How Music Hack Day Evolved – And Why the Music Industry Must Embrace the Chaos [INTERVIEW]
This post is by Alison McCarthy (@aliiimac). She's an intern at Hypebot. Fueled by caffeine and pizza, developers, designers, hackers and music geeks gathered together this past weekend at Manhattan's General Assembly. Continue reading
Sick of Sarah – The First Label Backed Band Release To Be Freely Distributed To Fans via BitTorrent
How do you reach 100 million would be fans? If you're Eminem, you star in a couple of Super Bowl ads. If you're Sick of Sarah, you release your album. Continue reading
Is mySpoonful Different from Rcrdlbl? [INTERVIEW]
Few weeks ago, I discovered mySpoonful, which is a music discovery site and newsletter. Initially, the service made me skeptical. Why send busy people more e-mail? In my mind, there. Continue reading
GigsWiz Officially Lands In U.S. [LAUNCH]
This post is by Ryan Van Etten (@ryanve), Editor/Producer of VirtualMusic.tv. GigsWiz officially launches in the U.S. today. Members of the team will be sharing details about the service with. Continue reading
Rhapsody CEO Blasts Apple: New App Store Terms “Economically Untenable”
After Apple announced new 30% commission rates that, as Kyle Bylin wrote, could kill subscription music, I wondered who would risk Apple's legendary rath and speak up. Yesterday, John Erwin,. Continue reading
Seth Godin On “Protecting The Work”
Protecting creative output is about much more than copyright and trademarks. Digital tools have made creation and distribution possible for everyone; and collaboration, mashups and content repositioning are essential to. Continue reading
New Apple App Rules Could Kill Subscription Music
Check and mate. There's no other way to make sense of what just happened. As far as subscription music is concerned, Apple has now cornered the king of every subscription music. Continue reading
Who Is Playing Bonnaroo 2011? Eminem, Arcade Fire, Black Keys, Robert Plant, STS9 & More
We don't usually write about festival lineups. But hey, this is Bonnaroo who just announced their inital lineup. More acts are to be added, but the initial lineup which includes. Continue reading
Music Biz News: Borders Bankrupt, Pandora Watch, More Cloud Lockers, Shazam, Jambase & More
Borders files for Chapter 11 bankrupcy protection. (AP) They're closing 200 more stores and every one of them sold CD's. Pandora IPO Watch: The perils of being Pandora. (Ars) and. Continue reading
#NMSLA11 Overheard Today @ New Music Seminar
Tom Silverman's New Music Seminar keynote: Label role will split into investors who kick in $'s and business partners for marketing, sales, licensing etc. – @alexpham What's the value of. Continue reading
