REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Before Agreeing To Soundcloud's Terms And Conditions, Read The Fine Print As They Add Monetization Apple's Tim Cook Takes Ice Bucket Challenge, Dr. Dre Takes Challenge and Passes It On. Continue reading
Music Tech “Pre-Accelerator” Music Foundry Launches In LA
While we used to hear a lot about incubators and now we tend to hear more about accelerators there are a variety of educational programs designed to prepare companies seeking. Continue reading
Music Writer News: Medium Launching Music Mag, Tyler Hayes At FastCoLabs
The shift from print to the web as well as the shift to user-generated writing has affected both music and music tech writers though often in different ways. For awhile. Continue reading
The Rise Of Indie Streaming
By Peter Getty. Streaming music is a music lover’s dream. We now have access to the work of a wide range of artists, either for free (with ads) or for. Continue reading
Social Media Changes: Twitter Adds Noise, Vine Adds Editing, SlideShare Adds Video
Some services improve as others degrade. Twitter is now officially sometimes adding tweets to your feed from people/brands you don't follow. This can include retweets of tweets that were favorited. Continue reading
Twitter’s Head Of Music: “Think Like A Fan” [Transcript]
Bob Moczydlowsky has built his career around helping artists grow an audience; first as SVP, Product & Marketing for D2F platform Topspin and now as Twitter's Head Of Music. His experience give his. Continue reading
Neil Young’s PonoMusic Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Passes $6.2 Million
UPDATE: As of Friday morning, the PonoMusic Crowdfunder equity investment campaign has passed $6,267,700 or 157% of the $4,000,000 goal. The round will close on September 1. Original Story: After a successful. Continue reading
SoundCloud Adds Payments To Some Artists, Labels and Ads To Pay For It
SoundCloud is adding advertising to fund payments to artists and labels who agree to participate in a new Premier Partner program. The terms of the invite only program were not. Continue reading
Pandora Staff Is Just 3% African-American, 4% Hispanic Despite Oakland Base
Kudos to Pandora for releasing an Employee Diversity Report. Shame on them for what it revealed. Despite being located in racially diverse Oakland, CA, just 3% of its 1,300 or so. Continue reading
One Musician Gets A Record Deal Through Tinder, Another Can Pay Her Rent Solely From YouTube
Here are two stories about musicians doing well that could be described as social media success stories. But Ryn Weaver's claim that "Tinder got me a record deal" is a. Continue reading
