RapGenius Builds Web Community For Rap Lyrics
Rap Genius has been getting a new wave of press coverage lately and, though I'm not sure what kicked it off, it's easy to see why the site gets attention.. Continue reading
Rockstar Motel Set To Unveil Social Platform For Promoting Artists And Fans
Rockstar Motel is a social networking site focused on building a platform for publicizing both artists and fans emphasizing indie and unsigned musicians. Its initial version, set for public unveiling. Continue reading
MuseSpring Launches Online Music Industry Education Center
MuseSpring is a newly launched online course system for the music industry designed as a continuing ed-style subscription service. The concept definitely has some potential but MuseSpring also has a. Continue reading
Grouptune Offers Christian Music Deals & Opportunities For Indie Artists
Grouptune is a deals site for Christian music that launched in May joining the ranks of web deal sites centered on music. Grouptune offers exclusive deals, whenever possible, and serves. Continue reading
Musicians Can Do Well By Doing Good With Downtime Facebook App
Downtime is an effort to encourage musicians to take some of their "downtime" and support a good cause. Downtime's Facebook app facilitates musician involvement by connecting individual musicians to appropriately. Continue reading
StreamJam Launches As StageIt & backBEAT Competitor
[Updated] StreamJam announced their launch out of beta this week and I checked out a concert to see how their platform for streaming and monetizing live performances worked. Though I. Continue reading
You Are Listening To Los Angeles & Music’s Incredible Lost Opportunities
I've been trying to get a sense of the full range of streaming music and video projects, such as Reelr.tv and Chill, that draw on services like YouTube and SoundCloud. Continue reading
Reelr.TV – Discover Your Inner TweeJ
Reelr.tv is another contender in the growing arena of streaming music services like Chill featuring freely embeddable music videos. Originally launched as MTweeV.com, MTV nixed that move even though they. Continue reading
Music Tech Hopefuls Demo @ 500 Startups: Console.fm & SingBoard Evade Music Licensing
Multiple startups being "accelerated" by 500 Startups demoed this week and at least two were focused on music. Console.fm and SingBoard both have a lot of potential and have found. Continue reading
Why Hasn’t Superglued Concert Community Achieved Critical Mass?
Superglued is a community built around the music concert-going experience. It's a nice looking site with an interesting concept that includes rewarding its users for their activity both on and. Continue reading
