REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
I Made More From Selling A T-Shirt Than From 1 Million Plays On Pandora We've Looked At The iTunes Radio Contract, And Apple Is One Sly Negotiator WME's Ari Emanuel. Continue reading
The Week In Music Commentary
Tom Silverman's A2iM Lifetime Achievement Award Speech How I Listen: Future of Music Coalition's Kristin Thomson Upward Spiral Podcast #26: The Big Three, Tiny Thousands: The State Of The Record. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Music Crowdfunding Without A Fanbase The Definitive Survival Guide for Band and Musician Photo Shoots Kosha Dillz On 13 Things I Would Do For My Career and Life With $5000. Continue reading
Apparently Twitter #Music Users Don’t Listen To Jazz, Classical Or World Music
A major update to Twitter's #Music app adds music discovery features called 'Charts', and along with it come genres to help users find music relevant to them. But apparently #Music. Continue reading
Ex-Pandora Staffer, Musician Jonathan Segel Warns Against “Pandora Groupthink”
Jonathan Segel joins the Pandora royalty debate with a unique perspective. In addtion to being in David Lowery's band Camper Van Beethoven, he also worked at Pandora for three years Several. Continue reading
Music Crowdfunding Tips from #IndiegogoToronto
I don't typically use hashtags in titles but I experienced yesterday's Indiegogo event in Toronto via Twitter so it seems appropriate. I didn't actually expect to do a post on. Continue reading
As War Of Words Heats Up, Is Pandora Really Underpaying Artists? [CHART]
This week, musicians from Pink Floyd to David Lowery, have shared thoughtful and impassioned arguments taking Pandora to task for paying artists too little and their campaign to pay even. Continue reading
ShareMyPlaylist Rebrands As Playlists.net, Launches New Spotify App
ShareMyPlaylists has rebranded as Playlists.net; a move, the company says, reflects the platform’s "prominence as a music discovery tool, as opposed to a means through which playlists are shared". In addition, Playlists.net. Continue reading
WeDemand! Tackles The Uphill Battle To Establish Concert Crowdfunding In The States
Queremos! is a music concert crowdfunding platform developed in Brazil that debuted in the U.S. last fall. Since then the U.S. site and parent company have been renamed WeDemand! and. Continue reading
How I Listen: Future of Music Coalition’s Kristin Thomson
In our new series, How I Listen, we're asking industry leaders and artists to share how they discover and consume music. This edition features Kristin Thomson, Co-Director, Future of Music. Continue reading