Why Fan Funding Encourages Active Audiences
This Kickstarter campaign video is impressive. It eloquently explains to fans why their support is important. The artist describes how the record industry has shifted and encourages his audience to. Continue reading
Scattered Monkeys – An Insider’s Perspective on the Evolving Music Industry
Ariel Hyatt is currently in the middle of hosting her Music Success in Nine Weeks Blogging Challenge, Wave 3. She has challenged artists to read her book and apply the. Continue reading
Lack Of Passion And Caring About Music At Majors
In an interview with the Village Voice, DJ Premier shared his thoughts on the record industry. Mainly, what has changed in it since he first came out. What Premier says. Continue reading
How 550,000 Artists Collaborate & Create Together
(Read part 1 of the interview here.) The proliferation of social production tools and aligning them with the intrinsic motivations of musicians isn't enough to bring about cultural change though;. Continue reading
Top 10 Best Places To See A Rock Concert In US
Songkick, a live music database, has released a study that reveals the top ten US cities for seeing a rock show. The top ranking is base on the number of. Continue reading
Big Facebook, MySpace Joint Announcement Today
(Updated) MySpace and Facebook will make a major joint announcement at Noon PST today according to a press invitation sent last night. Mike Jones, CEO of MySpace, and Dan Rose,. Continue reading
eMusic Reboots With UMG Catalog, Sony & WMG New Releases plus A Reply To Exiting Indies
Many of the promised changes at eMusic are launching today. "We are adding to our U.S. catalogue over 250,000 titles from Universal Music Group, as well as new releases from. Continue reading
Video: What Makes An Influencer?
What makes an influencer? This short documentary raises that question, it explores what it means to be an influencer. It also looks at how trends and creativity become contagious in. Continue reading
Music Industry News: Susan Boyle Tops Charts, Berkleemusic Names CMO, Beatles, iTunes & More
What Taylor Swift Can Teach CMO’s. (Forbes) Susan Boyle album tops charts both sides of Atlantic. (BBC) Cyberclinic: Did The Beatles need iTunes? No, but EMI did. (Indie) Anti-Piracy Lawyers Knew They Targeted Innocent Victims. (TF) . Continue reading
Is Google Buying Rhapsody?
I can't call it anything more than a persistent rumor, but I've heard it now from more than one decent source: Google is (or at least thinking about) buying Rhapsody. . Continue reading
