Neil Young’s PonoPlayer: “The Emperor Has No Clothes,” says Top Tech Reviewer David Pogue
"The argument for the Pono Player sure is appealing – that we don’t know what we’ve been missing in our music," wrote David Pogue for Yahoo! Tech about Neil Young's $400 hi-def. Continue reading
Game Changing Data For Musicians: Knowledge Is Power
By Dan Servantes from Berklee College of Music's Music Business Journal. Knowledge is power. Francis Bacon knew this 400 years ago. In business-to-consumer businesses, where knowledge of the customer base is a. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Zoe Keating Shares Call Transcript After YouTube Says Her Claims Are "Patently False" Apple Adds Free On iTunes – A Hub For Free Music, Film and TV Google Tells Zoe. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Exposure is BS…Mostly
Kyle Williams | Exposure is BS…Mostly Wallace Collins | All The Big Streaming Sites Have Been Hit With New Lawsuits Over Pre-1972 Recordings Lukas Caminzind | How to Build Buzz for Your. Continue reading
Spotify Is Raising Another $500 – $600 Million, Could Delay IPO
Spotify is reportedly in talks to raise an additional $500 to $600 million in funding which could delay a rumored iPO until 2016. The new investments would put the total. Continue reading
Jay Z To Take On Spotify With $56 Million Acquisition Of WiMP and Tidal Streaming Music Servies
Can musicians "save" a broken music industry? More than on successful artist turned entrepreneur certainly intend to try. Following in the footsteps of Dr. Dre (co-founder of Beats) and Neil. Continue reading
Music Licensing: An Insider’s Perspective
Guest Post by John Steen I had a chance to talk with Adam McCants from The Music Bed on a recent podcast, and he gave me the raw scoop on how. Continue reading
How Creative Industries Are Refining Automation For Discovery
By John Kohl, Leader and Founder of music discovery platform TuneGO. Recent discussions around automation are centered on making sense of the mass of data that lives online. After all, there’s. Continue reading
TuneCore Artist Earnings Top $134 Million In 2014
(UPDATED) This morning, TuneCore announced over $134 million dollars in 2014 artist earnings, up 11% from 2013 and totaling $504 million since 2006. In addition to an impressive uptick in artist. Continue reading