RFID and Cashless Payment: Intellitix Founder Not Interested In Ticketing
By Kat Drucker (@kitkat5656), event consultant and conference programming for and Digital Media Summit. Sitting down in Quebec City with Serge Grimaux, founder of Intellitix, I intended to discuss ticketing. Continue reading
10 Most Misquoted Song Lyrics Of All Time plus A Spotify Playlist
Spotify shared some "research" today revealing the top 10 misquoted song lyrics. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s "Blinded By The Light" took the top spot, with the most commonly misquoted lyric, ‘blinded by. Continue reading
Music Ad Watch: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Track Calvin Klein Ad with Rooney Mara [VIDEO]
David Fincher directs his Girl With The Dragon Tattoo star Rooney Mara in a Calvin Klein television commercial tracked by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing “Runaway”, a song from their 2009. Continue reading
Record Store Day Launches New ‘Adapter Prize’
Modeled loosely after the UK's Mercury Prize and Canada's Polaris Prize, U.S. record store owners, have launched The Record Store Day Adapter Prize, an award in four categories determined by record. Continue reading
Watch Demo Of iTunes Radio: How Apple Is Transforming Music Consumption
When Apple launched Siri in 2011, Kyle Bylin wrote that, as it evolved, the iPhone operating system would likely transform how we interact with music. Now, a new video that provides. Continue reading
Grammy Winning Producer Walter Afanasieff On The De-Evolution Of The Music Industry
Jessica Blankenship is a writer and media manager at Muzooka (muzooka.com, @muzooka). You know the story: for every huge hit song that you hate your brain for holding onto, there. Continue reading
Are EDM Live Shows Inherently Limited or Do They Have Greater Potential?
While EDM DJs have been accused of creating music and then simply pushing play in live performance, there's obviously more to EDM shows than that. Though certain styles of acts. Continue reading
SoundExchange Increases Quarterly Distributions
SoundExchange again broke its own record for quarterly royalty payments to musicians and record labels with a distribution of $149 million for the second quarter of 2013. This represented a. Continue reading
Stock Falls Again Today, Listener Hours Drop, But Pandora Still Comes Out Ahead
UPDATE: Pandora stock fell another 8,.5% to $17,97 on Wednesdy Pandora listener hours in June fell from 1.35 billion to 1.25 billion. Pandora blamed the drop on seasonal listening patterns. Continue reading
