Tag: Apple Inc.

Spreading Your Music Tech Startup – 2 Free Seminars

We're excited to see a cluster of music tech startups growing in Chicago. To encourage these pioneers, we're co-sponsoring "Spreading Your Music Tech Startup" on July 9th at Fort Knox. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/02/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Artist, CD Baby, Do it yourself, independent music, iTunes, music industry, Ship naming and launching, Spotify, YouTube

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What To Send To Your Fan Email List [Dave Kusek]

An email list isn’t worth much if you never use it. In fact, an email list isn’t worth much if you only use it every now and then. It is. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/02/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend, Adobe Photoshop, Apple Inc., Artist, direct to fan, E-commerce, email, Email address, email list, email marketing, indie musician, iTunes, music marketing, music promotion, PledgeMusic, social media

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Prince Pulls Music Off All Streaming Services Except TIDAL, Soundcloud

Prince does things at his own pace and for his own reasons. He's always has a love/hate relationship with streaming music, but his timing leaves more questions than answers…

Bruce Houghton on 07/02/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Apple Inc., Baltimore, Disc jockey, iTunes, Jay-Z, Mashable, Prince (musician), Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media

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Google Play Versus Apple Music: Who Will Win?

Eager to beat Apple Music's June 30th launch to the punch, Google recently announced its newly-launched free music streaming service. Beginning this Tuesday, the search engine giant is introducing a. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/02/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Apple Inc., Google, Google Play, Internet radio, Jay-Z, Pandora Radio, Rdio, Songza, Spotify, Streaming media

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36 Years Ago The First Sony Walkman Went On Sale, 11 Years Ago Today We Launched Hypebot

36 years ago today on July 1 1979, the original Sony Walkman went on sale. (image via Timehop) 11 years ago today in 2004, we launched Hypebot.com. Our very first post was. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/01/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 2 Live Crew, Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding, Apple Inc., Cassette deck, IPhone, IPod, Portable media player, Sony, Stereophonic sound, Walkman

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The Lesser Of Two Streaming Evils: Why .002 Is Greater Than .001 And Why 90 Days Is Better Than Forever…

There’s been a lot of talk and understandable dissent surrounding Apple’s free tier payment of the reported .002 per play during each consumers 90 day free trial period. We now. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/01/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Adware, Apple Inc., Artist, Disc jockey, iTunes, music industry, Pharrell Williams, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model

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Indie DIY Advice: Write ‘Thank You’ Notes

While adding extra items to merchandise orders can be expensive for an artist or record label, 'Thank You' notes can be a friendly and cost effective way to connect with. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/01/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Compact disc, Disc jockey, independent music, Independent record label, iTunes, Record chart, record label, Sony Music Entertainment, Soundcloud

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Essence Festival Expands Digital Footprint

Live has been music's slowest sector to jump on the digital bandwagon. That's finally changing with more promoters and festivals increasing their online presence before, during and after the event,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/01/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Al Jazeera English, Alex Jones (radio host), Apple Inc., Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, apps, HTTP Live Streaming, IOS, Netflix, Streaming media, YouTube

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U.S. Music Streaming Market Worth $2.7 Billion By 2019

Yesterday's launch of Apple Music will surely accelerate mainstream adoption of streaming music. But how quickly will it happen and what does it mean in terms of revenue for artists and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/01/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Apple Inc., Artist, Deezer, Digital Music News, Google Play, iTunes, music industry, Rdio, Rhapsody (online music service), Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, United States

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Apple Music Directs Independent Artists To CD Baby

While checking out Apple Music after it launched this morning, I noticed a link targeting undistributed independent artists that points straight to CD Baby. While another link below it leads to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/30/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele (singer), Andy Heath (puppeteer), Apple Inc., Arctic Monkeys, Beggars Group, Billboard Magazine, independent music, Independent record label, Martin Mills, Merlin Network

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Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio Is Live

Apple's Beats 1 live online radio station is on the air with Zane Lowe behind the mic. Listen via the Apple Music app and tell us what you think. Still. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/30/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Android, Apple Inc., Eminem, Internet radio, IOS, iTunes, List of online music databases, Macintosh, Personal computer, Zane Lowe

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