The New Music Seminar NYC: Discount For Hypebot Readers & Gibson Guitar Contest
This year, the New Music Seminar is rolling out into a multi-day event in NYC, going from July 19-21, 2010. If you register by June 29, you will be automatically. Continue reading
Public Enemy Drops Sellaband Fan Funding Goal 70%
Hip Hop pioneers Public Enmy has been forced to drop their fundrasing goal on fan funding site Sellaaband from $250,000 to $75,000. Six months into their campaign they have raised. Continue reading
New Guitar Hero Gets Bigger Soundtrack, New Guitar
Activision is starting the public relations run-up to the release of the new Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Users will be able to play any number of instruments, but the. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: RIAA vs. LimeWire Showdown, Rdio Disses Indie Labels, Audioboo, Jewel, MOG, LiveWire & More
UPDATED RIAA, LimeWire to meet in courtroom showdown today. (CNet's Media Maverick) As MySpace and others have dine previously, new music in the cloud service Rdio, founded by the pair. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
Apple probe expands to other media. Skype and Kazaa founders unveil Rdio music service. Bye bye Lala. Hello iTunes in the cloud? Guest editorial from the EFF: Why Your Right. Continue reading
Hillary Rosen: First The RIAA, Now BP
From Dave Marsh of Rock & Rap Confidential "We would have thought it well nigh impossible for Democratic Party operative Hilary Rosen to find a more loathsome employer than the. Continue reading
Value-Added Music Gets A Logo
Music industry trade group NARM has created a promotional icon and messaging program dubbed “music + more” to support the sale of physical, digital and mobile music that contains value-added. Continue reading
Why Your Right To Sell Promo CDs Matters
This guest post is by Fred von Lohmann, the Senior Staff Attorney of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. On Monday, a federal court of appeals in Seattle will consider whether it. Continue reading
Video: Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber Managers Talk Tech
As the managers of Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber respectively, Troy Carter and Scooter Braun, have both use social media and modern music marketing to elevate their artists to the top of. Continue reading
Video: Pharrell Williams & Hans Zimmer On UJAM
What happens when every kid who can hum a tune is given the opportunity to create and record music without the barrier of having to learn to play an instrument. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: DOJ Eyes LiveNation, Rdio, Google Music, Slacker, Dave Marsh & More
The U.S. Department of Justice is keeping a close eye on the music business in light of the mega-merger between Live Nation and Ticketmaster. (NY Post) MTV.com is introducing a. Continue reading
