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
BandPage Partners With Ning To Help Musicians Build Fan Communities
In addition to a fairly new Experience e-commerce platform, BandPage has been working to expand it's content syndication partnerships. Yesterday, that effort got a boost with a Ning integration announced as SF. Continue reading
#SFMusicTech XIII Roundup
Christopher Raeside was Hypebot's correspondent for the 13th San Francisco Music Tech Summit, held yesterday. The conference brings together the music and tech industries, and is a hotbed for fresh ideas. Continue reading
DistroKid Launches Much Cheaper TuneCore Alternative #SFMusicTech
One man founding army Philip Kaplan debuted DistroKid yesterday at SF MusicTech Summit. DistroKid was originally a feature on Fandalism, Kaplan's social network for musicians, that offered low-cost uploading to. Continue reading
Smule Unveils Guitar By Smule & Reveals Millions In Revenue
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Smule, creators of several of the most popular iOS music apps of all time (including early smash hits I Am T-Pain and Ocarina), has. Continue reading
Roundtable: What The Music Industry Isn’t Talking About – And How To Improve Music Curation
By Kyle Bylin of sidewinder.fm. In this interview panel, three influential thinkers in music and tech — David Dufresne (Bandzoogle), Emily White (Whitesmith Entertainment), Frank Woodworth (Thrillcall) — talk about important issues in. Continue reading
The Future Of Direct-To-Fan Marketing
By Kyle Bylin of sidewinder.fm. Here are two important questions for today’s artists and managers: What does the future of direct-to-fan marketing tools and services have in store for us? How will the. Continue reading
