WANTED: On-Call Jam Session Extraordinaire – 24-Hour Notice, Fly Anywhere In The Word, & Rock
Musicians often loathe day jobs, but they pay the bills. Imagine if your full-time job was to be an on-call jam session extraordinaire. With 24-hours notice, you could be flown. Continue reading
Efforts To Prevent Piracy Destined To Fail – It’s Hard To Police People At Home [INTERVIEW]
This is part two of my interview with Joe Cox. He is an economist at of the University of Portsmouth. He recently published a paper titled Seeders, leechers and social. Continue reading
CEO’s Xeroxed Letter To 500 Laid Off Staffers Asks Them To: “All Stay Connected With MySpace”
“He didn’t even take the time to personally sign the letters. It’s just a xerox copy,” a former employee told TechCrunch of the letter sent by MySpace CEO Mike Jones. Continue reading
Content Marketing: To Register or Not?
Should fans have to fill out a form to get extra content? In many cases, it’s a good idea to collect some data like e-mail addresses and location. Other times,. Continue reading
As MySpace Falls, Where Will Fans & Musicians Go?
Updated. It hasn't been an easy year for MySpace. It's numbers have been down for months, earlier this week the company let go of 47% of its staff and parent. Continue reading
Your Brain While Improvising Music, Freestyling Rap
Is it possible to study creativity scientifically? That’s what researcher Charles Lamb wants to know. He has been analyzing how the brain works during musical improvisation. To do so, he. Continue reading
Why You Should Start Using Flattr
This guest essay is written by Robbert van Ooijen. He recently studied online music and music piracy at the master level at New Media & Digital Culture at the Dutch. Continue reading
Report: Spotify Much Closer To U.S. Launch With Support Of Two Major Labels
We know you've heard this all before, but Spotify really does appear to be getting much closer to a U.S. launch. The music streamer is nearing a US deal with. Continue reading
The Beginning of the End For Facebook
Media critic Douglas Rushkoff believes that the hype surrounding Facebook will fade. Just as all signs are pointing up for the social network and MySpace is showing symptoms of decline,. Continue reading
Bandcamp Wags Long Tail: Dance Music For Furries, Game & WebComic Sountracks Top The Charts
Sountracks for games, webcomics, a student produced college musical called Starkid and dance music for furries are all monetizing their unique relationship with supporters with a little help from direct. Continue reading
