Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Indie Labels Speak Out Against Negative Effects Of Major Labels On Record Store Day The Exodus From Social Media: Passover Symbolism In Our Own Musical Careers TuneCore Quarterly Artist Payments. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Neil Young's Pono Kickstarter Ended Today With $6.22 Million Pledged Repetition Is Key To Writing Hit Songs Bonnaroo Plans Hackathon At Southland, Announces 5 Year Partnership With Red Bull Music. Continue reading
Gramofon Adds Rhapsody and Napster
Sub-$50 music router and wifi hotspot Gramofon has announced that it will also stream Rhapsody and Napster in addition to Spotify. Backed by Fon, the creator of hugely popular free. Continue reading
Apple To Integrate Shazam Song Recognition Into Siri, iOS 8
Apple is working with Shazam to integrate its popular song recognition technology into its Siri iPhone and iPand voice recognition system, according to Bloomberg. Cupertino's experimentation with Shazam comes as. Continue reading
Jacobs Media’s Techsurvey10 Finds Radio Occupying “Both Sides of the Digital Tipping Point”
Jacobs Media's latest survey of radio listeners, Techsurvey10, finds that "radio is on both sides of the tipping point." That sounds painful but, as it turns out, they're saying that. Continue reading
MusiXmatch Adds Lyrics To YouTube Music Videos
MusiXmatch has added lyrics to all sorts of places from Spotify to karaoke mics and now to YouTube music videos. This week the fully licensed lyrics company released an extension. Continue reading
Spotify Is Phasing Out P2P Streaming
Spotify is changing how it delivers music to users from peer to peer networks to streaming via its own dedicated servers. P2P delivery cut costs for the startup and delivered. Continue reading
De La Soul Sends Fans Of Their Free BitTorrent Bundle On A Record Store Day Easter Egg Hunt
Building on the success of the March release of their free "Smell the D.A.I.S.Y." BitTorrent bundle, De La Soul are rewarding fans with a contest that combines Record Store Day and. Continue reading
13 Topics That Musicians Can Easily Blog About
I love blogging. I would love nothing more than the spend more of my day writing – but sometimes, you just get stuck. I have been on a personal hiatus. Continue reading
