Are You Psychologically Suited For Success In The Music Industry?
A recurring theme of business writers is the topic of personal psychology and success. Often this comes in the form of looking at an aggregate sample of successful entrepreneurs, figuring. Continue reading
How To Get Gigs That Make You Money
Getting and performing gigs is a critical part of any musicians career. Live shows gives you a unique opportunity to interact with your fans and share your music with new. Continue reading
YouTube Accidentally Reveals Top 1% Of Music Channels In New Google Preferred Lineup
As YouTube continues its long disruptive trek to replace broadcast tv, among other things, they've been developing what could be called a hits strategy. They're starting to run tv ads. Continue reading
Vube: So How Does A Cover Music Video Site Hit The Top 100 Websites In A Single Year? [Updated]
Vube.com seems a bit too good to be true. It's a user-generated music video site that features cover songs and monthly cash prizes for those who get the most likes.. Continue reading
The Spark Run: Kaskade Announces 5K Run With Glow Necklaces Followed By EDM Concert
DJ Kaskade yesterday announced an interesting approach to a 5K run that seems influenced by The Color Run. There will be activities at the "pre-run plaza", a 5K run in. Continue reading
Emmis Communications Takes 40% Stake In Funkmaster Flex’s Flexco
Emmis Communications may be known for radio but they're putting money into a DJ's web and mobile operation. Funkmaster Flex, a well-known hip hop dj at New York's Hot 97. Continue reading
Beatswitch Raises € 250,000 For Concert Music Business Platform
Beatswitch has rasied € 250,000 ($342,000 USD) in seed funding for its concert planning platform. The startup incubated at Antwerp based accelerator Idealabs, who introduced them to investor Strike4 (Engager, Scanadu,. Continue reading
SFXE Picks Up Merchandising Co. Perryscope Productions, Takes Tomorrowland 2014 To MTV
SFX Entertainment [SFXE] has announced the acquisition of licensing and merchandising company Perryscope Productions. Team Perryscope will bring their expertise to all of SFXE's operations completing another major piece of. Continue reading
What Three Startup Founders Learned About Industry Networking On Their First Trip To SXSW Music
When I interviewed two of ToneDen's co-founders back in February, they told me they were planning a trip to SXSW to broaden their music industry contacts. So I decided we. Continue reading
When Reaching The Youth Goes Wrong: B-Classic Gets Cheeky
A variety of classical music groups are trying to reach new audiences these days. I've written about some of them (see links below) but until B-Classic came out with its. Continue reading
