Mamet Sisters’ Failing Kickstarter: Celebrity Crowdfunding Backlash Or Fan-Connection Failure?
Mamet half-sisters, Zosia and Clara, have a musical act called The Cabin Sisters. The Cabin Sisters are raising money via Kickstarter for a music video and it's not going so. Continue reading
Music Tech Exec Roundtable: Who Does Music Discovery Appeal To?
By Kyle Bylin of sidewinder.fm Twitter #Music is a music discovery tool. You can lean back and listen to each music chart like a radio station, but you often need to pull out. Continue reading
Unauthorized Google Music App Now Available On iTunes
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Well, it happened — Apple has approved an iOS app called gMusic that has long allowed the iPhone crowd to access their Google Music. Continue reading
Pandora Listener Caps Driving New Subscriptions [Study]
Pandora revenue from subscriptions has been climbing steadily since it implemented user caps of forty hours a month on their mobile devices, according to research by ammp analytics firm Appie Annie.. Continue reading
Spotify Discovers Music Discovery With Discover! [plus 3 Reviews]
Spotify launched its much-awaited "Discover" feed yesterday. First announced in December, Discover is a scrolling grid of suggestions for music you might find of interest. It looks great and it's. Continue reading
Ticketmaster Hires New Head Of Technology
Live Nation has tapped veteran technologist Jody Mulkey to serve as their Executive Vice President of Platform Engineering and Global Technical Operations at their Ticketmaster division. Prior to joining Live. Continue reading
Deezer Claims 4 Million Paying Subscribers & More Tracks Than Spotify
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Spotify leads the world’s on-demand subscriptions with six million paying subscribers, but it’s facing stiff competition from a company that isn’t even available in. Continue reading
The Biggest Problem With Music Discovery Services
By Kyle Bylin of sidewinder.fm. If you want the short answer: a majority of listeners don’t care. They have zero desire to be recommended fledgling artists or emerging songs. The biggest problem is. Continue reading
Spotify Dominates Facebook Music Apps, Pandora Slips As Songza Comes On Strong.
The top 10 music apps on Facebook total 74M monthly active users (MAU), according to a new analysis from MetricsMonk. That's an increase of 18M MAU since the same time. Continue reading
Crowdfunding Music Is About So Much More Than Just Raising Money
By Anne Leighton writing for Michael Brandvold Marketing. (Dedicated to My Therapist) If you’re crowd funding, you’re doing something both for and about yourself, and there can be a lot. Continue reading
