Music Marketing On Messaging Apps: New Social Networks Attract Millions Of Young People
Messaging apps with a variety of features beyond text messaging are emerging as popular social networks among young people around the world. In both Japan and Korea messaging apps are. Continue reading
Ghost Beach Sparks Piracy Conversation With Artists vs Artists Campaign
Ethan Schiff is an artist manager, consultant for independent artists, and music industry blogger. He can be reached on Twitter @ethanschiff or through his blog: www.SchiffBlog.com. Ghost Beach, self-described as. Continue reading
Preempting April Fools: The Case Of The Google Street View Music Video
In a pre-April Fool's media stunt, Gunnar & the Grizzly Boys released a music video that appears to have been shot from a Google Street View car's camera. It's a. Continue reading
Ali Spagnola Turns Drinking Game Into Musical Empire
Ali Spagnola took a drinking game called Power Hour and turned it into the basis for an album, concert and shot glass USB. Then she got sued by a trademark. Continue reading
5 Ways Musicians Can Benefit From Google Glass[es]
Love 'em, hate 'em, it doesn't matter. Google Glass or Glasses, depending on what suits, are going to be part of your reality. Welcome to a wearable technology that will. Continue reading
Social Media Impact For Musicians: How Conan O’Brien Beats Out Other Late Night Shows
By Liv Buli (@lbuli)), Resident Data Journalist for music analytics company Next Big Sound. Last March, jazz-funk jam band Galactic took to Conan O’Brien’s stage and performed the track “Hey. Continue reading
TheTalkhouse: Musicians Writing About Other Musicians
New online publication TheTalkhouse starts with a simple premise: musicians from all genres and generations writing about the latest releases. There's a also twist: the artists being written about will. Continue reading
Musicians: Marketing Is Part Of Everything You Do
For many people the term "marketing" conjures up images of cheezy advertising or pushy sales people or wack gimmicks to catch the attention of the press. So if you're a. Continue reading
The Potential Of Project Based Artist Apps
By Casandra Govor (@casandragovor) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. It’s only fair to say mobile music hasn’t started with apps. In the pre-smartphone era, in the mid-2000s, mobile generated. Continue reading
Pheed Monetizes Social Media But Is It The Powerhouse The Press Is Claiming?
Pheed is an interesting social media and content monetization network that is worth checking out for a number of reasons. It's getting a lot of media coverage, claims lots of. Continue reading
“I Would Die 4 U” – 9 Principles 4 Becoming A Musical Icon From Touré’s New Book About Prince
Saturday night Prince put on what Eric R. Danton, writing for Rolling Stone, termed an "epic concert" to close out SXSW. Tomorrow a new book about Prince by Touré, called. Continue reading
