Chart Shows Death Spiral After Google Busts Rap Genius For SEO Tricks
Earlier this week John Marbach shared Rap Genius's offer of Twitter links to bloggers posting specified links. Marbach was offered "MASSIVE traffic" and the chance to "bloooowwwww up!" for posting. Continue reading
RapGenius Busted For Spammy SEO, Immediately Snitches and Begs The Court’s Forgiveness
Another bad look for RapGenius as they're exposed for spammy SEO techniques triggering an investigation by Google leading to Google search penalties. Despite their "wild and crazy" hip hop persona,. Continue reading
The Internet Of Things Could Bring Music To Your Home Appliances
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The personal tech revolution that encouraged many of us to look at screens for the past 15 years or so is shifting. As we. Continue reading
Music Tech Founders Consider The Superfan
The Scion Music(less) Music Conference took place this Fall in Los Angeles. "What Music Startups Are Offering," a panel moderated by Eliot Van Buskirk, featured three startup founders from Distrokid/Fandalism,. Continue reading
Moogfest Reveals Itself As A Unique and Visionary Electronic Music Festival
Since Moogfest first announced its expanded music festival with a new conference component they've gradually revealed the details in a series of announcements. At this point we have a reasonably. Continue reading
Tribune Company To Combine Gracenote and Tribune Media Services For Entertainment Metadata
Yesterday media corporation Tribune Company officially announced that they were acquiring Gracenote from Sony. Gracenote is a leading music and video recognition and metadata company that has a strong automotive. Continue reading
This Record Label Pays Downloaders When Enough Vinyl Sells
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. As record labels continue to grapple with how to make money from music when there’s an internet, one label called Care Of Editions has. Continue reading
Music Tech Founders Discuss: Their Startups and Music Discovery
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
SoundHound’s iTunes Radio Integration Expands Streaming Music Service Connections
On Friday SoundHound announced their iTunes Radio integration allowing iTunes radio to be launched from the SoundHound iOS app. Music identified by SoundHound will have the option to launch an. Continue reading
Deadmau5 Launches Deadmau5 Live Subscription Site For Superfans
In late November Deadmau5 teased plans to launch a private site/subscription service just for his fans. The "really soon" stretched out a bit but Deadmau5 Live is indeed live. The. Continue reading
