SoundCloud users. The re-engineered platform increases engagement more than 30% over. Continue reading
