DJ Shadow Releases First Ever Monetized BitTorrent Bundle
DJ Shadow and Fame House are pursuing a wide range of marketing partnerships for the upcoming archival project "Total Breakdown: Hidden Transmissions From The MPC Era, 1992-1996" featuring previously unreleased. Continue reading
BandPage Expands To Become Hub For Musician Content On The Web
When Facebook required brand and band pages to switch over to the Timeline layout earlier this year, many Facebook application providers felt an uncomfortable blow as the new layout resulted. Continue reading
Online Street Teams: How to Motivate Fans To Spread The Word For You
Guest post by Moses Soyoola (@moseyshow), co-founder of Jamplify (@jampaigns), a promotional platform that turns fans into active promoters of artists' content. Whatever happened to street teams? It used to. Continue reading
Beyond Social Media Basics: Instagram, Pinterest & Soundcloud
This post originally appeared on the FanBridge Blog and is part of the Fan Marketing Institute. For weekly lessons like this one sent to your inbox, sign up here. Facebook. Continue reading
TechStars TV Seeks Free Music, But Is “Free” A Fair Deal For Musicians?
An ever-increasing and somewhat bewildering array of free marketing opportunities on the web are being offered to musicians in exchange for free music. Sometimes that means streaming music on a. Continue reading
Moozar Creates A Virtual & Social ‘Tip Jar’ For Musicians
Moozar is a unique app that allows people to monetarily “reward” musicians when consuming their content online, akin to how one would provide a tip for musicians on the street,. Continue reading
The Fan Haystack: New Technologies Sift For Needles
Guest post by Alex Hoffman (@alexbhoffman). The Katy Perry superfan that not only streams her music ten times a day, but also comments, shares, favorites, and downloads, is subject to the. Continue reading
Twitter Unveils Targeted Tweets For Location & Device-Based Messaging
Twitter has announced a new feature that allows brands to target tweets towards specific users, with the unveiling of Targeted Tweets – an enhancement to their Promoted Tweets feature. Now. Continue reading
The Role Of The Local Promoter vs. The Local Band
Guest post by Lance Tobin (@ltliveboston) who runs a musician-based tax accounting firm and is an independent concert promoter in Boston. One of the most advantageous relationships an artist or. Continue reading
INgrooves Fontana Partners With PledgeMusic For New Indie Label Direct-To-Fan Channel
A few years ago, releases at a major music distributor funded by $10's and $20's from fans was almost unthinkable. Today, indie music distributor INgrooves Fontana added that option to. Continue reading
