via Hypebot:
With the announcement that iTunes has added an Indie Spotlight landing page for independent music, Hypebot readers wanted to know how Apple chose which artists to feature. To got the inside scoop, I talked to the former digital chief of an established indie who describes a process refreshingly different from the “pay for placement” [...]

 
Bruce Houghton has notified me that iTunes has added an Indie Spotlight page that provides a home for bands and fans who prefer music created outside of the major label machine.  The unofficial soft launch includes an indie podcast, playlists and label samplers alongside featured artists, though more features may be in the pipeline.

Indie [...]

I’m tipping my A’s fitted hat to eMusic for being one of the first established music services to integrate the Facebook Connect technology. (your’s truly has done it on this blog aswell ) What this means is that users can sign into eMusic using their Facebook logins, and then publish activity back to their Facebook feed - [...]

 
Now that your getting it in on Facebook,(you are on Facebook right?) you’ll soon come to find that it isnt the fucken spam fest that is Myspace.  

So, here are a few things that you can do to grow your Stan base within Facebook’s 175 million active users:
 
1)  First things first, create a Facebook Page (different then your [...]

People generally love sharing things, and Twitter has made broadcasting updates to anyone who cares to care on what you’re doing, wearing, reading, commenting on, eating, using, etc. a breeze; in 140 characters or less, even. It’s only natural to see so many users also share which music they are listening to at any given [...]

Interscope Geffen A&M is launching iPhone applications for five of its key artists, through a partnership with mobile firm Kyte. The five are Lady Gaga, the Pussycat Dolls, Soulja Boy, the All American Rejects, and Keri Hilson.
The free apps include video content from the artists’ Kyte channels, as well as branding and advertising, click-through links [...]

Most Internet marketers make hella money online…I’m talking major guap. Scrooge McDuck bucks. On the otherhand, most musician marketers don’t. I’m sure you can get money flipping bricks and hustling…but this online grind is a completley different ball game.

The Backstory – The Big Seminar
My journey into the world of Internet marketing, began when I attended [...]

This is the dopest shit I’ve heard all week….
As part of  a marketing campaign motivated by tough economic times and a cluttered music marketplace, Indie rock band Officer Roseland is paying fans $1 to download their new album from the website MyStimulusPackage.org.
The band will offer fans two option: The first called “TAKE” pays $1 to [...]

I was very much inspired after reading a post by Seth Godin over at his blog: Music vs. The Music Industry.
Seth has a way of distilling a problem/conversation/question to its very essence, and his thoughts on the music business are no exception:
The shift that is happening right now is that the people who insist on [...]