RockStar Motel Opens Platform To Fans & Bands
RockStar Motel leaves beta today in the US, UK and Canada. The social network with game elements features a fan signing band approach in which fans are encouraged to become. Continue reading
A Graphic History Of Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]
Since launching in 2006, Twitter has exploded desptie – or perhaps because – it limits users to 140 charracters. This infographic from Mashable details Twitter’s most influential content creators, impressive. Continue reading
Serendip.me’s Twitter Fueled Music Discovery Site Gets Its First Not So Good Review
Hypebot recently shared beta invites for Serendip.me, a music startup that uses Twitter as a music discovery engine. It's gotten great early reviews but I haven't been quite as enthused. Continue reading
FanBridge Launches Social Digest – Earns 1 Million Subscribers In 24 Hours
Direct-to-fan marketing platform FanBridge recently launched a new feature called Social Digest, which curates the most popular social content from the web in a sleek email digest distributed to fans on. Continue reading
SoshiGames’ Music Festivals Game For Facebook Seeks Established & Unsigned Artists
SoshiGames' Music Festivals Facebook game, originally expected this summer, is now due for full launch in December. In great news for musicians, the game is intended to feature music discovery. Continue reading
5 Tips from IndieHipHop.net On Why Musicians Should Be Blogging
While it's true that I think that every musician should have their own website at their own domain, I also think that such sites should either have a blog or. Continue reading
Did Facebook Just Pull A MySpace?
(UPDATED) What Facebook did last week was brilliant. Instead of taking the time and effort to try to build their own "best" music and media services, they opened up the. Continue reading
The Empire Strikes Back: Facebook Music & The Resurection Of the Dark Side.
Facebook has forever shied away from music. The best it previously offered was limited integration with Root Music and Reverb Nation to host a pretty drab music tab. The people. Continue reading
Responding To Facebook Flap, Spotify Says They’re Just “Creating an amazing new world of music”
As we reported this morning, many Spotify users are upset by a new requirement that a Facebook account is needed to sign up for a new Spotify free account. Late. Continue reading
VYou Provides Personalized Video Q&A Platform
VYou essentially combines the functionality of YouTube, Twitter, and lesser-known FormSpring (where people ask original questions in anticipation of entertaining and/or informative responses). It allows people to broadcast their videos. Continue reading