The Downside Of Rumblefish, CDBaby And YouTube Content ID
Guest post by Dan Adler (@EDM_Hero) of the indie EDM business blog EDM Hero. CDBaby provides an easy way to get all your music on popular (and un-popular) music stores,. Continue reading
Spotify CEO Says He Doesn’t Worry What Apple, Google Do In Music
"We're obviously watching what everybody is doing," Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, told Forbes during an onstage interview at SXSW Interactive. "Music is something that is so inherently important to people. Continue reading
Pepsi Sponsors Downloads From Yala, World’s Largest Arabic Music Service
Yala Music is a unique hybrid music service featuring Arabic music. Though developed for the Middle East and North Africa, Yala's listenership has grown most strongly in the U.S. Yala. Continue reading
Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Tells Musicians To Go Crowdfund Themselves
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Chief Swine Defender (his real title) at BreadPig, just gave the second of three keynote addresses on the first day. Continue reading
VEVO.TV Launches: The Return Of Music Television
Guest post by Micheal Cerda (@imcerdafied) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Cerda provides an in-depth commentary on today's launch of VEVO.TV, a brand-new music video product. In. Continue reading
Amanda Palmer’s Lessons For Musicians Too Uncomfortable To Ask Their Fans For Money
By Levi James (@launchrelease) of music crowdfunding blog Launch + Release. At the 5:55 minute mark of Amanda Palmer’s now legendary TED talk, I actually teared up a bit. I. Continue reading
The Artist As Entrepeneur, D2F & More w/CEO Of ioumusic [Upward Spiral Podcast]
This episode, we're joined by Rob MacArthur of ioumusic.com. We discuss how the tenets of entrepreneurialism and the "lean startup" apply to bands, and we evaluate whether the Direct-To-Fan business. Continue reading
YouTube Video Tips & Tools From The Music Playbook To vidIQ
YouTube remains one of the core web and mobile tools for musicians for so many reasons from revenue generation to social media power. While some consider YouTube a fair weather. Continue reading
Apple Joins Digital Resale Movement. Ready For Even Less MP3 Revenue?
In January, Amazon was granted a patent on tech related to the resale of digital content and now Apple has filed their own version. Not only are they covering quite. Continue reading
