EvntLive Raises $2.3 Million From Lady Gaga’s Troy Carter, Vint Cerf & More
We've been hearing about online concert startup EvntLive for months. Details on how they plan to differentiate themselves from a growing number of competitors have been scare, but today we. Continue reading
Concert Promoters Assoc Taps Michael Belkin As President
NACPA, the North American Concert Promoters Association, has elected their new board for 2013 at their annual meeting, held this year at L.A. Live. Michael Belkin (Live Nation – Cleveland). Continue reading
Timbre Scores $360K To Take Local Music Discovery App Global
Boostrapped live music discovery app Timbre, has scored $360,000 in seed funding from Fred Destin at Atlas, Boston Seed Capital’s Nicole Stata and Bantam Group’s Joe Caruso. The IOS app,. Continue reading
Banana Stand Media Documents Live Shows From Their Secret Venue In Portland
Banana Stand Media is a really interesting project that focuses on making live recordings by Portland bands for a small audience in what they claim is a "secret venue." Since. Continue reading
Mixify Announces RISE Free Online EDM Fest Lineup: Knife Party, R3HAB, Tritonal, Rob Garza & More
(UPDATED) Mixify, a live streaming platform for DJs, has announced the lineup for its RISE Digital Music Festival – a 30 hour, 3 day live online fest including headliners Knife. Continue reading
Portland Musician Allegedly Impersonates Springsteen’s Manager, Takes $370K From Investors
A Portland-based musician has been charged with fraud over allegations that he bilked investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by posing as influential industry figures.According to Seattle Weekly,. Continue reading
BandsInTown Launches Spotify Tour Dates App
Concert recommendation and notification app BandsInTown has launched a Spotify app. Bandsintown now synchs directly with the songs, albums, and playlists users listen to on Spotify. Competing concert listing service. Continue reading
Seattle Secret Shows Create Special Events Where Musicians Get Paid
By Musician and Marketing Consultant Solveig Whittle (@shadesofsolveig). I recently attended an “intimate” Saturday night show with 100 other people in a secret location at a dance studio on the. Continue reading
Ticketmaster Finally Ditches Much Hated CAPTCHA
If you are like most people, you are aggrivated by trying to puzzle out the squiggly lines used to separate humans from spam bots on websites. Known as CAPTCHA, the. Continue reading
The 3 Most Profitable DIY Revenue Streams, And Why Many Artists Succeed At Only One Of Them
Guest post by Jay Frank (@Repojay) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Independent artists can make more money than ever before. The walls of major label distribution have crumbled,. Continue reading
