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
More News: YouTube + Live Music, EMI Sale Update, Ted Cohen Can Get You A Job, MXP4 To LA, Google+
YouTube will present live coverage of both Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits. In addition to live performances, there will be a secondary backstage and interview feed. EMI Sale Update: Citgroup. Continue reading
Connect With Fans Using New Mobile Backstage Facebook & Mobile Apps
Mobile Backstage provides a mobile social network for your band or brand. They've recently added a Facebook app to extend their presence into that domain. Connecting your band's network to. Continue reading
PM News Update: Rhone To Epic, Secondary Ticketing Battle, UMG + Talenthouse, 7 Digital + HP
Former Universal Motown president Sylvia Rhone is headed to Sony to restart the Portrait label under L.A. Reid at Epic. But, "She doesn't get along with L.A. at all," a. Continue reading
Bridging the Gap Between Cliquey Music Scenes
How do trends and movements start? They usually start with a group of people that support the same thing. On Music Think Tank, Julian Demers-Mader believes that artists can form. Continue reading
ASCAP Licenses Turntable.fm. Will Others?
(( (UPDATE) BMI also licensed Turntable.fm this week. Turntable.fm is a big hit, and offer many opportunities for fan engagement. But many wondered if it was legal. Since launch turntable.fm. Continue reading
