Songkick Detour Plans Biggest Fanfunded Music Tour To Date: Taking Andrew Bird To Latin America
Songkick takes its concert crowdfunding service, Songkick Detour, to the next level with what will be the largest fanfunded music tour to date if successful, bringing Andrew Bird to Latin. Continue reading
Deep Think: Jason Herskowitz of Tomahawk and Official.fm Talks About Musical Babelfish
Guest post by Kyle Bylin of sidewinder.fm, a music-and-tech think tank. In his most recent essay, “The Success Of The Online Music Market Will Be Won Or Lost In Translation,”. Continue reading
EpicEDM To Launch As Twitter-Only Electronic Dance Music Publication
EpicEDM is a recently announced Twitter-only electronic dance music publication from Believe Entertainment Group that is set to launch later this year. A product of the company that produced "The. Continue reading
Musicplayr Nabs $625,000 For Online Playlist Creation, Leaves Private Beta
(UPDATE 2) Berlin based music tech startup Musicplayr has announced at $625,000 seed investment from Lars Langusch of Holzbrink Ventures. The free online playlist service enables users to collect and. Continue reading
Ticketfly Becomes Number One Ticketing Provider In San Francisco
Independent and social ticketing platform Ticketfly has been on quite a roll lately, undergoing some impressive growth and expansion thanks in large part to raising $22 million in series C. Continue reading
Hot Chip Fans Take Charge Of Marketing Crowdfunded Shows On Songkick Detour
Repost from Mike Masnick of TechDirt. We recently wrote about a new feature from Songkick, called Detour, that can be used to crowdsource a concert to guarantee for a performer. Continue reading
Music Ecommerce News: Gumroad x SoundScan, Interactive Catalogs, smartTab iTunes Store
Music ecommerce tools continue to become both simpler and more complex. Gumroad keeps music ecommerce simple while adding SoundScan reporting. Musician's Friend gets complex with their Private Reserve Interactive Catalog. Continue reading
Why Music Startups And Ad Networks Suffer From “Flavor Of The Month Syndrome”
Guest post by Joey Flores (@earbits) of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Flores is a reformed ad network guy, and co-founder and CEO of Earbits. Last week, I. Continue reading
Vivogig: Concert Photo Sharing
Vivogig is a music concert photo sharing site that launched last year in Austin. It has a pleasing simplicity and a lot of potential though it seems to have stalled. Continue reading
8 Questions All Music Startups Must Answer
As part of SF MusicTech week, NARM and DigitalMusic.org held their Music Startup Academy from the Rdio offices in downtown San Francisco last week. The room was filled with entrepreneurs. Continue reading
