Vinyl Crowdfunding Site Hifidelics Readies First Projects, Seeks Feedback
Hifidelics is a crowdfunding and fan feedback startup for vinyl album releases currently in beta. Unnlike sites that just focus on the fundraising process, Hifidelics will also physically produce and. Continue reading
How Jail-Time and Cults Can Help Your Band Become Successful, Part 1
Are you an artist that has a compelling story or a unique way of connecting with fans? You may be able to leverage that story in order to help your. Continue reading
MOG Joins Spotify On Your Desktop With New Release
Subscription music service MOG has released a desktop client for Mac OSX and promise a Windows client soon. MOG had previously been available only as a web service and via. Continue reading
AM BRIEF: EU Copyright Extension, Pandora Punished, $1.1M To Spreaker, Google Music To iOS
Artists and labels appear poised to win an extension of European copyright protection to 70 from 50 years. (LA Times) Pandora stock fell more than 10% Thursday after the launch. Continue reading
Rich Holtzman, Manager Of Portugal. The Man On How Social Media Built & Saved The Band
This guest post on the power of social media in music comes from Rich Holtzman, the manager of Portugal. The Man. It was a little over 5 years ago that. Continue reading
Guy Hands’ Terra Firma Seeks New EMI Citigroup Lawsuit That Could Slow Sale (UPDATED)
(UPDATED) Guy Hands and his investment firm Terra Firma have filed a new lawsuit against CitiGroup over the bank's seizure of music label and publishing group EMI. In recent weeks,. Continue reading
PM UPDATE: Warner Bros./Reprise Layoffs, Slacker + Harmon’s Aha, Grateful Dead Merch, BFM + Royalty Net
Reprise Senior Vice President of Promotion Mike Rittberg, Warner SVP Ron Cerrito, Reprise VP of Pop Promotion Bob Weil, Reprise VP of Alternative Promotion Lynn McDonnell, Warner VP of Pop. Continue reading
The Eagles’ Don Henley Declares “Time Has Come” To Prepare For Battle With Record Labels
"The time has come" for artist to prepare for a potential battle with the record labels, warns The Eagles' Don Henley. While Henley certainly could recite a litany of grievances,. Continue reading
A Trip To Target: How Digital Is Changing Music Retail
As music sales go further from physical CD’s and become all digital, many mass merchandise stores have been cutting down on shelf space and changing their marketing strategies in their. Continue reading
ShortForm’s VJ Channels Offer Playlists, Live VJ’ing
ShortForm is yet another VJ site featuring curation of videos from YouTube and Vimeo. However, unlike most such sites that offer either set playlists of videos, like Reelr.TV, or live. Continue reading
