Apple’s Tim Cook Takes Ice Bucket Challenge, Takes A Dig At Dr. Dre [VIDEO]
The ALS ice bucket challenge has been gaining steam thanks to celebirty and busines leaders. In a video posted by Apple, CEO Cook gets the ice bucket treatment from singer Michael. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Smule Artist Program Opens Powerful Marketing Opportunity To Indie Musicians 5 Recording Tips For Vinyl Releases CD Baby Adds Free Customized Music Players Why The Press Is Ignoring Your Band's. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
20 Of The Worst Band Names Ever What's "Failed" Musician Mark Montgomery Got To Teach You? A Heck Of A Lot About Business! An Industry Insider Explains Why Streaming Music's. Continue reading
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20 Worst Band Names Ever What "Failed" Musician Mark Montgomery Has To Teach Us Free Music Metadata Guide - Must Read Insider Says Streaming Music Is Already Profitable Untangling Music Royalties [Infographic]. Continue reading
Spotify Has Begun Canadian Rollout
A long rumored expansion by Spotify into Canada has begun. In the last 24 hours, the music streamer has begun sending invitations. Songza, Deezer, Rdio, Sony Music Unlimited and Xbox Music. Continue reading
WordPress For Musicians: Getting Started With Hosts, Themes and Plugins
WordPress, especially the open source software available via WordPress.org, is an incredible world of its own. It's also a popular option for music websites, from music bloggers to DIY artists,. Continue reading
Radical.fm Now Accepts Bitcoin
Venice Beach-based music streamer Radical.FM is now accepting payments via Bitcoin. Adding the digital currency is in keeping with the sartups ethos as an ad-free, pay-what-want streaming music service. Grooveshark began. Continue reading
Music Marketing With The Yo Messaging App
You may have heard of Yo. It launched as a mobile app that allowed you to send the message "Yo" to other people on the app. A frenzy erupted somewhere. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup 8.15.14: Top 10 Publishers, Comments To DoJ, ASCAP Showcase
The Top 10 Music Publishing companies have been announced for the 2nd quarter of 2014. Leading the way with a 32.2% share of the top 100 songs is Sony/ATV. This is. Continue reading