David Byrne Takes A Sharp Yet Despairing Look At Spotify, Streaming Music and Musicians
Late last week David Byrne wrote a lengthy column for The Guardian in which he discussed streaming music, Spotify, the music industry, artist careers and his own choice of pulling. Continue reading
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Musician's Guide To Prep For A Publicity Campaign Google+ For Musicians Warner Music's New $16 Million Per Year Office Beats Launch Details Leak DeliRadio Raises $9.35M Thom Yorke: "Spotify is. Continue reading
Rdio Seeks The College Crowd With Half-Off Unlimited Music
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Napster, famously, was birthed in a college dormitory. Universities were also the place where hopes were once pinned for blanket, ISP-level music licenses, because. Continue reading
DeliRadio Raises $9.35 Million In Funding, CEO Wayne Skeen Shares The Big Picture
Today web radio service DeliRadio announced that they've raised $9.35 million in funding from investors. This impressive achievement will allow DeliRadio to start hiring more engineers and grow their technical. Continue reading
Spotify Adds Concerts To All Artist Pages via Songkick
It's been almost 2 years since Songkick launched its app on Spotify, giving fans the option to see selected tour dates with in Spotify. Now the two companies have expanded. Continue reading
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NARM and Digitalmusic.org Rebrand as the Music Business Association
NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) and its digital sister digitalmusic.org will now collectively known as the Music Business Association (MusicBiz.org), the music industry trade group announced today. The organization. Continue reading
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Google+ Has Become A Music Marketing Must Thom Yorke: "Spotify is the last desperate fart…" Unconventional Guide To Getting A Record Label Deal Musicians Make Little While Music Services Make. Continue reading
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Jeff Price: Why Musicians Make Little While Music Services and Distributors Make Billions Amanda Palmer: On Sinead (2X) On Miley On Being A Women In The Music Industry Thom Yorke:. Continue reading
