Foolish & Crazy – Getting a Job in the Music Industry
The job market in the music industry is the most unforgiving one in the world. If you want to get a job here, either you have connections or your work. Continue reading
Radiohead To Release The “World’s First Newspaper Album” On February 19th
Radiohead has announced the Febbruary 19th release of "The Kings of Limbs" which the band describes as "the world's first* Newspaper Album". The asterik points to the band's caveat "*perhaps",. Continue reading
A Big Night For Indies At The Grammys
Independent artists and labels had a big year at the 53rd Grammys, taking home 46 awards in a wide variety of categories, including Album of the Year, Best New Artist. Continue reading
SXSW Accelerator Names Music Tech Finalists
More than four hundred companies submitted their web-based products to the third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark. It was the first year that SXSW created a special music. Continue reading
Music Biz News: Music Hack Day NYC, 7digital + Samsung, Pandora $’s, Apple’s Cloud, NMS & More
A standing room only Music Hack Day NYC produced a record 175 hackers built 72 hacks this weekend. Here's a full list of links to these often amazing hacks. The. Continue reading
This Week On MTT: 10 Things Musicians Should Do Every Day & What Images Represent Your Band?
Several great essays appeared on MTT this week: Alan Lastufka: One Rocket I Hope Never Takes Off. Michael Brandvold: 10 Things Musicians Should Do Online Every Day. Max Willens: What. Continue reading
Rewind – The Music Industry’s Week In Review: Guitar Hero, WMG, Apple, PledgeMusic & More
Hypebot interviewed the new President of SoundExchange. Here's 6 reasons why the major labels are still screwed. Has WMG changed their mind about Spotify? It's possible. Activison has 'pulled the plug'. Continue reading
Pandora Files For IPO As It Nears Profitability
Pandora announced on Friday that it has filed Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the first step towards an initial public offering of stock. Pandora has. Continue reading
WMG Pushing For Sale To Beat EMI
In what feels like a race to the bottom of the hill, the world's #3 music group, Warners, is pushing hard to be sold before #4 EMI is also on. Continue reading
88% of Shoppers Abandon Items in Online Basket
Shopping carts are essential to eCommerce. It's how fans buy stuff from your site. But they can also be the reason why fans don't buy from your site. 88% of. Continue reading
