How A Major Label (Still) Makes A Record A Hit [CHART]
Last week Universal Republic Records sent out an email titled “THE ANATOMY OF A HIT RECORD!”. It's really promotional piece for The Band Perry, but its also a reminder of. Continue reading
News Brief: New Grooveshark Lawsuit, Spotify US Hits 70K, UMG Shuffle, RIM Cuts, eMusic Plans, More
A group of publishers and songwriters have filed a new lawsuit against Grooveshark claiming it enables users to obtain music illegally and is liable for copyright infringement. UMG is also. Continue reading
MTT Weekly Recap: What are the odds of succeeding WITH a record deal?
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Michael Brandvold: Make That Five Tips for Your Domain Robin Davey: What are the odds of succeeding WITH a record deal? Bas Grasmayer:. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
A major digital music price fixing class action lawsuit against major labels is moving forward. ASCAP and BMI licensed red hot turntable.fm this week. Topspin's Ian Rogers Launches "This Week. Continue reading
Spotify’s Daniel Ek: ‘If we create the right product, better than piracy… people will come.” [VIDEO]
"I come from a land which is more known for Pirate Bay, Kazaa, all those inventions, and I just refuse to believe really that the music industry, while people are. Continue reading
Musedash: Free Social Media Dashboard + Analytics
Musedash's "online dashboard for musicians" is a niche focused version of a variety of services that have had varying levels of success allowing you to post to multiple social networks. Continue reading
Benefactors, Listeners & The Curious: Understanding And Monetizing The Modern Fan
Understanding that artists have different kinds of fans and offering something for each is an under appreciated tenant of modern music marketing and monetization. It's the theory that Trent Reznor. Continue reading
How To Avoid Getting Overwhelmed By Twitter
Keeping up with tweets can get overwhelming especially with the number of tweets posted daily. If you follow a large group of people and don’t check Twitter for a day,. Continue reading
backBEAT for Monetizing Live Streaming Events
backBEAT is a streaming event video service for musicians from likeZEBRA with some similarities to StageIt. backBEAT treats live webcast events as one-of-a-kind experiences that are not archived and are. Continue reading
How To Use New Facebook Comment Features For Fan Engagement
Facebook has launched new features that allow embedded videos, photos and web sites in comments by including a URL. The comment will then include a video player, thumbnail of a. Continue reading
