Fan-Funded Album Outperforms Rihanna And Coldplay On UK Charts
Proof that one does not need to be a pop goddess or multi-platinum selling rock band to make it onto the charts, a relatively unknown singer-songwriter named Ginger Wildheart (who. Continue reading
Music As A Service Part 2 – The Transition To An Experience Model (Community Over Content)
Part 2 of a guest post by Wesley Verhoeve (@wesleyverhoeve), artist manager, producer, curator, and founder of Family Records. Read Part 1 here. Two of the biggest changes in consumer. Continue reading
Ticketfly Expands To Offer Full-Fledged Marketing Services
(UPDATED) Independent ticketing and social marketing company Ticketfly has announced that they will begin offering full-on marketing services to their users. This announcement comes as the company found that while. Continue reading
Alex Day & The Future Of The Music Industry
YouTube star Alex Day is back in the news with the simultaneous release of three singles. Day initially drew attention on YouTube with a variety of entertaining videos that allowed. Continue reading
How To Release Music On Twitter – A Reunited Blur Does It Right
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Yes, Twitter is a ridiculously-constrained communications medium — a holdover from the dumb-phone days when text could only be sent from phone. Continue reading
Lady Gaga’s Manager Talks Music Tech, Social Media, And International Markets [WATCH]
Troy Carter, renowned music manager behind Lady Gaga and CEO of the management firm Atom Factory, was the keynote interview at the Music Matters conference in Singapore a few weeks. Continue reading
Berklee College Wins Attention With Social Media
Berklee College of Music is a well-known educational institution with both a physical campus in Boston and an online school. Berklee has been noted for its use of social media. Continue reading
Changes: Facebook Hides Content, Pinterest Pins Soundcloud, iTunes Changes Cover Art Size
As certain web services become a key part of our lives in the music industry, seemingly small changes take on greater importance. A glitch at Facebook reminds us that those. Continue reading
First Tweets, Now Pins – SoundCloud “Unmutes” Pinterest
Keeping the momentum going from last week’s “unmuting” of Twitter, SoundCloud has announced that sounds can now be "pinned" on Pinterest. Doing so will launch the SoundCloud HTML5 widget with. Continue reading
Build Your Fanbase Through Gamification
Building your fanbase through gamification is not about being a player or playing your fans, though some may approach it in that manner. Gamification is about bringing game-like behaviors into. Continue reading
