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Lady Gaga Brings Love, Acceptance & Fake Jewels To Farmville [Video]

There's a flashy new neighbor shaking things up in FarmVille. Lady Gaga and online gamer Zynga have partnered to create GagaVille: an interactive adjunct to her new album, Born This. Continue reading

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6 Standout Apps From SF Music Hack Day

This guest post comes from Eliot Van Buskirk, a longtime technology writer for Evolver.fm, CNET, Wired and other publications, two-time book author, and frequent guest on NPR and other media. Continue reading

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PunchTab: An Easy Way To Gamify Your Music Site

If you're interested in adding game elements to your site (aka gamification), there is now at least one simple way to do so. PunchTab offers basic tools to help you. Continue reading

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CIMS Indie Store Top 20 & Vinyl Debuts

The Coaltion Of Independent Music Stores Top 20 Debuts AS OF 5-17-11 1    DANGER MOUSE, DANIELE LUPPI  ROME EMN 2    KILLER MIKE  PL3DGE   MB RECORDINGS 3    HARPER,BEN    GIVE TILL IT'S. Continue reading

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Report: Apple Signs Another Major Label In Push For June 6 Cloud Music Launch

Apple is closer to announcing a licensed cloud music service during its Worldwide Developer Conference on June 6th, now that EMI has joined Warmer Music Group in licensing a proposed. Continue reading

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News Brief: Apple Music Rumors, Amazon’s Digital Shift, Ticketing Exposed, Tunipop, Twitter & More

Is Apple about to reinvent the retail store? (9To5Mac) After all, the Apple Store is the new Tower Records. All this, as Apple reportedly signed EMI for the cloud music. Continue reading

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Saturday Afternoons: How Apple Is The New Tower

This guest post comes from Jack Isquith, the head of Strategic Development for Slacker Radio and author of the Digital Music Insider blog. For those of you over 30, I. Continue reading

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Eventbrite Grabs $50 Million More For Live Ticket & Marketing Platform

Even as Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino was touting synergies created by its merger with Ticketmaster at this morning's JP Morgan conference, investors were signalling that it's far from game. Continue reading

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RIAA Executive Responds To Limewire $105M Settlement Controversy

(UPDATED) "LimeWire Settles With RIAA, Labels For $105 Million, Artists Get Nothing" read the headline last week, and it left many artists feeling betrayed.  But while he's not ready to. Continue reading

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Top 5 Ways To Fail On Twitter

This guest post comes from Dave Cool, the new Blogger In Residence at musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle.  Most artists and bands now use Twitter to promote their music. Continue reading

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