By share I don’t mean unauthorised downloads, rather sharing a link to a Myspace, Soundcloud or Bandcamp page. Essentially sharing is enabling someone else to access the same content you did. 1. You should make it as easy as possible for a fan to share and spread your music. Make sharing links simple and prominent. [...]
Free music on the internet is nothing to be scared of or feel threatened by. In fact as you will no doubt discover it can be incredibly valuable for all involved. We have reached a pivotal point where the cost of music distribution has fallen to a stage where we can effectively consider it to [...]
They want to connect with you. “If fans connect with your music isn’t that enough?” This is such a common statement I hear from most veterans in the industry. It typically follows a discussion or debate about why bands should be on the internet, social networks and be talking to your fans. Here’s the thing, [...]
Warner Music’s Rhino Records lays off 30-40. Kyle Bylin’s The Digital Dilemma: Finding a Path to Salvation The Music Industry Pays The Price Of Negativity – It’s Time For A New Conversation. Marketer Seth Godin says “Win the fight, lose the customer.“ Sony trys AmieStreet‘s variable pricing but adds major restrictions. Lilly Allen speaks out [...]
We have exclusive word straight from the folks at HP about what makes the upcoming Dr. Dre HP Envy laptop so freakin’ special. The most obvious difference is the all black matte casing with the glowing Dr. Dre “Beats” logo on the top…Yea. Hell Yea… but it doesn’t take a computer genius to see that [...]
To generate a return for your investors, you probably need 1,000,000 people to click their mouse three times. How hard can that be? In fact, every artist is just three clicks (times 100,000 or so people) away from financial independence.Here are the clicks: Click one is the click that leads to discovery of a [...]
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MySpace began rolling out new functionality today that allows users to sync their MySpace status updates with a Twitter feed. Any U.S. user can opt-in so that updates created on MySpace will appear on Twitter and posts to Twitter appear within their MySpace status & mood. The system was created using open [...]
Why don’t we just turn over GM to the drivers. Hell, I’m in my car every day, I know how to run Chevrolet! Or maybe cancer patients should draft the health care bill. Hell, they’ve been sick! To let artists have the final say on file-sharing is like firing Derek Jeter and letting a fan [...]
