The Potential Of Annotated Song Lyrics
Guest post by Emily White (@emwhitenoise) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. In the perennial lyrics vs. music debate, I am what you might call a lyrics-freak: I listen to. Continue reading
BandPage Extends Profiles, Concert Dates To Pandora, Facebook, Twitter & Soundcloud
BandPage has again expanded it's artist's platform to include new integrations with Twitter, Facebook, Soundcloud and concert listings on Pandora. The Twitter, Facebook and SoundCloud integrations allow artists to manage. Continue reading
Selling Music On iTunes? Fandalism Has Lowest Distro Fees, GeoRiot Simplifies Affiliate Sales
Great news for musicians is not always good for incumbent services for artists. In the case of iTunes music sales, musicians' network Fandalism is introducing the lowest distribution fees now. Continue reading
Why Did Dropbox Buy Audiogalaxy?
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Most companies making strides in the cloud are big. Apple (iCloud) and Google (Drive) are front-runners in the general cloud storage space. If you. Continue reading
Musicplayr Integrates With Gracenote For Searchable Web Music Archive
The many ways in which fans can discover, enjoy and share music for free are expanding both in scope and sophistication. Today, Musicplayr, which lets fans collect, listen to and. Continue reading
Music Hack Day Stockholm Spawns 7 Great Games
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. As some of us enjoyed a long weekend, hardware hackers and software savants were building some of the future of music at Spotify’s worldwide. Continue reading
Comparing Music Services By Audience, Social Media Followers & Search Engine Dominance
By Marcus Taylor, Director of VentureHarbour. This isn’t just another speculative poll on which music streaming / discovery platform is winning the arms race. Oh no! I thought it might. Continue reading
CD Baby Slashes Rates For Direct Digital Sales
CD Baby has lowered the rates it charges artists for download sales from it's online retail store from 25% to 9%. Several top digital music distributors and retailers are have. Continue reading
OraStream For Artists: Set Up Your Own Streaming Music Store & Mobile App
OraStream is a new music sales platform that features high quality streaming music and offers indie artists the chance to sell or stream their music on the site, to create. Continue reading
Myspace Allegedly Hosting Unlicensed Indie Music, Merlin Prepares Legal Response
Indie music rights licensor Merlin says they have discovered unlicensed music by labels they represent on the new Myspace. Myspace says users must have posted it and they're happy to. Continue reading