CEO Ethan Diamond On Bandcamp’s Success and Why It’s Working
Music Ally spoke recently with Ethan Diamond about the phenomenal success of Bandcamp. In fact, Bandcamp has grown from success to success from indie ecommerce to social destination to streaming. Continue reading
Music Crowdfunding: GWAR Restaurant, Miles Davis Movie, Wearhaus Arc Headsets
Music crowdfunding campaigns of note include a new campaign from GWAR for a GWAR-themed restaurant featuring such delights as GWAR-B-Q. Don Cheadle is also leading a new campaign for a. Continue reading
Is Digital Payola Involved In Music Discovery and Recommendation?
By Taylor Lambert and Kevin Erickson for Future of Music Coalition. In the age of on-demand streaming, it’s common to hear people talk about music as “limitless”— something that flows. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup 6.14.2014: NMPA, Grammy Changes, Murphy Rights Mgt. & More
The Annual NMPA meeting was held this Wednesday, June 11th. Members of the music publishing community gathered at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City to discuss the state. Continue reading
Lively Runs Out Of Money, Suddenly Shuts Down
In January I was writing about Lively's $2 million round of investments bringing their total funding to $2.65 million. Yesterday GeekWire revealed that Lively had suddenly shut down and laid. Continue reading
Timeline For Submitting To The Grammys [2014-2015]
The first round of GRAMMY Award submissions opens in July followed by an array of Recording Academy deadlines. To cut through the confusion, here if the official timeline for submitting. Continue reading
#Fangagement: Artists Crowdsourcing Opinion Part 11: Jon Ostrow
Interview by C. Vincent Plummer (@cvpmusic) – co-founder and social strategist for Bedloo.com I’m here today with Jon Ostrow. He’s the Director of Sales at Bandsintown, which is a hot. Continue reading
5 Tips For Building A Fanbase Online
Ross Barber spoke with Killed The Fixtion's Rigo Asencio about growing a fanbase online. Having not played a live show since 2010, Killed The Fixtion have continued to release music. Continue reading
Every Serious Musicians Needs These 6 Contracts
By Aaron Ford for the Sonicbids Blog. Picture this: You’ve just finished recording a song with your co-writing partner. You’ve discussed how splits would work in the past. Let’s say. Continue reading
