The Streaming Effect: The Landscape May Be Gloomier Than Pictured
"The Streaming Effect: Assessing The Impact Of Streaming Music Behaviour" is a new report from MIDiA Research focused on the music market's reaction to streaming music options and the effects. Continue reading
Jimmy Chamberlin: From Smashing Pumpkins Drummer To Music Tech CEO
PandoDaily's David Holmes tells the story of Jimmy Chamberlin's transformation from Smashing Pumpkins drummer to tech startup CEO. Chamberlin says he found the same energy in today's startup scene as. Continue reading
Gracenote Buys Baseline For $50 Million, Moves Beyond Music
Tribune Media owned Gracenote is continuing its march to expand beyond music metadata. With today's acquisition of film and tv data firm Baseline for $50 million plus Gracenote's already deep. Continue reading
Are Low Music Sales Simply Due To Bad Music?
Guest post by Peter Getty. In 1991, Nielsen Soundscan started tracking album sales around the world. Back then, this data gave us valuable insight into current tastemakers, what genres were. Continue reading
Cellfish Media Rebrands As Bandsintown Group
Mobile and social application publisher Cellfish Media is rebranding as the Bandsintown Group. With the popular BandsInTown app already its flagship product, the move reflects the company’s three year effort to. Continue reading
Samsung Debuts Gear VR With New Vevo Music Video Viewing Experience
Samsung today unveiled its Samsung Galaxy Gear VR, a mobile virtual reality headset, that Samsung is making it clear is intended as a media consumption device. Gear VR will initially. Continue reading
CD Baby Free: Direct To Fan Download Sales Even If You’re Distributed By Tunecore, Others
CD Baby yesterday launched CD Baby Free – a Bandcamp-like direct to fan music download sales tool that opens the company's popular indie music store to all artists – even. Continue reading
New Value In Trading A Song For An Email Address
With album sales, broadcast radio, and many other mainstream revenue sources for artists fading quickly into "has beens", we are being forced into a new era of networking & promotion.. Continue reading
5 Tips For Musicians On Maintaining Great Relationships With The Music Press
By Jamie Ludwig from the SonicBids Blog. For an independent musician, scoring coverage in a media outlet may seem like the well-earned reward in a long cycle of pitching and. Continue reading
CMA Awards Announce 2014 Nominees
ABC's Good Morning America hosted the announcement of the Country Music Association Awards 2014 nominees early Wednesday morning. Seven categories of CMA nominations will be announced on GMA at 10am ET today. Check back. Continue reading
