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Do Your Band's Social Media Stats Make a Difference for Press Coverage?
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By Jhoni Jackson from the SonicBids Blog. There’s no arguing about the importance of social media in expanding and maintaining a fanbase. It's common knowledge that all of the mainstay platforms – Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram – are crucial tools, albeit each with its own particular uses. What's maybe less widely understood, though, is that it's not just listeners who are affected by your band’s online presence. It plays a role in your chances of getting press, too. Unsurprisingly, the ...
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Can Music Careers Be Jumpstarted on Vine?
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Vine's an interesting phenomenon. The 6 second limit on video length seems to inspire creative acts that may not translate into longer formats but it does create a proxy for measuring first glance marketability. While the early wave of musicians getting the most attention on Vine were already well known elsewhere, a growing number appear to be building real followings on Vine. But whether or not Vine will ultimately be more than a place where major labels discover or stage ...
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Tastebuds.FM Acquires Moosify
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Music based find-a-friend and dating app Tastebuds.fm has acquired competitor Moosify. Both apps facilitate introductions based on musical taste. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. It's apparently a user and tech based acquisition with about 100,000 users being transitioned from Moosify to Tastebuds in the the coming days. “We’ve been in contact with the guys at moosify for a while as we’ve always been a fan of what they’ve been building and their mobile-first approach,” Tastebuds co-founder Alex Parish ...
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Amazon Buying Twitch for $970 Million, Google Misses Another Social Opportunity
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"Sources" fell flat on this one. It was widely rumored, though Variety is generally credited with first, that Google was buying Twitch Interactive and it would be somehow connected to their YouTube empire. Instead Amazon yesterday announced an agreement to acquire Twitch. The video network, which features people playing video games, has a huge audience and a great deal of content that has raised issues around music licensing. Twitch has addressed some of those issue but much remains to be ...
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Indie Vinyl Subscription Clubs Are a Booming Niche
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Indie subscription services of all kinds are doing quite well these days. In music we're seeing everything from Drip.FM's digital subscriptions to Turntable Kitchen's combination of meal fixings and vinyl in a box. Marc Hogan recently took a look at vinyl subscription clubs for Wondering Sound. He shows that, though some have folded, a wide range of such clubs are finding unique niches and variations on the theme of subscription vinyl. Marc Hogan kicks off his look at vinyl subscription ...
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McDonald's Big Digital Push Includes Music as a Customer Reward
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A series of new hires and job listings for McDonald's Global Digital Team are catching attention as business writers and competitors consider their plans to create an ecommerce platform and offer music as a reward to loyal customers. While most positions are based at McDonald's Oak Brook, Illinois headquarters, the opening for a Product Director, Music and Entertainment may be based in the new San Francisco office McDonald's opened to build stronger ties with the tech community. CNBC reported on ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 22-28
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
This week we are in the midst of the State Fair, the start of the school year in most area districts, and the end of the vacation season for most Minnesotans. That means there's a boom in street repair, garden harvests, and trips to Target. The only way to manage all these “countdown to winter" activities is to set aside time for some live music. And there's plenty to choose from —even some jazz at the State Fair! This week ...
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SoundExchange Q2 Payments up 8% to $161 Million
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The shift in revenue from sales to streaming continues with SoundExchange paying $161 million in the last quarter to artists and labels. It the largest Q2 payment to date and an 8% increase in payments from 2,500 digital radio services in Q2 2013 to Q2 2014. SoundExchange second quarter 2014 highlights: $161 million paid directly to artists and labels 8% increase in payments from Q2 2013 to Q2 2014 22,343 payees in Q2 2014directly to the recording artist 5% of royalties paid to backup ...
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