Zoë Keating Crowdfunds London Concert Using Songkick Detour
(UPDATED) Concert crowdfunding is still inching along for the most part, but a solid step was just taken as Zoë Keating achieved critical mass to book a concert in London. Continue reading
CEO Chris Kantrowitz On Creating The Future Of Music Storage & File Transfer At Gobbler
Cloud storage is a big topic these days but specialized services for musicians are still coming into their own. Last week I spoke with Gobbler CEO and Founder Chris Kantrowitz. Continue reading
YouTube Stars Crossover: Lennon & Maisy At Grand Ole Opry, Lindsey Stirling Signs w/Troy Carter
An increasingly wide range of musicians are building their initial audiences on YouTube. Some are video studio musicians while other perform live. But few labeled YouTube Stars have crossed over. Continue reading
Direct-To-Fan Holds Much Promise, Many Problems
By Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm), founder and editor of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. The notion of artists selling music directly to their fans holds a powerful allure. Why pay to distribute. Continue reading
Watch Steve Jobs Introduce iTunes Music In 2003 [VIDEO]
iTunes changed the music industry forever. As Apple celebrates iTunes 10th Anniversary, take a look back at Steve Jobs launching the iTunes music store with just 200,000 tracks in April. Continue reading
Teen Jennie Lamere Wins Hackathon, Demonstrates What We Lose Shutting Women Out Of Tech
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. At this past weekend’s TVnext Hack event, a loose consortium of geeks, hackers, and businessmen from the television and technology industries gathered in a. Continue reading
BitTorrent’s New Startup Acceleration Program Targets Music Discovery And Usage
BitTorrent continues its legitimacy offensive by debuting an acceleration program for startups in such areas as music/video discovery and usage as well as live streaming. It's not an accelerator where. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Why Modern Musicians Should Care About Metadata Chirpify Adds $2 Million In Funding, Signs Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg & Puma For In-Stream Social Commerce Think A Big Festival Play Can. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Get More Fans Is A Mindblowingly Complete DIY Guide To The New Music Business Record Store Day Drives Impressive Sales Boost A2IM Announces Indie Artist & Label 2013 LIBBY Awards. Continue reading
The iTunes Decade As Celebrated By Apple, Mike Doughty & Industry Analysts Alike
Over the last 10 years iTunes has become the dominant force in digital music sales and has gradually moved from being a loss leader to drive hardware sales to become. Continue reading
