REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
A Friend To Artists & Fans Exits: R.I.P. 9:30 Club's Josh Burdette Trent Reznor Dismisses DIY, Ridicules Musicians Shaking Their Cups For Scraps Social Media News: Google+'s SEO Value, Facebook. Continue reading
Reverb Builds Thriving Music Instrument Marketplace
Reverb is a well-thought-out online marketplace for instruments and gear said to be inspired by founder David Kalt's own problem selling used instruments on Ebay. Kalt, who also acquired and. Continue reading
YouTube For Musicians: Single Frame Music Videos, Free Analytics, Creator Updates
YouTube continues to be a primary tool for many musicians and fans and third parties are here to help out. To create a quick single frame music video, see TunesToTube.. Continue reading
Today Is SXSW PanelPicker Deadline. Which Panels Are Worth Voting For?
Today is the deadline help chose the panels for for SXSW 2014. Voting ends tonight, Friday September 6th at 11:59 PM. With many dozens of potential panels , which ones. Continue reading
Pandora Listener Hours Jump 16%
After several months of less stellar stats, Pandora's August listening hours totaled 1.35 billion, up 5% month over month and 16% over the same month last year. Pandora's share of total. Continue reading
Neil Young Describes 2014 Launch Of Pono
Music services of all kinds are being funded and launched with some showing early if mixed signs of success and others appearing doomed to assured failure. One of the more. Continue reading
Rapt.fm Launches Battle Rap Platform For Artist Discovery and Promotion
Rapt.fm launched to the general public in beta last night offering a place to battle rap online or to simply observe the competition. But Rapt.fm intends to be more than. Continue reading
SourceAudio Raises $1.2M To Become D.I.Y. “iTunes Of Global Music Licensing”
SourceAudio has raised a round of $1,2 million to expand it's platform that connects buyers and sellers of licensed music. SourceAudio enables musicians, publishers and other rights holders to create. Continue reading
Playlist.com Takes On Pandora, Taps The Echo Nest To Create 80 Million Custom Stations
Playlist.com, which relaunched a beta version of it net music radio service in July, has tapped The Echo Nest to turn its 80 million user-created playlists into dynamic online streams. The. Continue reading
How I Listen: creativeLIVE’s Mika Salmi
In our ongoing series, How I Listen, we ask industry leaders and artists to share how they discover and consume music. This edition features Mika Salmi, the CEO of creativeLIVE. Continue reading
Fractured: The State Of The Online Music Market w/ Jason Herskowitz – Upward Spiral Podcast #29
Jason Herskowitz, an outspoken music tech executive, talks about the fractured state of the online music market and how music sharing could be improved. Herskowitz is a core contributor and. Continue reading
