What Can We Expect From The Project Daisy Music Service?
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. It’s July 1, which means we’re into the second half of 2013. As such, this seems like a good time to ask: Where are. Continue reading
Case Study: Musician Crowdfunds His First T-shirt Using Teespring
Creators Freedom Project has a nicely focused case study of a crowdfunding project they did with musician friend Keith Medley. Together they created and funded a t-shirt with no up-front. Continue reading
MTV, VH1, CMT and Monster DNA Will Match $100K In Fan Donations To Indie Artists On July 4th
MTV, CMT and VH1 parent company Viacom and sponsor Monster DNA Headphones are matching dollar-for-dollar fan donations to unsigned artists via the Tip Jar feature on their Artist Platform during. Continue reading
Blackberry Closes BBM Music Service
Just two years after launching it's own BBM music service, Blackbery has shut it down. The official closure was June 18th. BBM "will continue to report and pay royalties for all. Continue reading
5 Music Business Tips From Female Entrepreneurs
After appearing as the only woman in "30 Pieces of Advice From Music Industry Entrepreneurs," Ariel Hyatt decided to forefront women in the industry with "51 Female Music Entrepreneurs Share. Continue reading
Spotify #NYC Music Education Hackathon Responds To Real Issues
By Candice Katz of Spotify. This past weekend, more than 170 hackers joined music educators from around the country for the first-ever Music Education Hackathon, hosted by Spotify and Innovate. Continue reading
Major Artists Increasingly Opt To Record In Secrecy
By Tom Dillon of Evolver.fm. Recording artists often publicize that they were headed into the recording studio. A web, or more recently, Twitter update sends fans into a tizzy of. Continue reading
Happy Family Productions Collective Do DIY Together
Happy Family Productions is a Fort Collins, Colorado-based collective designed to support DIY artists through creation, distribution, promotion and booking of multimedia projects. It strikes me as a project that's. Continue reading
Can Protest Playlists Change The World?
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The realistic answer to the above question is “probably not.” Still, we have to give some credit to the organizers of Agit8, an initiative. Continue reading
Google’s YouTube Buys $40-50 Million Vevo Stake
Google's YouTube has renewed its contract with music video distributor Vevo, and taken a stake in the company. While details were not disclosed, reports suggest that under the new deal,. Continue reading
