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Project Music Accelerator Names 2016 Class Of Music Tech Startups

While there are a multitude of tech incubators and startup accelerators, only one focuses exclusives on music tech. It is Nashville's Project Music, and it's just named its sophomore class of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/08/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Austin, Chicago, El Paso, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Texas

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Facebook Starts Selling No Service Fee Concerts Tickets

Facebook has been rolling out the ability to buy a variety of goods for months, and since summer they've talked about getting in live concert ticketing. Today, their talk turned. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/03/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abstract art, Apple Inc., Art in General, BandPage, business, California, Disc jockey, music industry, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area

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Record Store Day Partners With American Express For Music Filled Small Business Saturday Nov. 28th

Record Store Day continues to extend its reach beyond its signature one day event. This time they've partnered with American Express for special events and sales during Small Business Saturday on November. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/19/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: California, El Paso, Grand Rapids, Los Angeles, Michigan, Nashville, New Orleans, New York City, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Tennessee, Texas

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The Challenges Of Launching A Music Startup [BRENDEN MULLIGAN]

Longtime music industry player Brenden Mulligan discusses the challenges of launching and running a music startup, and some important dos and don'ts for those planning to start the music business's. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/27/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Disc jockey, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, List of online music databases, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Spotify, Taylor Swift, TechCrunch

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SXSW Music 2016 Announces First Showcase Bands, Panels

March may seem far, far away; but the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival 2016 has just announced the first round of artists and some of its conference panel. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/20/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Arts administration, Audio mixing (recorded music), Austin, Bun B, Cass McCombs, London, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Texas

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OFFICIAL: Apple Music Has 6.5 Million Paid Subscribers

[UPDATED] If music industry pundits from Bob Lefsetz to yours truly had a betting pool, odds would have been strongly against Apple ever "officially" revealing official subscriber and user numbers. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/20/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Arts administration, Audio mixing (recorded music), IOS, Jimmy Iovine, music industry, New York Post, San Francisco, Spotify, Subscription business model

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“Found Them First” – Spotify Measures Your Song Picking Cred

[UPDATED] If you're an early adopter of an up-and-coming band and are looking for bragging rights (or are just curious) Spotify's new "Found Them First" allows users to identify which. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/19/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, List of online music databases, Los Angeles, music industry, San Francisco, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift

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“Popcorn Time For Music” Aurous Suspends Operations After Court Grants RIAA Restraining Order

Not since Grooveshark has any new music application drawn such major fire as Aurous. Dubbed the "Popcorn Time For Music" Aurous was sued by the RIAA and major labels just. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/16/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ashley Madison, Associated Press, Best practice, Boston, Boston Municipal Court, Cary Sherman, lawsuit, Recording Industry Association of America, San Francisco, Twitter

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Sharkey Laguana: Is Streaming Music Ripping You Off? [INTERVIEW]

Here the people at the Future Of Music Coalition speak with Sharky Laguana of the band Creeper Lagoon about his recent piece entitled "Streaming Music is Ripping You Off" in. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/09/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 12 Years a Slave (film), Academy Award for Best Picture, Alexander Hacke, American Hustle, Future Of Music Coalition, music industry, record label, San Francisco, The New York Times Magazine, United States

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Hypebot To Host Our 4th San Francisco Meetup Next Week

Hypebot will host its fourth San Francisco Music and Tech Meetup next Wednesday, October 14 from 7-10PM at Upcider in San Francisco. Let's grab a drink and talk about Apple Music, Spotify, and Happy. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/07/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Bus, Hypebot, Los Angeles, Meetup, music industry, San Francisco, Science fiction, Silicon Valley, Spotify

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Hypebot Hosts Fourth San Francisco Music And Tech Meetup

Hypebot will host its fourth San Francisco Music and Tech Meetup on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 from 7-10PM at Upcider in San Francisco. Let's grab a drink and talk about Apple Music, Spotify,. Continue reading

admin on 10/02/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Bus, music industry, San Francisco, Science fiction, Silicon Valley, Spotify, YouTube

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