Shazam Tops 1 Billion Downloads, Achieves Profitability

Shazam announced that it has has been downloaded more than 1 billion times. The hugely popular music discovery app also joined a very exclusive club: it's a profitable music tech. Continue reading

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Capitalizing On Remix Culture: Beatport’s Former CEO Has A New Mission

In this article former Beatport CEO Matthew Adell weighs in on the founding of MetaPop, a company working to bring labels, producers, and remixers together as well as discussing why. Continue reading

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Revelator Raises $2.5M To Expand Digital Music Business Platform

Revelator's mission is as simple as it is important: build the first open business platform for distributing, selling, licensing and collecting revenue for music online. Today, the the company announced it. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. And Indie Music

Our advice for DIY and indie artists this week ranges from tips how you can stop unnecessarily overspending on gear, to ways you can make a great looking music video on a. Continue reading

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How live streaming is transforming the music industry… and why that might scare you

Live video is exploding. Facebook Live, Snapchat, Pericope, and for a growing number of musicians, YouNow. But rising consumer demand for unscripted, real-time performances requires an entirely new skill set for. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y And Indie Music

Indie artists gather 'round! We have much in the way of useful advice this week, with tips on how to make live streaming work for you, why you need a. Continue reading

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My Top Music Tech Launches Of 2015 – Nick Rizzuto, Fame House

We've been asking some of the new music industry's best and brightest for their top 2015 launches in music tech. Here, Nick Rizzuto, the Marketing Manager at digital marketing agency Fame. Continue reading

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Merchbar Simplifies Band Merch Sales And Discovery

In this episode of Music Biz Podcast, we talk to with Ed Aten, who is the CEO and co-founder of Merchbar, a website and mobile app that allows people to. Continue reading

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Spotify Extends To More Cars With MirrorLink RockScout App

The ability to stream music in the car is crucial to the format becoming mainstream.  But with dozens of global auto manufacturers, each with their own standards, that's been a. Continue reading

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THE PITCH: Localized Concert Discovery App DoStuff

THE PITCH today comes from concert discovery app DoStuff. There are a number of startups working on concert discovery. BandsInTown and Songkick, for example, share info provided from artists, agents and. Continue reading

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