Spotify Asks Labels To Pay Less, Expand Free Mobile [REPORT]
Spotify has started it's periodic licensing renegotiations with the major labels, and this round is shaping up to be a difficult one. In an effort to be profitable, Spotfy is . Continue reading
Leap Motion Controller Spawns An Orchestra At Music Hack Day SF 2013
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The Leap Motion Controller is a little box that can tell where your hands are. Its creators say it’s “more accurate than a mouse,. Continue reading
ShowScoop Launches Live Show Rating App
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. For most of us, live music is something that happens a handful of times per year — a summer festival, a friend’s band, maybe. Continue reading
Music Ticketing News: Limited Run, Eventbrite x Facebook, TapCanvas, Ticketmaster
Recent music ticketing news includes the launch of a ticket selling module on Limited Run's D2F ecommerce platform. Eventbrite quickly integrated their services with Facebook's newly launched "Buy Tickets" button. Continue reading
Visualizing The Viral Spread Of Tracks On Turntable.fm
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. It’s going to take a while. Eventually, online listening rooms such as Turntable.fm will feel as normal as radio — another tool for letting. Continue reading
Jimmy Iovine: Beats Music Service Will Share Listener Data With Artists
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. One of recording artists’ biggest complaints about every major music service, from iTunes to Spotify, is not about money — it’s about data. Maybe. Continue reading
The New Live Music Experience: Tech, Bands And Fans
Guest post by Casandra Govor (@casandragovor) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. In 2005, live was considered the golden goose of the music sector, all hopes were invested in the. Continue reading
Ian Rogers Hacks APIs To Produce Beastie Boys vs. Trent Reznor Music Hotline
Nestled among a number of interesting hacks from this weekend's SF Music Hack Day 2013 was a combo of APIs from Twilio's cloud-based voice and messaging service and Topspin Media. Continue reading
Interviewing Pitchfork: The Evolution Of Pitchfork TV
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Pitchfork started as site called Turntable when founder Ryan Schreiber was barely out of high school. Now it’s a Spotify app, a “TV” channel,. Continue reading
