Beastmode.fm Sources Top Blogs In One Simple Music Player
Los Angeles-based startup Beastmode.fm has built a music discovery platform that not only sources content from some of the top music recommendations sites on the web, but also requires no licensing. Built. Continue reading
Music Discovery: The Path to Digital Failure
Guest post by Kyle Bylin of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Billboard has doubled down on a particularly dangerous idea. In the trade publication’s annual FutureSound white paper,. Continue reading
Spotify Names Most Streamed Songs Of 2012
Last time I checked, we still had a month to go, but Spotify has already named Gotye's "Somebody I Used to Know" the top song of the year – the. Continue reading
Watch Live: Internet Radio Fairness Act Hearings Today
The first hearings on the controversial Internet Radio Fairness Act will be broadcast live today at 11:30 AM ET. Witnesses include producer Jimmy Jam, former eMusic CEO David Pakman, and. Continue reading
On Eve Of The Internet Radio Fairness Act Hearings
(UPDATE 3) With Congressional hearings set for Wed. 11/28, David Macias, president of Nashville based label services company Thirty Tigers, shares his views on The Internet Radio Fairness Act. Somewhere. Continue reading
A Better Widget: Why Aren’t Online Music Services Music-Friendly?
Guest post by Kyle Bylin of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. A decade into the digital music revolution, it’s remarkable that we can create radio stations that we. Continue reading
Making Dollars: Clearing Up Spotify Payment Confusion
(UPDATED) By David Macias, president of Nashville based label services company Thirty Tigers. Much of the recent discourse about the music business reminds me of listening to partisan political commentators. Continue reading
Unpaid DIY Music Is ‘Competitive Advantage’ As MySpace Shops For $50M To Take On Spotify
(UPDATED) Since taking over MySpace from News Corp, Interactive Media (formerly Specific) has pushed traffic back up 36%. But that hasn't stopped MySpace from bleeding $40 million in 2012, according. Continue reading
Social Music: What Went Wrong and What Can Still Go Right
Guest post by Aaron Master (@aaronmidomi) for sidewinder.fm, a music a tech think tank. Master works at SoundHound Inc., a sound search company. When the history of music social networking is written,. Continue reading
SoundExchange Quarterly Payout Hits $122.5 Million, Largest Ever
Amidst a growing battle over digital broadcast royalty rates, SoundExchange today fired the most powerful gun in it's arsenal: the largest quarterly payments from non-interactive digital music services to artists. Continue reading
