Business & Music: EDMbiz Invades Vegas, NMS Adds NY Music Festival, Sweden’s Trigger Creative
Music industry conferences and live music festivals seem like a successful combination so news that new ventures are being launched to add business to music and vice versa should come. Continue reading
Slowbizz Shifts To Pinterest To Grow Global House Concert Network
(UPDATED) If you're having trouble growing your own network, why not use some else's? That's the motivation behind global house concert network Slowbizz's shift of their entire artist discovery platform. Continue reading
O Music Awards Tips Nominees, Lineup: Flaming Lips vs. Jay-Z, Most Fucked Up Live Show & More
The third edition of O Music Awards will take place June 27th with 24 hours of events starting in Memphis and ending in New Orleans. During the day, The Flaming. Continue reading
Alternatives To Scalping Your Own Tickets: Tikly, TicketMob, Ticketscript
The recent news regarding String Cheese Incident scalping their own tickets suggests the need for more attention to emerging alternative ticket services. Tikly shares some similar perspectives with String Cheese;. Continue reading
How A Small Music Festival Revived A Texas Town [It’s Not Austin]
35 Denton is a local music festival in Denton, TX that features the excessive wealth of local talent in the Denton indie music scene while also including unique headliners. Begun. Continue reading
Ovation: Sell Live Recordings Right After The Show
Offering fans the opportunity to purchase live recordings right after a great show could be a powerful future revenue stream for musicians, and Migratory Music is offering the Ovation Tower. Continue reading
String Cheese Incident Scalps $20,000 Of Own Tickets In Battle With Ticketmaster
Continuing their ongoing battle with Ticketmaster, jam rockers String Cheese Incident sent 50 fans to the box office of LA's Greek theater armed with $20,000 in cash from the band.. Continue reading
Two Festivals Reclaim The Indie Spirit: Mass Creation & Northside
SXSW is a hugely successful festival that began as a small gathering of indie music bands and fans back in the 20th Century. While its current combination of music, film. Continue reading
From Dive Bars To The Daughtry Tour: How Mike Sanchez Is Using New Media To Realize His Dream
Guest post by Chris Borchert of kickshuffle. Just before Mike Sanchez finishes his set, he whips out his iPhone and snaps a picture of the crowd. “Follow me on Twitter. Continue reading
Look Sessions Austin: 27 Bands Performing In A Hotel Room During SXSW
Look Sessions is a series of stripped down live performances envisioned and videotaped by musician/media artist Andrea Alseri. Alseri emphasizes an aesthetic and practical approach she terms "One Mic, One. Continue reading
Live Nation Revenue Up 2%, Losses Widen In Q1 2012
Concert, event and ticketing giant Live Nation shared their first quarter 2012 earnings summary late yesterday and losses for the period widened to $69.15 million over $48.46 million in the. Continue reading
