Hub & Spokes: The Key to Driving Fans to Your Band Website
By David Dufresne, CEO of musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle In a previous blog post we talked about the importance of driving fans to your website. In this post, we’ll go. Continue reading
Bandtastic Joins Concert Crowdfunding Miniboom
Though Bandtastic is based in Mexico City and their site is currently in Spanish, they are planning to expand to other countries and are starting to get some attention in. Continue reading
Upward Spiral Podcast #9: Grizzly Bear’s Twit-troversy, Apple’s “iRadio” & More
This episode features insightful conversations with special guest Ian Rogers (Topspin, This Week In Music), as he shares his thoughts on the recent Twit-troversy sparked when Grizzly Bear urged their fans. Continue reading
Kickstarter: Downloadable Album Tee Combines Shirts & Music For More Artist Revenue
Jeremy Schulz and R-Evolution are crowdfunding the full realization of the Downloadable Album Tee. The Downloadable Album Tee combines a band tshirt with a QR code label to stream or. Continue reading
Turntable.fm Co-Founder Re-Focuses On DJZ EDM Hub, Raises $1 Million
(UPDATED) A year after it's meteoric rise, Turntable.fm is floundering despite $7M in funding. So co-founder Seth Goldstein is shifting focus to launch start-up, DJZ. Pronounced “Dee-Jays”, it is being. Continue reading
Did Major Labels Kill Vinyl? Plus: Vinyl-Only EP Label, 3D Printing Fisher Price Discs
The vinyl resurgence continues with not only a variety of releases, but even some revisionary history via the documentary Last Shop Standing. The film focuses on indie record shops in. Continue reading
Making Your Music Career Profitable & Sustainable
It may seem difficult to sustain a career as a musician, but it may be easier if musicians focused on treating their careers in a professional business manner. Tom Hess. Continue reading
UPDATED: GoDaddy Claims They Were Not Attacked On Monday As Many Music Sites Suffered Outages
(UPDATE 2) Scott Wagner, GoDaddy's interim CEO, said Tuesday that failures forcing several million web sites offline, including many artist and music sites, were caused by an internal network error,. Continue reading
Music Ecommerce Roundup: Green Day Chirpifys, Chirpify Adds Soundscan, WePay vs. PayPal
Between widespread innovation in the online payments industry and special ecommerce tools designed for musicians, we're seeing a deluge of options that are radically improving music ecommerce. Last week Green. Continue reading
Kosha Dillz’ Alternative Strategy For Getting Booked At Music Festivals
Guest post by indie rapper Kosha Dillz (follow @koshadillz). Originally posted at Audible Hype. Many of you know I have been attending events such as Paid Dues and Rock the. Continue reading
