Indie Labels Experience A Major Renaissance
A Look At The New $5 Napster
Video: Spotify’s Amazing Android App
WMG To Pay 9.5% On $1.1 Billion In New Notes
More Trouble At EMI? Terra Firma Dumps In Another $45 Million
Band Rewards Fans For Burning Their CD And Giving It Away
MySpace Music Mints A Messy New Music Feed
Zune Adds [...]

The big homie Chris “Broadway” Romero, Director of Online for 50 Cent, G Unit Records, and Thisis50.com, sits down with TechZulu.com & chops it up about social media. Chris discusses 50’s commitment to social media and there working relationship. Chris also discusses his personal philosophies on social media as well as his experimentation with different web applications. Enjoy [...]

The battle of DJ video games between DJ Hero and Scratch: The Ultimate DJ might be over now with this news. Turns out Jay-Z and Eminem are both putting their weight behind DJ Hero. USA Today has the exclusive (props to RapRadar for the find) and reports:
The upcoming DJ Hero video game just landed two [...]

But will fans flock to a new section curated by the major labels and dominated by ads?
Music helped build MySpace and the top ranking social networker is continuing the tradition. Perhaps acknowledging that user generated content is no longer enough, the new section dubbed The Music Feed features original content from three bands whose music [...]

Screw social media and iPhone apps and Flash games and all the other new-fangled digital marketing channels. Katy Perry wants fans to pick up the phone and give her a call.
She’s got numbers in the US, UK Spain, France, Italy and Australia.
You’ll hear Katy Perry’s voice answer and ask you to leave a message.  She shares a [...]

It had to happen. Filesharing has finally made it to Twitter. On the new site FileTwr.com users can upload a file and then Tweet about it to zillions of others at no cost. Now that “leak” of  Jay-Z’s new  bangin’ umixed track that no one has ever heard can reach millions faster than Mrs. [...]

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone offers his advice on how bands and artists can best take advantage of the Twitter explosion:

Make Your @username Your Calling Card
Attracting followers is an important part of maintaining a high profile on Twitter. One of its biggest advantages is the simplicity of its username system and the ease of following and [...]

Here is some funny ish to hold you over on this Memorial Day…enjoy!

You may have heard that the U.S. economy is currently doing its best MC Hammer impression, but what you may not know is how the economic downturn is affecting the world of hip-hop. According to The State, rappers have had to make some [...]

The Newest Napster: $5 Monthly Streaming + 5 free downloads.
Unable to deal with his label EMI, Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse & David Lynch released a blank CD-R
Warner Music Group grabbed $1.1 billion in new notes. Will it finance a bid for EMI?
Pandora has launched a paid premium service, as well as, adding lyrics and
said profits [...]