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Verve Music Group Launches "Cupid Breaker" Online Game

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
February 8, 2011

"Break Hearts and Get Free Music" is the tagline for Cupid Breaker (www.cupidbreaker.com), a new free online game launched February 4th from music label Verve just in time for Valentine's Day. In the tradition of enormously popular online games such as Angry Birds, users play Cupid and shoot arrows at flying hearts. The final point score determines how many free predetermined tracks the player may download off the latest albums from Verve artists Avant, Teddy Thompson, Elizabeth and the Catapult, ...

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Amazon Marketed #superbowl Songs Via Twitter

Source: HypeBot
February 8, 2011

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It's Not Free - Last.FM to Charge for Mobile App

Source: HypeBot
February 8, 2011

Starting February 15, Last.fm's mobile app will be paid-only. Their web radio service will remain free in the US, UK, and Germany. Why now? “On the Last.fm website an ad-supported, free-to-listeners model is what supports our online radio services in the US, UK and Germany," says Mathew Hawn. "In other markets and on emerging mobile and home entertainment devices, it is not practical for us to deliver an ad supported radio experience..." This shift brings them in line with services like Spotify ...

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Hitlantis - Discover New Music at the Fringes

Source: HypeBot
February 8, 2011

Another day, another music discovery tool. Hitlantis is a Helsinki-based startup that's striving to make finding music more visual. Bands placed at the center of the visualization are at the center while obscure acts reside at the fringes. Color signifies genre. Each dot on the heat map represents a specific artist. Bands can secure placement on the Hitlantis, but the company will take 10% of sales. At present, the music selection is rather limited. 65% of the bands on the site ...

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The Balls on Grooveshark: Full-Track Embedding Now Live...

Source: Digital Music News
February 5, 2011

Is it kosher to allow anyone to embed full-length song streams into their site? That is, the full-length song streams of major label artists, independent artists, and any other artist for that matter? We've heard that labels have been hesitant to hand out this right—for obvious reasons—though Grooveshark is marching forward with this very cool feature. The build-out looks early stage, though definitely functional. So how does it work? Well, almost exactly like a YouTube embed, that's how. Except Grooveshark ...

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Even Software is Now More Popular Than Pirated Music Online - And Porn is Downloaded the Most

Source: HypeBot
February 4, 2011

I still remember the glory days. Somehow, Audiogalaxy became installed on our home computer. My brother must have done it. In one night, I could download twelve to fourteen songs—almost an entire album! We had 28k dial-up Internet. The kind that when you connected, it tied up the phone line and made horrible sounds. I lived on a farm next to a small town. It had a population of 200 people. The closest place to buy music resided eighty miles away. ...

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Bamboozle Rewards Loyal, Social-Media Savvy Fans

Source: HypeBot
February 3, 2011

The annual three-day music extravaganza that is Bamboozle doesn't kick off until April 29, but in the meantime, the festival is striving to keep their biggest fans engaged. They have now launched their fan appreciation program called BoozleTwist. The program, powered by CrowdTwist, allows fans to earn points for online promotional activities like following Bamboozle on Twitter, liking and comment on their Facebook statuses, surfing content on their website and much more. In turn, fans will receive Bamboozle rewards and ...

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Make It Count - 1 out of 4 Apps Are Used Only Once

Source: HypeBot
February 3, 2011

More and more, artists are looking to release apps to distribute extra content and connect with their fans. Companies like Mobile Roadie and SoundAround provide artists with great solutions to create apps, but do fans even use them? According to a new study released by Localytics, 26% of all apps are only used once after installation. That's one out of four. In other words, the first impression that your app makes with a fan matters. Make it count. Otherwise, they may ...

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