7 Things The Brooklyn Bowl’s Success Taught Its Founder Peter Shapiro

Brooklyn Bowl is one of the more interesting venue success stories of late with its combination of bowling, music and quality service. Having already expanded to London and Las Vegas,. Continue reading

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Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Names 2014 Inductees: Nirvana, Kiss And More

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2014 inductees. They are Nirvana, Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Cat Stevens and Linda Ronstadt. The E Street Band. Continue reading

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Pitchfork To Launch Print Magazine, The $19.96 Pitchfork Review

A pioneer in professional online music journalism, Pitchfork, is launching an old school print magazine. The quarterly publication will debut December 16th with a per issue cover price of $19.96. Continue reading

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TuneCore Partners With INDMUSIC To Monetize YouTube Videos

TuneCore has partnered with INDMUSIC to offer YouTube monetization services to distributed artists. An important new source of revenue for artists, YouTube monetization is an increasingly crowded sector including competitor. Continue reading

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Matt And Kim Play Secret Santa For Fans plus Ideas For Making The Most Of The Holidays

Matt And Kim are responding to the Christmas season with a Secret Santa Contest for their fans. It's a bit of a variation and a reminder that you can take. Continue reading

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Arcade Fire Rewards Superfans With Secret Show Ticket Lottery

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. One of the worst-kept secrets among Arcade Fire fans this week is that the band is playing some crazy-sounding secret shows in at the. Continue reading

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What Social Media Is Doing To Music (Hint: It’s Not Good)

By Tony Hymes (@TonyHymes), the community manager at Whyd, a social music community. Do you remember the early glory days of social media? We started by genuinely connecting with interesting. Continue reading

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Cassette Store Day Successfully Raises Media Visibility While Building Community

Cassette Store Day took place over the weekend on September 7th with events taking place internationally. Bands played and I assume cassettes were sold. But, more importantly, community was built. Continue reading

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Top Sales and Social Media Stats From The MTV Video Music Awards

From Nielsen Entertainment's The Insighter. This past Sunday, the 29th annual MTV Video Music Awards invaded Brooklyn, NY’s spanking new Barclays Center, crowning many music megastars like Justin Timberlake, Bruno. Continue reading

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DIY Jazz Artist Carsie Blanton Shifts Sound To Seduce Listeners On Kickstarter

Ian Anderson is the co-author of "100 Music Kickstarters to Learn From" on LaunchAndRelease.com. 75% of all music Kickstarters raise less than $10,000, according to Kickstarter. Carsie Blanton raised $9,232. Continue reading

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New On Our Jobs Board: Stereobot.com Will Pay You To Listen To Music

New on our Music Industry Jobs Board is Stereobot.com, a music provider for TV, games and film, looking for music specialists to help categorize their library. The job pays hourly and. Continue reading

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