Pioneering Music Blog Aggregator Elbows Calls It Quits
Founded in 2005, Elbo.ws, was among the first major music blog aggregators. By bringing disparate content and advertisers under one roof, Elbo.ws gave voice to a new generation of passionate citizen. Continue reading
Dave Allen On Making His Way Into Advertising After Playing In Gang of Four
Former Gang of Four bassist Dave Allen eventually left performing to work on digital music licensing for the web and then transitioned into advertising and interactive marketing. He is now. Continue reading
iTunes Radio To Expand To UK, Canada Ahead Of Pandora
iTunes Radio will launch in the UK, Canada and other international markets early in 2014, ahead of Pandora. iTunes Radio will also launch on Australia and new Zealand, two markets where. Continue reading
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NARM and Digitalmusic.org Rebrand as the Music Business Association
NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) and its digital sister digitalmusic.org will now collectively known as the Music Business Association (MusicBiz.org), the music industry trade group announced today. The organization. Continue reading
So, That’s Where The Money Goes: Warner Music’s New $16M Per Year NYC Office
Major record labels have long claimed that they need to take huge profits from hit records to make up for their many misses. But its the excesses, particularly in this. Continue reading
World of Bluegrass 2013 Finds A Welcoming Home In Raleigh, NC
World of Bluegrass is a major gathering that took place for a number of years in Nashville. This year the event moved to what some saw as an unlikely city,. Continue reading
Complete Musician’s Guide To Preparing For A Publicity Campaign
By David Roberts is founder of Nashville consultancy the Sunshine Promotion company. He blogs at "Sunshine Promotion". I’ve touched on publicity briefly in other articles, but recently I had the. Continue reading
CBGB Music & Film Festival Dreams Big With Programming To Match
The CBGB Music & Film Festival taking place October 9 to 13 in New York has created a rich, multifaceted event for their second round. The movie "CBGB" will premiere,. Continue reading
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Google+ Has Become A Music Marketing Must Thom Yorke: "Spotify is the last desperate fart…" Unconventional Guide To Getting A Record Label Deal Musicians Make Little While Music Services Make. Continue reading