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How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online?

Source: Sound Visions Media
July 14, 2010

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Social Music Service Twones Shuts Down

Source: HypeBot
July 12, 2010

Amsterdam and Ukraine based social music service Twones has shut down. “We have tried several versions, iterations and models and it has been quite the ride," said an email sent late on Friday. “Now its time for a clean and fresh start."  

The engineering team, founders and technology are now a part of shuffler.fm which will launch in a few months. The company describes shuffler.fn as enabling users to “channel surf the music web... a fast, fun way ...

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Soundscan Starts Counting Loudbytes Merchandise Plus Download Packages

Source: HypeBot
July 12, 2010

Loudbytes has been experimenting with selling t-shirts, buttons, mugs and other music merchandise with download codes attached. Now Loudbytes downloads will be counted by SoundScan alongside sales at iTunes, Amazon and other outlets.

“Loudbytes is not about originating sales online, it's about creating new ways to sell digital music in the physical world," says Ruben Lozano Loudbytes Founder & CEO. “Most retailers are never going to stock CDs but this doesn't mean that they don't want to sell or promote ...

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Not so Neutral: Google, Bing, and Online Music Market

Source: HypeBot
July 8, 2010

Both Google and Bing are searching for ways to position themselves as the best entertainment discovery tool.  While Bing's offering is slightly more robust than Google's; it may not take them long--as recent rumors suggest--to catch up.  Since, two weeks ago, the recording industry demanded that Google needs to stop linking to the Pirate Bay; it opens the big question as to whether or not they will sustain search neutrality, if they do open their own download store. 

Since removing ...

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Tastebuds Connects Single People with Shared Musical Taste

Source: We All Make Music
July 7, 2010

As everyone knows, the most important thing for building a healthy and long-lasting relationship is having shared taste in music.

Well, maybe it's not the most important thing, but it's certainly a good starting point.

That is precisely the thinking behind Tastebuds.fm, a recently launched website that matched single people based on their musical taste.

By logging into Tastebuds.fm using your last.fm user name--or simply entering a few of your favorite artists if you don't have a last.fm account--you'll be ...

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Sonicbids Continues Evolution with No Cost Gig Listings Courtesy of Musician's Friend

Source: HypeBot
July 7, 2010

Sonicbids has added no cost gig opportunities for its members courtesy of a new partnership with catalog and online music gear retailer Musician's Friend. The listings will be introduced gradually over the next few months eventually reaching the thousands. A broader roll-out is planned for the Fall. 

In the past, some have been critical of Sonicbid's pay to submit model. But that has not stopped the site from attracting and retaining an impressive 245,000 paying members who use its electronic ...

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Eight Recent Social and Technical Phenomena

Source: HypeBot
July 7, 2010

Over at our sister blog Music Think Tank, there are two new posts up.  One is from Chris Taylor, a co-founder of MicControl, a music blogging network, on the 11 must-have iPhone apps for the musician on-the-go. The other, from Bruce Warila, is on the eight recent social and technical phenomena that are making your music the only thing that matters to your success.

Prince: "The Internet's Completely Over."

Source: HypeBot
July 7, 2010

According to the artist commonly known as Prince, in an interview with the UK's Daily Mirror--the publication that will be giving away his new album 20TEN in a cover mounted promotion this week:

“The internet's completely over. I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it. The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was ...

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