Ticketmaster Finally Ditches Much Hated CAPTCHA
If you are like most people, you are aggrivated by trying to puzzle out the squiggly lines used to separate humans from spam bots on websites. Known as CAPTCHA, the. Continue reading
Sonicbids Sold To Guggenheim’s Backstage
(UPDATED) Sonicbids, one of the first major players in the d.i.y. music space, has been sold to Backstage in a deal backed by Guggenheim Partners. Backstage, which specializes in casting,. Continue reading
The 3 Most Profitable DIY Revenue Streams, And Why Many Artists Succeed At Only One Of Them
Guest post by Jay Frank (@Repojay) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Independent artists can make more money than ever before. The walls of major label distribution have crumbled,. Continue reading
Björk Crowdfunds Biophilia App For Education But Will It Reach The Poor Kids?
Björk received quite a bit of attention for her suite of iOS apps that offered an app for each song on her Biophilia album. Since then the nonproft Biophilia Educational. Continue reading
Made In 48: 2 Bands + 48 Hours = New Recorded Song & Music Video Available Online
Last week Well Hung Heart's Robin Davey and Greta Valenti launched the first episode of "Made in 48", a web tv series that brings their band together with another, in. Continue reading
Twitter’s New Vine For Musicians
Various Twitter users have already started using the video sharing app, Vine. With this app, musicians can share more content and use this as another tool for a music marketing. Continue reading
New Estimates Put Gangnam Style Music Video Revenue At $4 Million
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. If someone had told us in 2011 that in 2012 a portly South Korean rapper would take the world by storm, delighting clubgoers and. Continue reading
New Major Music, Film And Literary Agency Resolution Launches
Veteran talent agent and former chairman and chief executive of International Creative Management alum has officially launched his long-rumored talent and literary agency, Resolution. Berg, who spent nearly 30 years. Continue reading
Sony Music Unlimited Boosts Streams To 320kpbs
Starting today, Sony Music Unlimited is boosting the bit-rate of it's streaming music service to 320kbps AAC on the PlayStation 3, Android devices, and the service's web player. Previously Sony's. Continue reading
A Look Inside ReverbNation: 2.5 Million Musicians
In a new video by ReverbNation reviewing it's 2012 accomplishments, which include a new HQ to house expanding staff, a site redesign and an expanded Promote It! tools, they shared. Continue reading
