DigiTour 2012 Brings YouTube Music Stars To Stage
DigiTour is getting set for its second season, a five week tour of musical acts made popular on YouTube. DigiTour has been described by one of its cofounders, Meridith Valiando,. Continue reading
Thrillcall: A Groupon For Live Music
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Most of the time, the decision to see live music takes place weeks or even months in advance. You know the routine:. Continue reading
Chinese Indie Artists Shanren Use RocketHub To Finance North American Tour
Formed in China's Yunnan province, Shanren fuses Chinese folk music from multiple ethnic groups with contemporary western forms. They toured Korea and appeared at midem in Cannes. Now they're planning. Continue reading
Music Meets Tech At Unique MTV O Music Awards Unboxed Events
The O Music Awards is a music and tech oriented event from MTV that happens twice a year. Now event organizers are adding to the year's schedule with Unboxed, an. Continue reading
Concert Tracking App Bandsintown Used By 50,000 Bands, 3 Million Fans
Live concert tracking app Bandsintown,says it now has 50,000+ artists using the platform to manage & promote tour dates to a fanbase of 3 million active monthly users. Bandsintown also. Continue reading
Bonnaroo’s First Decade Nets $5 Million To Charities
Promoters of the Bonnaroo festival announced that after the first 10 years of the festival, they have donated more than $5 million to local, regional and national charities and organizations. . Continue reading
Live Nation CEO Predicts Strong Year For Live Music
Live Nation President and CEO Michael Rapino is upbeat about the live industry's prospects in 2012. In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, Rapino reiterated what the company. Continue reading
Gigs4Good: Connecting Artists & Non-Profits
Team Up for Nonprofits is a Seattle-based nonprofit that organizes music events for other nonprofits in their Gigs4Good program. Created in 2009, they're building up to their 10th event benefitting. Continue reading
Indie Band Spanish Prisoners Using Kickstarter To Buy Van For SXSW Trip [VIDEO]
A lot of elements go into a successful Kickstarter campaign. Spanish Prisoners combine a unique request, funding the purchase of a low-budget tour van, with unique offerings, songs recorded in. Continue reading
American D.I.Y. Musician Establishes A Base In China
After writing about 88tc88 and the potential for outside acts to develop an audience in China, I heard from Aaron Gibson, a DIY'er in every sense of the word, who. Continue reading
