The Day Steve Jobs Dissed Me In A Keynote
In 2003, iTunes had just launched and was starting to put music in its store. During this time, Apple and Steve Jobs invited hundreds of people from small record labels. Continue reading
CommerceSocial, Music Management, Facebook Ad Failures, Michael Laskow, & Steve Jobs Diss
This week on Music Think Tank, Michael Brandvold introduced the new tool, CommerceSocial, that allows fans to buy music directly from social media sites like Facebook. None Like Joshua wrote. Continue reading
Michael Laskow of Taxi: Marketing + Entrepreneurial Skills = Music Business Success
On Music Think Tank, Ariel Hyatt expresses her passion about helping the next generation who want to make it in the music business understand what it takes to achieve that. Continue reading
On Management In The Music Industry
“Music enterprises must be able to strategize and plan in order to create value for its customers." None Like Joshua writes on Music Think Tank about strategy, planning, and management. Continue reading
Social Is Not Just About Sharing, It’s Also Commerce
Michael Brandvold introduces the new tool, CommerceSocial, that allows for artists to sell their music directly to fans on a Facebook post. This innovative tool utilizes word-of-mouth recommendations that are popular. Continue reading
A Guide To Creating More Engaging Newsletters
Ariel Hyatt gives some great tips on writing engaging newsletters and emphasizes that newsletters are important especially if your audience is older than 24! A key theme for newsletters is. Continue reading
Types Of Fans, Fan-Funding, Giving The Web A Voice, Cheaper Music, & Engaging Newsletters
This week on Music Think Tank, Jonathan Ostrow helped artists break down their fans into different categories. Brian Hazard argued against fan funding and offered advice on how to benefit. Continue reading
Why Is Music Cheaper Now? It’s Supply & Demand.
Artists such as Sufjan Stevens think that selling albums for $3.99 is unfair, but Stevens does not recognize that the market has caused prices to fall. Brian Franke explains why. Continue reading
Browser Audio Recording Gives the Web a Voice
Eliot Van Buskirk discusses the impact of Mozilla’s new technology which allows users to easily record audio and video on the music world. On Thursday, Mozilla released the audio recording. Continue reading
