One Band Gets Official Love From Twitter
"In the past, getting close to your favorite musicians required a backstage pass at a crowded venue," begins a breathless new post on Twitter's official blog. "Now you can just. Continue reading
Chuck D: ‘If A Community Cannot Supports Arts, Then Arts Cannot Support The Community’
During this weekend's Record Store Day, Chuck D visited Grimey's in Nashville and spoke about the importance of the arts and local community. (Video below.) "If the community cannot supports. Continue reading
ScoreBig Scores $14 Million More For Ticketing
In case anyone needed more proof that investors believe that Ticketmaster's dominance is waning and ticketing is still up for grabs, ScoreBig, which offers discount and no fee tickets for. Continue reading
Do You Really Want A Major Label Deal?
This guest post comes from Robin Davey, a musician, artist and Head of Music and Film Development at GROWVision Media. A recent survey suggested that 75% of artists are still. Continue reading
Jolson To Jay-Z: Covers, Collaboration & Sampling
Techdirt points us to a video that chronicles how a song originated. Producer Tony Rome, who says he inspired by reading James Boyle's The Public Domain, takes a look at. Continue reading
Rebecca Black Buys Herself A Billboard
Rebecca Black's "success" has come thanks to new school marketing – a viral YouTube video with more than 113 million views in just two months. But her team has now. Continue reading
SongVest Gets Into Fan Album Funding Game
SongVest, best known for selling shares in hit songs to fans, is joining the fan album funding game. First up is Reggie, founder of Midnight Star and the Calloway Brothers. . Continue reading
How To Make Music With A Game Boy [VIDEO]
I'll spare you a long lecture on how this video proves that you can make music with almost anything and is a great example of (insert something super important here).. Continue reading
News Brief: Amazon Cloud Sputters, Apple Soars, $750K to ex.fm, Dre Wins, Topspin + LiveJam & More
Major problems with Amazon's cloud infrastructure has crippled some major internet operations today, including Hootsuite, Foursquare and Reddit starting early this morning. A quick check of music sites found Moontoast. Continue reading
Prince Wants To Stop All Cover Versions Of Songs (Not Just His Songs… Everyone’s)
Appearing on the George Lopez Show recently, Prince declared is distaste for those artists, like Sinead O'Connor and Chaka Khan, who have recorded covers of his songs. Despite the millions. Continue reading
Shift Happens: A Story of Frustration & Opportunity
This guest post comes from Bob Baker of TheBuzzFactor.com, author of "Guerrilla Music Marketing Online", Berkleemusic's "Music Marketing 101" course, and many other books and promotion resources for DIY artists,. Continue reading
