Google Takes On Spotify & Pandora With New Streaming Music Service
UPDATE: Google Play Music All Access is live here. Google today launched a streaming music service that borrows from both Spotify and Pandora. With the rather unwieldy title of Google. Continue reading
Music Blogs Become New A&R, Run Niche Record Labels
By Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm), founder and editor of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. So far we have explored the music blog landscape and how it has has changed in. Continue reading
Prediction: Major Label Will Aquire DIY Distributor
By Frank Woodworth (@GlacialConcepts), Director of Business Development at Thrillcall, a concert discovery and ticketing platform for web and mobile applications. A major label is going to buy a DIY distributor, such. Continue reading
Investing In Individuals: Future Royalties And Future Prospects
Financial news items periodically remind us that there are a variety of ways to raise funding from any asset or class of investors. David Bowie sold bonds backed by revenue. Continue reading
Google Likely To Announce Subscription Music Services Today With Sony, Universal On Board
Google has completed deals with Sony Entertainment and Universal Music Group to launch two parallel streaming music services, according to several reports. Google appears likely to make the announcement at. Continue reading
Music Leads The Way In Return To Analog
A seemingly inevitable cultural embrace of analog, or what we used to call "real world" products and experiences, is underway and the music industry is very much in the forefront. Continue reading
Can Pandora Find A Business Model That Works?
By Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm), founder and editor of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Royalty payouts and the burden they impose have always been a strongly debated issue when it comes to. Continue reading
SoundCloud Hires Pandora Exec To Open New York City Office
SoundCloud has hired Dan Gerber, previously the National Director of Strategic Partnerships at Pandora, to head brand revenues. Gerber will start in June, and SoundCloud will open it's first ever. Continue reading
The Week In Music Commentary
Ethan Schiff Says Ignore The Labels If You Want To Get Signed Brandon Chiat Discusses SoLoMo Marketing And Why It's Time To Start Doing It Kyle Bylin Asks How Has. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
The Business Of Phish: Building A Tribe 20 Tips For A Kickass Musician's Facebook Page Kosha Dillz On 8 Ways Musicians Can Gain Media Coverage Indirectly Indie Artist Ian Moore. Continue reading
