Music Tech

Patreon Donors Gave $10 Million To Musicians and Creators In 2014

2014 should, in part, be remembered as the year that the Renaissance concept of patronage of the arts returned with a digtial twist. In an email to users, Patreon revealed that. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/30/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), ArtistShare, Berklee College of Music, Indiegogo, IOS, kickstarter, Light-emitting diode, Mobile app, PledgeMusic, Spotify

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Spotify: Daniel Knows Best?

Spotify has tried since its inception to legitimize itself as a reputable source for delivering content that is beneficial to both consumer and artist. However, when artists like Taylor Swift. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/30/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Artist, Billboard Magazine, Compact disc, iTunes, music industry, Rhapsody (online music service), Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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A Look Back At The Top Music Business Stories Of 2014 [Upward Spiral Podcast]

We're reposting this recent episode of our Upward Spiral podcast because it's the perfect recap of the music business and music tech sectors for 2014, as well as, a look. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/29/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Google Play, iTunes, Modern history, music industry, podcast, Soundcloud, Spotify, Twitter, Uniform Resource Locator, YouTube

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Thom Yorke Releases His Latest Music Sales Experiment On Bandcamp

[UPDATED] Tom Yorke is now selling his new music via direct to fan platform BandCamp. With Radiohead, Yorke was the first major artist to offer new music using the "pay-what-you-want". Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/29/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: American frontier, Art director, Artist, Big Cartel, Black Friday (shopping), Brazil, In Rainbows, music industry, Pay what you want, Radiohead

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Funding The Beat: 4 Ideas To Help Music Producers Raise Money For Their Studio

Today it is very easy for anyone to achieve their dream of making their own music. With new technology developing everyday the possibilities of DIY recording are endless. However, with. Continue reading

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Google Adds Lyrics To Song Search, Points Results To Google Play

[UPDATED] Google has added song lyrics to the top of search results when users search for “song name” plus “lyrics.” Large portions of the song's lyrics are displayed along with a. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/23/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon Appstore, Audio mixing (recorded music), Bing, Boston, Bristol, Computer speaker, Elton John, Google, Google Play, Iggy Azalea, Knowledge Graph, lyrics, Microsoft, Rap Genius, Spotify, Web search engine

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Deezer Names New CEO, Adds Lyrics To Streaming Music Via LyricFind

UPDATE: Along with adding lyrics today, Deezer announced the appointment of a new Global CEO, Dr. Hans-Holger Albrecht. He joins from Millicom where he was President and CEO of the telecom and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/18/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 2 Chainz, Ariana Grande, Arlo Guthrie, Artist, Billboard charts, Billboard Hot 100, Borg (Star Trek), Brand New Key, lyrics, musiXmatch

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LINE Messaging App Acquires Microsoft’s MixRadio

Japan based free call and messaging app LINE has reached an agreement with Microsoft to acquire MixRadio, a free personal music streaming service. With with 170 million monthly active users in. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/18/2014 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adidas, Arrangement, FAQ, India, Microsoft, music industry, Nokia, Nokia Lumia, Subscription business model, YouTube

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TuneCore Acquires DropKloud, Opens Innovation Lab

TuneCore has acquired musician focused app maker DropKloud and will add its co-founders, James DeNino and Kedar Frederic to the TuneCore team. The two will open a TuneCore office in Boston, where they. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/18/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A Catholic Statement on Pluralism and Abortion, Accel Partners, Adobe Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, Bain Capital, Belgium, Berklee College of Music, Boston, New York City, San Francisco

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Bandcamp Launches Indie Label Portal

Direct to fan digital sales platform Bandcamp has launched an accompanying portal designed to better serve independent record labels. The new Bandcamp For Labels adds unified accounting and stats across. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/17/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advent calendar, Artist, Chief operating officer, Compact disc, digital marketing, Disc jockey, Do it yourself, Dubbel, independent music, record label

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BandPage Now Only Spotify Merch Seller As ArtistLink’s Topspin Exits

Topspin, now owned by ArtistLink, has discontinued their merchandise integration with Spotify, leaving BandPage the only option that artists and labels have to sell merchandise on the popular music streamer.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/17/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Cumulus Media, Digital Music News, Forbes, House of Medici, List of online music databases, Music download, NPD Group, patreon, Spotify, YouTube

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