If the travesty called the Grammy’s weren’t enough, here’s another reason to stop paying your RIAA dues.
Probably because stupid videos and all previous forms of mind control aimed at the under-age set don’t seem (surprise!) to be having an impact, the trade group has updated and upgraded it’s Music Rules! curriculum and free tools for [...]
Twitter thrives on controversy, and Kanye delivered the perfect firestorm that tripled tweet volumes. “During MTV’s VMAs, Twitter experienced three times its average volume of tweets, and twice as many as during the news surrounding Michael Jackson this past summer,” said Chloe Sladden, director of media partnerships at Twitter.
But ahead of that ‘moment,’ MTV was [...]
This guest post by Mike King first appeared his Music Business And Trend Mongering blog. In addition to being champion of artists and a really smart guy, Mike is a music business instructor and course author at Berkleemusic.com, the online school for Boston’s Berklee College of Music.
Anyone that has been following music business trends for [...]
(Updated) Stats provided by TubeMogul show the continued dominance of music, particularly music from major labels, on YouTube. This chart of videos that landed in YouTubes’ Top 25 give music a 76% share. (via Billboard)
The technical details are a bit technical for the average non-coder, but it appears that Apple’s new album download on steroids, the iTunes LP is destined for bigger screens than your computer or iPod.
From the start, the rumors about Apple’s new album format (originally code named “Cocktail”) were centered around some kind of new Apple [...]
Apple made some big music announcements last week including a revamped iPod line, ringtones and a major iTunes upgrade. Hypebot has video and a first look at the new iTunes LP format.
3 of the 4 major label groups are resisting the unlimited download model.
A new Forrester study offered a plan of staggered releases and fan [...]
Earlier this week iTunes unveiled the iTunes LP. Billed as a re-imagination of the album, and previously codenamed “Cocktail”, iTunes LP adds bonus content like lyrics, liner notes, videos and other digital media to full albums purchased on iTunes. As an example of a creative use of iTunes LP, Apple offered a series of drawings done [...]
This guest post comes from Kevin Breuner - CD Baby podcaster, musician, and indie artist advocate. It first ran on his personal blog.
I’m in a new band called Hello Morning that is just emerging from the studio and finally ready to get serious about promoting and moving our music forward. Our situation is very similar [...]
An upgrade to the popular TweetDeck browser based Twitter utility adds MySpace and Faceboook to the mix. Users can now post simultaneously on all three services, as well as, follow the posts of their friends. For artists and music marketers, Tweetdeck now effectively offers a free dashboard to follow related activity on the top 3 [...]
