MySpace Reports Growth: Daily Site Visits +7M, Artist Profiles Up 340%
MySpace is reporting some cautious optimism following their relaunch in June. The company says that their audience grew from 24 million prior to launch to 31 million in its first. Continue reading
5 Vital Features For Your Band Website
Social Media is an unprecedented promotional outlet on many levels, but taking the time to strategically customize your band's website gets you more mileage for your time. Not sure where. Continue reading
Spotify Adds Follow Buttons, But Will Artists and Labels Use Them?
Spotify has added Follow buttons in the hopes that artists, labels, blogs and brands will embed them on sites. The buttons make it easy for web visitors to follow artists,. Continue reading
Hootsuite Adds SoundCloud App For Listening To, Posting and Sharing Music
HootSuite is one of the more popular social media tools that allow you to manage multiple social media accounts from one interface. A variety of third party apps are available. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Tips On Getting Your Music Licensed From Music Supervisor & Songwriter Sarah Sharp 10 Myths of Music Crowdfunding Instagram Music Videos With Merch On The Side A PledgeMusic Campaign That. Continue reading
A PledgeMusic Campaign That Was More About Community Building Than Funding
Mindy Gledhill is a singer/songwriter who began releasing her albums independently after an initial label release. For her fourth album, "Pocketful of Poetry," Gledhill decided to conduct a PledgeMusic campaign.. Continue reading
Fantrotter: Ticketing and Travel Search Limited By Reliance On Secondary Ticketing Sites
Fantrotter, billing itself as a "travel website for fans," allows you to identify an event, from music to sports, and then do an automated search for tickets, travel and lodging.. Continue reading
Bandcamp Debuts Music Feeds, BitTorrent Bundle Opens, Giggem Adds Venues & Promoters
Some nice steps forward are being taken by multiple music industry websites and resources. Bandcamp added music feeds to fan accounts which should deepen participation in their developing social platform.. Continue reading
What Social Media Is Doing To Music (Hint: It’s Not Good)
By Tony Hymes (@TonyHymes), the community manager at Whyd, a social music community. Do you remember the early glory days of social media? We started by genuinely connecting with interesting. Continue reading
Disconnect Your Music Service From Facebook NOW, Says Beats Music Exec’ Ian Rogers
Former Topsin CEO Ian Rogers wants everyone to disconnect their music service from Facebook right now. "If your music service is currently barfing every track you play to Facebook, turn. Continue reading
Instagram Music Videos With Merch On The Side
Before Instagram added video, musicians and videomakers were already creating music videos from Instagram photos or using Instagram as part of the process. Now, of course, folks are making music. Continue reading
