Direct-To-Fan CHNL Grabs $1.2 Million Investment, Launches With Thievery Corporation
Today stealth mode startup CHNL announced the addition of $1.2 million in funding from the Giantstep Angel Network and its first first public product in partnership with electronic music pioneers. Continue reading
PM News: Rhapsody Adds 150K Subs, VEVO Upgrades, Facebook Blocks Contact Exchange
Rhapsody has reached 800,000 subscribers, a gain of 150,000 since the company was spun-off in from Real in Spring 2010. VEVO has upgraded the quality of both its audio and. Continue reading
Ethan Kaplan On Spotify & Music Consumption
This guest post is by Ethan Kaplan, the former SVP of Technology at WBR and WMG. He blogs regularly at blackrimglasses.com I’ve been a Spotify user for a few years. Continue reading
7 Tips For Turntable.fm Success From DJ Wooooo
Now that Turntable.fm has taken off, confirming my initial positive take, it's also given folks a chance to start testing possible approaches to interaction and self-promotion. One dj who has. Continue reading
Shuffler.fm’s Tim Heineke Shuffler.fm On Bootstrapping A Music Startup [VIDEO]
A startup should not always have to raise a lot of money before launching. “You should be able to make something simple with not a lot of money,” Shuffler.fm founder. Continue reading
Stop Wasting Time Sending Facebook Event Invites
This guest post comes from Dave Cool, the Blogger In Residence at musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle. I have a confession to make: I stopped checking Facebook Event Invites. Continue reading
FanBridge Launches New Fan-Targeting Technology
Fan management and marketing platform FanBridge has just launched a new music centered fan-targeting platform called FanFinder Suite. Using the suite, musicians can connect with targeted fans that frequent highly trafficked. Continue reading
3 Quick Tips for Mastering Your Musical Domain
Though I advocate for the use of a lot of different web services and social networks, I've always maintained that musicians and music-related businesses should have a home-base that is. Continue reading
Is The Future Of Music In The Clouds?
Music in cloud services and music subscriptions are being touted as driving the next wave of music innovation and consumption. On Music Think Tank, Shachar Oren shares his skepticism of. Continue reading
More News: UMG Direct Licenses Last.fm, Spotify Update, Google+ Expands, Apple Patent Trial, More
Another Big Blow For Collection Societies: Universal Music sets up direct licensing agreement with Last.fm (Music Week) Recently EMI limited ASCAP's digital licensing for part of it's US catalog. Spotify. Continue reading
