What A Digitally Native Music Consumer Looks Like [INFOGRAPHIC]
Analyst Mark Mulligan and MIDiA Research have published a new report looking at the music attitudes and behavior of Digital Natives. Natives and Immigrants demarcate the digital world, according to the report. But. Continue reading
Alligator Record’s Bruce Iglaur Wins Digital Music Innovation Award
Airplay Direct has named industry veteran Bruce Iglaur, President & Founder of Alligator Records, as the recipient of the first Iconic Innovators award. The award was created to recognize innovators in. Continue reading
Spotify’s Most Streamed & Viral Tracks US, UK & Global
The most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from July 14-20 via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter. Continue reading
YouTube Music Product Manager Christopher LaRosa Quitting To Join A Startup
Rolfe Winkler at WSJ's Digits dropped this one last night but surprisingly it doesn't seem to have spread yet. Winkler draws on a number of unidentified sources but he says. Continue reading
Amazon Prime Music Adds Lots Of Songs. Let’s Hope They Stop There!
Today Amazon announced the addition of "hundreds of thousands of songs and hundreds of new, expert-programmed Prime Playlists to the Prime Music catalog." Obviously this isn't the same as licensing. Continue reading
MUSIC AD WATCH: Fred Durst Directed eHarmony Commercial
Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has been proving his skills as a folmaker for several years. He’s direct major motion pictures like the Ice-Cube staring "The Longshots" and a religious mockumentary. Continue reading
Ex-Google, SoundExchange Execs Launch Startup To Bring Gaming Revenue Model To Music
Two respected digtal music veterans, Tim Quirk and Brian Calhoun, are joining forces to launch Freeform Development, a new music tech startup. Quirk recently left Google Play and before that was an executive at Rhapsody.. Continue reading
Riffstation Play Displays Chords For Any YouTube Video But They Need Your Help
Riffstation creates software that gives you the chords for any song and offers a variety of related features to help you learn to play. Now they've launched a web app,. Continue reading
Spotify And The Dark Arts
Hey, my name's Alex Frecon. I rap (decently) I blog (above average) and I tweet (unsatisfactorily.) Check me out. When Coldplay announced they weren’t releasing their album on Spotify a. Continue reading
Cypress Hill Hires Primary Wave For Management
Cypress Hill has joined the talent management roster at Primary Wave Music, a independent music marketing, talent management and music publishing company. Primary Wave also manages CeeLo Green, Melissa Etheridge,. Continue reading