Festicket Raises $680K For Festival Booking Platform
Founded after experiencing of trying to book a trip from the UK to Coechella in 2011, festival booking platform Festicket has just raised $680,000 in new funding. Investors include France's. Continue reading
Timbre App Offers Music Guide To SXSW, Now For Android And iOS
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. If you live in a place and you enjoy live music, you might enjoy Timbre. To find good shows near your place, you need. Continue reading
Daytrotter Builds Niche With Exclusive Recordings Of Live Indie Music
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The best and worst things about digital media, depending on your perspective, are the same: Files can be copied endlessly, without degradation. This is. Continue reading
Music Scenes: The Benefit Of Focusing At The Local Level
Guest post by Richard Pulvino (@rpulvino) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. From the late 90’s to early 2000’s, I immersed myself in the local hardcore music scene. Continue reading
TheHub.fm Music Merch Management & Sales App Launches At SXSW March 8th
TheHub.fm is an ecommerce music merch startup featuring a mobile app that will be available in beta on March 8th. Bands can use the app to manage their merch inventory. Continue reading
How To Make The Freemium World Pay
Guest post by Alicia Yaffe (@thespllbndgroup) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. I saw a great tweet recently from a satirical Twitter account which said: “Welcome to the. Continue reading
3 Ways To Maximize SXSW Music Media Attention Even If You’ve Waited Until Now
If you're just now thinking about how to get the most media exposure out of your trip to SXSW Music, then you're way behind the curve. But there's still time. Continue reading
Revenue Up, But Losses Widen At Live Nation
Despite a strong increase in Q4 revenue, Live Nation's losses for 2012 widened, impacted by a $68.2 million charge in the wake of former chairman Irving Azoff's departure in December.. Continue reading
8 Ways To Take On SXSW If They Didn’t Take You
Indie rapper Kosha Dillz (@koshadillz) will perform at SXSW on March 13. SXSW is coming up and everyone is going. Everyone is talking. The Grammy's didn't let you win this. Continue reading
Instrumachines And Live Electronic Music From The Past To The Future
By Bryan Kim (@freshbreakfast), Director of Business Development at Tracks.by, from his personal blog. This past summer, on the way to see headlining act Girl Talk, I accidentally stumbled upon. Continue reading
