Music Tech

Jack Conte Of Pomplamoose Tries Bundle Dragon For DIY Digital Bundles

Bundles of music and merch and of all-digital content have shown that there are many alternatives to simply throwing in the towel, giving everything away for free and hoping for. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/29/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Crowd funding, Flux Research, Google Checkout, Hypebot, Jack Conte, PayPal, Pomplamoose, YouTube

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Google’s Changing SEO Policies and How To Optimize Your Music Site

New search engine changes are rolling out from Google that may affect you if you've been taking certain approaches to link building to boost your site. Other changes may affect. Continue reading

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Tags: Barry Schwartz, Google, Google Panda, Google search, Matt Cutts, Panda, Search engine optimization, Uniform Resource Locator

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The Week In Music Commentary

Tom Dillon: The Reasons Paid Music Downloads Are Going Downhill Jason Herskowitz: Can Apple Convince The Mainstream Consumer to Switch to iTunes Radio? Michael Robertson: MP3.com Domain For Sale For. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

MusikFly Makes It Easy To Submit Music To Bloggers Band Uses Google Glass To Shoot Live Music Video On Warped Tour Indie Artist Patrick Sweany On His Music Career vs.. Continue reading

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US Gov’t Says Music Depreciates 3X Faster Than Movies

By Jay Frank (@Repojay), Owner and CEO of DigSin. How fast does music depreciate? Try three times as fast as movies. This isn’t quantified by me just making a random. Continue reading

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Tags: Bob Lefsetz, Bureau of Economic Analysis, depreciation, Gross domestic product, Jay Frank, Paris, Television, United States

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Indie Artist Patrick Sweany On His Music Career vs. Pandora

By Patrick Sweany a musician and songwriter based in Nashville, TN. On July 16th, he released a new solo album, Close To The Floor, on Nine Mile Records. I am. Continue reading

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Tags: Black Keys, Dan, Dan Auerbach, Nashville, Nashville Tennessee, Patrick Sweany, record label, Sales

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MediaNet CEO Responds To $18M Aimee Mann Lawsuit

Aimee Mann is suing MediaNet for $18M claiming distribution of her music without permission. MediaNet provides licensing and backend services to dozens of major sites including Songza and turntable.fm. Frank Johnson,. Continue reading

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Tags: Aimee Mann, December 2003, Frank Johnson, License, MediaNet, Pink Floyd, RealNetworks, Spotify

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A Deluge Of Leap Motion Music App Videos

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Leap Motion launched its groundbreaking motion detection module on Monday, allowing anyone to connect a little box to their Mac or Windows computer that. Continue reading

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Vinyl News: New Promo Site, Vinyl Crowdfunding, Turn Your Ashes Into Vinyl?

Vinyl continues to be a growing music industry niche that refuses to bow to the propaganda of technological determinism. New Vinyl Release is a new site for promoting such activity.. Continue reading

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Tags: crowdfunding, Erik Peterson, Hypebot, kickstarter, London, Martin Dobson, Ninja Tune, Onion

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Murfie Provides The Cloud For Your CD Collection

By Paula Dilullo of Evolver.fm. As part of our series on how hard it is to collect music these days (scroll down on that page), we now set our sights. Continue reading

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Tags: Android, Bitcoin, Compact disc, FLAC, IOS, May 2011, Murfie, New York Times

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