REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
RapGenius Busted For Spammy SEO Leading To Retribution From Google Trending Into 2014: Music and Tech Trends Did Iron Maiden Find New Fans Through Filesharing Data? Apparently Not! This Record. Continue reading
Top 10 Music Crowdfunding Campaigns Of 2013
Of the top platforms related to music crowdfunding only two, Kickstarter and Indiegogo, share their top funded campaigns. But these two platforms are a decent proxy for the overall health. Continue reading
Music Metric Responds To Iron Maiden Torrent Data Controversy
From the Music Metric blog: Recently you might have read articles claiming that Iron Maiden used Musicmetric to track where their music was most pirated and then plan tour dates around this data.. Continue reading
No Like Bitcoin? How About Coinye West? In Yeezus We Trust!
Since we last discussed Bitcoin the alternative currency has had its up and downs but overall it's much more up than down. A variety of related currencies have launched but. Continue reading
UK Music Market Growth Flat For 2013 But Only With Addition Of Streaming Subscriptions
This week BPI/Official Charts Company released stats on the "overall value of the UK recorded music market" which they peg at £1.04 billion, down 0.5% over 2012. Overall album and. Continue reading
6 Key Digital Marketing and Music Industry Trends For 2014
By Marcus Taylor, Director at Venture Harbour, from Econsultancy. One of the interesting things about being a digital marketer that specialises in a certain niche is that you get to. Continue reading
Music Tech Founders On Scaling and Monetization [VIDEO]
The Scion Music(less) Music Conference took place in October in Los Angeles. "What Music Startups Are Offering," a panel moderated by Eliot Van Buskirk, featured three startup founders from Distrokid/Fandalism,. Continue reading
3D Mid-Air Acoustic Manipulation By Ultrasonic Phased Arrays aka Fun To Watch [VIDEO]
"The essence of levitation technology is the countervailing of gravity. It is known that an ultrasound standing wave is capable of suspending small particles at its sound pressure nodes. The. Continue reading
Gracenote Takes On The Echo Nest With Music Recommendation API ‘Rhythm’
2014 is already shaping up to be a pivotal year for Gracenote. Sony is selling the music data provider to the Tribune Media in a deal that creates a massive. Continue reading
Top 10 Hypebot Podcasts Of 2013
Hypebot produced 32 podcasts in 2013, which featured dozens of influential music industry executives and thinkers. We would like to thank everyone who we interviewed on the show, as well as. Continue reading
