How Can Jimmy Iovine Misrepresent Music Curation Without Undermining Music By Beats?
Jimmy Iovine's recent misrepresentation of the current state of music discovery, encapsulated in repeated assertions in multiple interviews on the theme that there is no human music curation by streaming. Continue reading
Agile Marketing For DIY Musicians
By Musician and Marketing Consultant Solveig Whittle (@shadesofsolveig). Agile Marketing is a term that takes its inspiration from Agile Development, a methodology ”defined” in 2001 by a group of programmers. Continue reading
Vyclone Helps Fans & Bands Work Together To Create Music Videos From Live Shows
Over the coming months, I'll be adding a focus on mobile apps developed for use by professional musicians in the broadest sense. Last week I interviewed the cofounders of two. Continue reading
Uniform Motion Creates Treasure Hunt Using Fan-Submitted Sounds For New Album
By Mike Masnick of Techdirt. We've written a few times about the band Uniform Motion out of France, which got some fame last year for being incredibly open about how. Continue reading
Tea For Tyrants Hits Kickstarter Goal To Bundle Digital Music With Physical Tea [Updated]
Tea for Tyrants is a project from Andy Angelos and Phil Lomac, the duo also known as Lovely Tyrants. To promote a new EP they decided to offer their own. Continue reading
Attack Marketing: Monster Disses Beats By Dr. Dre As Swizz Beatz Joins Board
Late last week two contrasting narratives emerged regarding the breakup and subsequent business moves of former partners Monster and Beats Electronics best known for the co-creation of Beats by Dr.. Continue reading
Justin Timberlake Named Bud Light’s Creative Director, Will He Help Them Like He Did MySpace?
Justin Timberlake has just been named Bud Light Platinum's new creative director. ""Partnering with Justin as he makes his return to music brings a new level of relevance and credibility. Continue reading
5 Email Marketing Rules From Six-Figure Musician
David Hooper recently released "Six-Figure Musician," a book that says it will tell you "How to Sell More Music, Get More People to Your Shows, and Make More Money in. Continue reading
Videogram Creates Free Comic-Style Display Of Images From Your Music Video
A new batch of businesses graduated from 500 Startups' accelerator program this week. One of them was Videogram, a product of Cinemacraft. Videogram takes your video upload or YouTube link. Continue reading
Music Marketing Success With Videos: Garcia Goodbye, SoundTube, Vine Madness
I've gathered together some pretty different examples of music marketing and tools related to videos though only one is a straight up music video tool. Garcia Goodbye took a small. Continue reading
