How to navigate the vast sea of music blogs and market effectively? The approach can easily become scattershot and misdirected, simply because of the shifting nuances of each blog (or site, community, or whatever). And, then, everything changes.
That is a problem currently being approached by the Echo Nest, a group that first disclosed its ‘Fanalytics’ [...]
A First Look & How It Compares
Information and trends spread across the global net with lightening speed. Bloggers and fans love a show, hate a single, publish a photo, share an impression. Each of these “events”, whether they are on the rise or decline and where they are coming from all come together to [...]
How indie artist Amanda Palmer made $19,000 in 10 hours on Twitter: The Friday Freaks story and an Amanda Palmer video interview.
YouTube is reporting a 1700% jump in mobile video uploads. The’ve also made six improvements and are upgrading the channels feature, but if you use it (and you should), you may need to do [...]
Naughty by Nature x Microsoft. Naughty by Nature has joined a growing list of hip-hop artists supporting various Microsoft products. The group has specifically partnered with the HTC Touch Mobile device by promoting the product through advertising, appearances and a contest to see them perform in Los Angeles.
“As a fan of Microsoft products, I’m super [...]
You’ve probably already heard that Michael Jackson has died: it’s going to be all over both mainstream and social media for some time yet. Music sites and stores have been quick to post their tributes to the star, too.
So, We7 has a tribute playlist, while Spotify’s (public) office playlist today is purely Jackson songs. Imeem [...]
Video firm Kyte has had great success in signing labels up for its platform, which lets artists shoot video with their mobile phones and upload it to channels, which fans can then access via web, WAP or mobile apps.
The company has just released its Mobile Producer app for iPhone, which takes advantage of the video [...]
One of the great things about the Facebook platform is that it provides you access to a large audience of over 200 Million people worldwide at a low cost. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a strategy in place for what you are trying to achieve. Whether you are a small local business, or [...]
D.I.Y. music marketing platform ReverbNation is partnering with website software provider Bandzoogle to launch Site Builder. The new offering enables easy yet robust self-created web sites that automatically integrate content loaded onto ReverbNation.
Songs, videos, shows, ticket inks and more entered on ReverbNation.com are instantly updated on the artist’s site, with the Fan Reach email [...]
From Bob Lefsetz to Glenn Peoples at Billboard and from Music Ally to Digital Music News and my own Hypebot, there are a plethora of music business commentators and analysts, each with our own perspective on the seismic changes effecting industry. There are also entrepreneurs like Ian Rogers, Terry McBride, Tom Silverman, Jeff Price and [...]
