Music Industry News: Beatles Beat Bluebeat, Net Radio, MyYouTube, Stinger, Napster, Mute & More
Judge: Music website Blubeat.com violated Beatles copyrights. (AP) Study says 48% of internet radio listeners skip terrestrial signal. (FMQB) 50 top music artists participate in MyYouTube Contest (YouTube) Rob Stringer,. Continue reading
BandApp: Your Band, In Their Pocket [Launch]
This post is by Ryan Van Etten (@ryanve), Editor/Producer of VirtualMusic.tv. UK startup BandApp is hell-bent on becoming the indie mobile replacement for MySpace and record labels. Similar in concept. Continue reading
YouTube Drops Its 15 Minute Limit
Grab those old full length concert videos and start uploading. Back in July, YouTube raised the upload limit to 15 minutes for all users. Starting today, they're allowing most users. Continue reading
Breaking: Black Eyed Peas Hijack MySpace
OK, this isn't exactly breaking news, but it is about someone trying to fix something broken. As part of its makeover, MySpace debuted "Hijacks" today with the Black Eyed Peas. Continue reading
INDIE Has Arrived: 273 GRAMMY Nominations for Indies! Congratulations… Paul McCartney?
This post is by Dave Cool, creator of the documentary film “What is INDIE? A look into the World of Independent Musicians." Read his Hypebot Interview. So there was a. Continue reading
Video: Church iPad iBand Takes On Christmas
Don't watch this video of a church all iPad and iPhone band playing Christmas carols and expect to see high art. Their musical presentation reminds me more of the early. Continue reading
What’s The Best Music Business Model? You Might Be Playing It Every Day
On Music Think Tank, Albin Serviant advises that the music industry learn from the video game industry. He states that the video game industry has continually adapted to new technology. Continue reading
Turn YouTube Into Pandora With ViddyJam
If you've ever desired a Pandora like experience on YouTube, ViddyJam delivers. It's not perfect, but does exactly what it aspires to. Plug an artist in the site, it pulls. Continue reading
Twitter Gets More Music Friendly, Embeds Rdio
Twitter is slowly but surely becoming a much more music friendly service. First came iTunes song previews and the ability to share music with friends by linking a Twitter account. Continue reading
U.S. May Never See A Festival Market Like U.K. Has
This is part two of my interview with Andrew Dreskin, who is CEO of Ticketfly, an independent ticketing and social marketing platform. In this segment, Dreskin explains why the U.S.. Continue reading