REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Nielsen Study: Poor Fan Engagement Is Costing Music Industry $450M – $2.7B Annually Twitter Jumps Into Music: Acquires We Are Hunted, Develops App w/Soundcloud, iTunes & VEVO Red Bull Amplifier. Continue reading
On Gaining Visibility Through Grooveshark: Mike Masnick vs. Bruce Houghton
Mike Masnick of Techdirt examines a case study of a band building it's fanbase in collaboration with Grooveshark; and Bruce Houghton of Hypebot question's the ethical quagmire of taking that. Continue reading
Alexz Johnson Goes D2F With Crowdfunding After Two Major Labels & An Indie Failed Her
Alexz Johnson got her start in show biz with a lot of tv appearances in Canada that included her music. But when she got her first major label deal, followed. Continue reading
Twitter Jumps Into Music: Acquires We Are Hunted, Develops App w/Soundcloud, iTunes & VEVO
Twitter has acquired music discovery site We Are Hunted and is developing a standalone iOS music app that will launch within weeks, according to several reports. The app will suggest. Continue reading
Streaming Music Services Seek To Empower Artists
By Brenna Ehrlich (@BrennaEhrlich) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. When it comes to artists and digital music services, the common lament among performers nowadays could be equated. Continue reading
DIY Music Tech News: SoundCloud, Vimeo, Tunezy, Thefuture.fm, Musicplayr, PledgeMusic
Though some folks still mistake "music tech" for a limited range of companies and products such as Spotify, Pandora and iTunes, the diy-focused music tech world is typically a much. Continue reading
Takes App Turns “Still Photos Into A Magical Moving [Music] Video”
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Twitter did it in 2007. FourSquare did it in 2009. Highlight sort of did it at last year’s SXSW. So, will any app break. Continue reading
#SXSW Music Tech News: BitTorrent, Vimeo, Cinsay, Givit, Crowdsync, Vyclone, FastFan
SXSW is full of music tech news, some of it during SXSW Interactive and some of it during SXSW Music. Announcements include new offerings from major companies like BitTorrent and. Continue reading
Create Your Own Mobile Internet Radio Station With Wahwah
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Two South by Southwests ago, I met a guy with a neat, as-yet-unreleased app called Wahwah.fm. An early group-listening app for iOS, the app. Continue reading
Live Streaming Launches: BitTorrent Live And ShowGo.tv
Live streaming is seeing steady growth in 2013 after a year of trending news in 2012. Yesterday's announcement at SXSW that BitTorrent Live is now in open Beta is a. Continue reading
