Why Audimated.com Paying Your Fans Is A Bad Idea
(UPDATED) Audimated.com is a new social media site for independent musicians and fans; they want to help artists make more money with their music, and give fans a financial incentive. Continue reading
FanBridge Introduces “FanRank” Feature
Direct-to-fan platform FanBridge has released a new feature called "FanRank." It is an automated fan list segmentation engine based on loyalty/engagement fans demonstrate across email, social networks, mobile, etc. This. Continue reading
Jeff Price Of TuneCore “Apologizes” To Silverman
Jeff Price, CEO of the digital music distributor TuneCore, has been vocal about his disagreements with Tommy Silverman in the past, but when charged with the account of helping clutter. Continue reading
OK Go Gets Roasted In A Parody & Eats “Giant Pie”
The Internet and Mobile TV platform Babelgum has created a viral video parody of the group OK GO called "Giant Pie." Blogger Brenna Ehrlich over at Mashable suspects that the. Continue reading
Seth Godin On Payola & Music Marketing
Marketer Seth Godin published this interesting insight today on his blog: "For 20 years, the Billboard charts were easy to manipulate. By paying radio stations and some retailers, record labels. Continue reading
Killola: How To Create Merch That Keeps On Giving
Garage-pop rockers Killola, joining forces with Aderra, a digital distributor of live concert recordings, have created USB Dogtags – that not only serve as a unique merch item to sell. Continue reading
Prince: “The internet’s completely over.”
According to the artist commonly known as Prince, in an interview with the UK's Daily Mirror – the publication that will be giving away his new album 20TEN in a. Continue reading
Apples iAds: Imagine The Possibilities
This first look at Apple's new iPhone iAds advertising platform comes courtesy of ad giant Chiat/Day and it has nothing to do with music. But as you watch this pitch. Continue reading
Don’t Forget The Power Of Offline Promotion
(UPDATED) This post comes courtesy of Brad at CD Baby and their D.I.Y. Musician blog. While maintaining a steady web presence is a vital part of any musician’s promotional arsenal,. Continue reading
Free Manual: How To Attract Brands To Your Music
International communication and branding agency Heartbeats International has released a manual for bands and artists on how to build a successful strategy to attract brands. Jakob Lusensky, CEO & Founder of Heartbeats,. Continue reading
