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Audio Tech Roundup!

Source: We All Make Music
July 17, 2010

A quick search through the posting archives reveals that we have not put forth an audio tech roundup since June 3rd.

The wait is over! In honor of it being Friday, we will end the drought and allow you to devour tasty bite-sized morsels of audio-related information.

To get the ball rolling, check out the piezoelectric fibers developed by MIT's Yoel Fink. Piezoelectric materials (or contact mics as they are often called in the audio world) generate an electric field ...

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Bandcamp to Start Revenue Sharing with Artists

Source: We All Make Music
July 17, 2010

All good things come to an end and Bandcamp as a free service is no exception.

The name-your-price music and merch distribution platform will being revenue sharing with the artists on its site.

Bandcamp is being pretty fair about the whole thing, taking 15% of each transaction, dropping to 10% once an artist's all-time sales exceed $5,000 USD. Revenue sharing will go into effect in August. Their blog provides a detailed explanation and justification of how it will all work. ...

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ReverbNation Improves Their Facebook App

Source: HypeBot
July 16, 2010

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TuneCore Launches Several Upgrades

Source: HypeBot
July 16, 2010

Digital music distributor TuneCore has made several improvements to their service that will enable artists' music to go live more quickly at digital retail, be categorized more accurately and show up in more searches.  Artists can now do bulk uploads, allowing them to upload up to 20 songs at once and have their music delivered faster to stores and fans.

As well, a few new genres have been added for artists to categorize their music under.  Also, they can now ...

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Numubu: Social Networking for Musicians and the Music Industry

Source: HypeBot
July 16, 2010

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MidemNet Lab Calls for Music Tech Start-up Entries

Source: HypeBot
July 16, 2010

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NPD Survey: iTunes in Cloud Worth $1b in First Year

Source: HypeBot
July 15, 2010

A new NPD Group study based on just under 4000 consumer interviews predicts that between 7 and 8 million iTunes users in the U.S. have a strong interest in paid music subscription options.

Those surveyed indicated a willingness to pay a minimum monthly fee of $10, either for streaming music or access to their personal music libraries on multiple devices. There are an estimated 50 million iTunes users in the U.S. and according to NPD's research, a model that offers ...

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Bandcamp to Switch from Free to Paid Service

Source: HypeBot
July 15, 2010

After several years of offering free services, music marketing and sales platform Bandcamp announced today that it will be switching to a paid platform in early August. Bandcamp will  charge artists 15% of each transaction, dropping to 10% as soon as an artist, management or label's all-time sales exceed $5,000.  The revenue share rate for existing accounts will be based on all sales to date.

In the past six months, Bandcamp says that they've sold more $1 million in music ...

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