Mark Mulligan: “Most Fans Don’t Use Many Devices”
The thinking behind cloud-based music services tends to go something like this: fans want to access their song libraries across as many devices as possible. The problem? Mark Mulligan from. Continue reading
More On How The Biggest Artists Use Social Media
After Famecount published a chart of the top music artists on social networks, based on their friend and follower counts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, Stuart Dredge over at Sandbox. Continue reading
New Music Sales Reports Send Mixed Signal
The U.S. single-track download market slipped 0.2% to 597.4 million tracks in the first half of the year according to Nielsen SoundScan. The data may suggest that the digital music. Continue reading
CONTEST: 5 Free Copies Of Fortune’s Fool
Fortune's Fool: Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Warner Music, and an Industry in Crisis was released today. I've been lucky enough to have had an advance copy for a few days and. Continue reading
The Music Industry’s Shift From Master To Equal
“Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal” – Charles Darwin Fans who were once at the mercy of a few men's musical. Continue reading
Amanda Palmer: “Toward A Patronage Society”
The ever-intriguing Amanda Palmer has a really great talk that she gave at Harvard's Drama Center. In it, she relates he career as a street performer to where the music industry. Continue reading
IOUmusic: New Artist Crowdfunding App Launches
How Does It Compare To Other Fan Funding Sites? IOUmusic, in a similar vein as other grassroots, crowdfunding applications such as Kickstarter and RocketHub, is a new donation website that's. Continue reading
Music Think Thank: “Jango Listeners Are Real People Who May Become Real Fans.”
Over at our sister blog Music Think Tank, there are two new posts up. One is from Ariel Hyatt of Ariel Publicity, on why Madina Lake's bass player Matthew Leone. Continue reading
More Industry News: we7 Adds News, Fans Bypass Prince, HFA Adds Streams, Lycett To RCA & More
UK based ad supported music service we7 and radio station owner GMG Radio have partnered to offer real-time breaking news inside it's streaming music package. Watch out radio! Fans Bypass. Continue reading
Pomplamoose: How To Quit Your Job, Rarely Play Live, Never Tour, And Still Sell Music
"That regular engagement of the fan base is super important." Jack Conte of the indie pop duo Pomplamoose joined Kevin Breuner on CD Baby's DIY Musician Podcast to discuss how. Continue reading
