The whole world was bullish on iTunes LPs when they were announced; I called it a black eye for the majors, whose CMX format has yet to be popularized. But the hype was curbed when it was discovered that there was a $10,000 fee associated with the service, putting it completely out of reach for [...]
A key UK government body has recommended against the Live Nation Ticketmaster merger. On Friday Wall Street reacted sending Ticketmaster’s stock downward.
Nobody Cares About You Like You Care About You…So Raise Your Baton
Overheard @ The Future Of Music Summit: Part 1 and Part 2
PiracyPayback.org - The Cure For P2P Remorse.
Rapper Paul Wall filmed his new video entirely on [...]
This type of shit right here is the FUTURE.
Culture Jam Labs is excited to announce that for the first time ever, PromoJam now integrates with Facebook Connect as well as Twitter, allowing fans the ability to show their support and enthusiasm for “More Than A Game” by spreading the word virally, simply for one tweet [...]
Virgin launches Music Unlimited without unlimited music - Big label paranoia strikes again. (Register)
From The Digital Music Forum West: How low can the music industry go? Analysts speaking at Digital Music Forum West in Hollywood this afternoon suggested that there’s more pain ahead for the industry — much more. On the other hand, they said it’s not [...]
Guest Post: Matt MacNaughton is the co-founder and CEO of Culture Jam which has launched several Twitter and Facebook applications that power viral promotions, allowing artists to distribute promotional content, host listening parties or enter contests in exchange for a fan’s post to their social networks. Clients include Paramore, Imogen Heap, Moby, and The Used.
The [...]
Hip hop pioneers Public Enemy will partner with fan-funding site Sellaband to finance their next album. Public Enemy is one of the first established acts to sign up to Sellaband’s new custom funding program and aims to raise $250,000 for the album in $25 increments. Public Enemy was incidentally also one of the first [...]
Diddy x BlackBook. In an effort to promote their iPhone application, BlackBook magazine has teamed up with Diddy. According to Billboard, BlackBook has partnered with the hip-hop mogul to create Diddy’s BlackBook. The guide offers Combs’ favorite U.S. hot spots as well as editorial reviews of 15,000 shops, restaurants and clubs across 50 cities worldwide. [...]
With many bands now on the Twitter wagon, it’s time to really harness the power of using the little intricacies of Twitter to transcend the live experience.
One of Twitter’s most underused features is the #, or hashtag, that is used to signify an ongoing conversation or event. Today I was at IZEA Fest, a Social [...]
