YouTube Music Service Could Cost Artists, Labels $2.3 Billion Per Year In Lost Income
[UPDATED] A new report from Mark Mulligan and media industry analysts MIDiA looks at the massive impact YouTube along with its yet to launch Music Key service will have on the music. Continue reading
Listen To Spotify On An Old Cassette Player [VIDEO]
This retro Spotify media server is based on a Raspberry Pi, the super cheap cerdit card sized single board computer, and as creator Matt Brailsford explains, the cassette tapes. Continue reading
TuneCore Launches YouTube Money Music Video Monetization Service
TuneCore has announced the launch of YouTube Money, a monetization and collection service for music videos. Music videos are estimated to drive nearly 40% of all views on YouTube and a survey. Continue reading
StarMaker Launches YouTube Network To Turn Karaoke Singers Into Paid Artists
If you're familiar with karaoke/music video creation apps StarMaker and The Voice then you're familiar with the work of StarMaker Interactive. People use the apps to pick well-known songs and. Continue reading
2ndLine Helps Musicians Like Zoë Keating Host Ticketed Shows From Anywhere
By 2ndLine Co-founder & CEO Stephen Backer. Your goals as an artist are to make music, to share your music with fans, and to support yourself with the proceeds. But, in. Continue reading
Google Brings Music-Focused YouTube+ Workshops To Nashville
Google is planning a series of free, open workshops for folks in Nashville. They'll be focusing on music and helping those who haven't embraced the Google empire do so with. Continue reading
What Indie Musicians Can Learn From Iconic Music Videos
By Kathleen Parrish from the Sonicbids Blog. Creating a music video that stands the test of time is tough, but not impossible. (In fact, narrowing this list to only four is almost. Continue reading
You Know Record Stores Are Back In Fashion When… Ralph Lauren Models Are Shopping There [VIDEO]
(UPDATED) All but left for dead, the record store is making a comeback. And never one to miss a chance to piggyback a trend, Ralph Lauren is featuring our favorite. Continue reading
Vevo Expands Original Programming While Avoiding MTV’s Path
If you're like me, you encounter music videos from Vevo fairly randomly mixed in on YouTube or embedded on websites so it's hard to have a sense of Vevo's full. Continue reading
Fullscreen MCN Acquired by Otter Media, Cuts Monetization Deal With Loudr
Fullscreen is a leading multi-channel network on YouTube that has been making the move to be something more. That includes providing services to their clients. One recent addition was a. Continue reading
YouTube Launches Realtime Analytics
YouTube has added realtime analytics to its creator dashboard. The new Realtime report shows estimated views data for the last 5 published videos. The data is also available when looking at reports. Continue reading