Tracks.by Facebook App Spreads Love For Lil Wayne, Trey Songz & Soon All Indie Musicians
Tracks.by is a new service for content distribution and social media marketing created by Matt Schlicht and Mazy Kazerooni. Their background working at Ustream and for Lil Wayne combined with. Continue reading
BoomBotix Delivers Unique Ultraportable Mini Speaker
Consumer electronics continues to be a sector of the music business that shows no sign of slowing down. New entries in the headphone market are seen almost yearly, and connectivity. Continue reading
Rapper Wale Uses Turntable.fm As Opening Act On His “Ambition Tour”
Turntable.fm is already well established as a place to promote music via special appearances, but Wale has taken things to another level by using Turntable as an opening act for. Continue reading
iTunes Match Music Service Misses Launch Deadline
When Apple announced iTunes Match in early June it promised a launch by "the end of October". As of the morning of November 2nd, no launch is in sight, and. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: Sony $1.1B Loss, Pitchfork Worth $12.9M, Blackberry Music Lives & More
Sony predicts A $1.1billion full-year loss – Electronics and entertainment giant downgraded its forecast after a strengthening yen, Thai floods and poor TV set sales. (Guardian) Pitchfork is the 17th. Continue reading
Facebook Deletes Its Own Official Music Player
Facebook has been messaging Page administrators to let them know they are discontinuing their "official" Music Player: "The Facebook Music Player app is being replaced with better ways to incorporate. Continue reading
Songkick CEO Ian Hogarth On How Social Media Is Changing Live Touring [VIDEO]
The live music industry (promoters, club owners) has, in my experience, been slow to adapt to the new realities of marketing. Ineffective strip ads and radio campaigns are finally being. Continue reading
Apple’s GarageBand Gets Upgrade & iPhone App
Apple's music creation and recording platform GarageBand is now available as an app for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app, along with an iPad version introduced earlier, have been. Continue reading
Calculating Return On Investment For Music Advertising
On Music Think Tank, Bruce Warila writes about getting the music advertising ROI (Return On Investment) calculation right. It sounds like a subject just for geeks, until you realize that. Continue reading
HELP WANTED: Multiple Faculty Positions At Clive Davis Institute For Recorded Music
Check out our new music industry and tech job board in the lower part of the center column. Its a constantly updated listing of music and tech related job availabilities. Continue reading