UK Band Gets $300,000 To Change Their Name
(UPDATED) Exit Through The Gift Shop Door was the name of a band started by 41 year old Simon Duncan in London just 18 months ago. "It was a kind. Continue reading
Try Stoking Your Fans
This guest post comes from Ben Coe who is an artist coach and co-founder of music management and marketing firm The Artist Farm. His work there is designed to help. Continue reading
MP3Tunes Bumps Free Cloud Storage 5X to 10G
Online music storage locker MP3Tunes has increased the capacity of its free cloud based service from 2G to 10G. That should be enough capacity to store 2000 songs for play. Continue reading
TuneCore & MySpace Music Partner For Discounted Distribution Services
Flat fee digital distributor TuneCore has partnered with MySpace Music to offer discounted music distribution services to all the major download outlets. In addition, MySpace Music will provide participating artists. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: HP Buys Palm, Blogs Under Attack, Facebook Buttons Spread, Ted Cohen & More
HP buys smartphone developer Palm for $1.2 billion. (MediaMemo) Irish music blogs under attack over royalties. (Guardian) Apple releases iTunes 9.1.1 to fix a few bugs. (MacWorld) Rovi to power. Continue reading
Record Store Day Declared Big Sales Success
It was a great day for recorded music as sales surged during America’s third annual Record Store Day on April 17th. Compared to the prior week, overall U.S. album sales. Continue reading
This Ad Captures The Perils Of Indie Music Snobbery
Seldom do ad agencies accurately check out the ups and downs of the indie rock lifestyle. But check out this French spot with English sub-titles for music magazine Trax and. Continue reading
We7 Claims A Profitable Month. Is This A Breakthrough For Ad Supported Music?
What Income Is Being Paid To Artists & Labels? UK music streaming service we7 has it's first month where on demand music was paid for in full by advertising. That. Continue reading
John Mayer Drops 3.2M Twitter Followers For Tumblr
"140 characters… a mathematical equation without an established value." (UPDATED) Singer/songwriter John Mayer has amassed 3.2 million twitter followers, but at the recent ASCAP Expo, he told the crowd, “I. Continue reading
Time To Add Android App Creation To The To-Do List
click on image to enlarge (via TechCrunch) iPhone music apps are hotter than hot. Not just because of the big numbers they can deliver, but also because iPhone users are. Continue reading
