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How To Make Money Through YouTube Ads

Do you have YouTube videos of your performances or musings? There’s a possibility that you could be getting money through YouTube ads. Note: You cannot participate if you cover songs.. Continue reading

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Melodica Marketing Is Finding New Retail Outlets For Indie Music

After a previous post on creating alternative music distribution networks, I followed up on a comment by Paul Santos from Melodica Music Marketing. Santos filled me in on his company. Continue reading

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Spotify Responds To Century Media Pullout, Another Label Joins Anti-Streaming Chorus

(UPDATED) Earlier this week, metal and hardcore music group Century Media pulled its labels from Spotify "to protect the interests of their artists".  "Spotify in its present shape and form. Continue reading

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NEWS: Sirius Hopes To Bypass SoundExchange, $254M MySpace Loss, HTC Gives Dre $254M & More

(UPDATED) SiriusXM Radio is attempting to directly license music from record labels, bypassing SoundExchange. (Billboard.biz). Direct licensing at more favorable rates is becoming more common place. Some worry that the. Continue reading

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How You Can Help 150+ Indie Labels Devastated By London Riots Warehouse Fire

UPDATED: The international music community is rallying around the 150 independent labels whose stock was destroyed in the Sony Music/PIAS warehouse fire during the riots in London. While insurance may. Continue reading

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Top Tips For YouTube Music Marketing

(Updated) Though making real money with music on YouTube still requires millions of views, ideally from aggregating a catalog of music, the marketing benefits can be substantial as we're all. Continue reading

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Top 10 Rules For Better Songwriting

It's time to brush up on your songwriting. On Music Think Tank, Darren has ten rules for better songwriting. Do you have songwriting advice? Please feel free to add a. Continue reading

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Music Services Raise Prices, Drop Links To Keep Apple Happy

This guest post comes from The EchoNest's Paul Lamere and Evolver.fm. Turmoil surrounds the important issue of how iOS developers can sell products and subscriptions within apps. Apple dictates that if. Continue reading

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Yogi Tunes Launches With Expansive Range of Genres. Bonus: The Bon Jovi Chant

When people think of music for yoga, gentle meditative tracks are what most likely come to mind. With the recent launch of Yogi Tunes, featuring digital music downloads, it's clear. Continue reading

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Hackers Anonymous Vow To “Kill Facebook” Nov. 5th

In case you needed another reason to make your own web site the hub of your activity, legendary hacker Anonymous say they'll force Facebook offline on November 5, 2011. Why?. Continue reading

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