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Slicethepie Retools Fan Funding, Partners with UMG
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(UPDATED) Slicethepie has made significant changes to its fan financing platform. All financed artists now keep 100% of proceeds from their project. The site also finished conversion to US currency and added more flexibility in what artists can offer supporters. Recently, Slicethepie has faced increased competition from Kickstarter and other funding platforms. More artists are also soliciting fans directly without middlemen. Slicethepie has also partnered with Fontana Distribution, the independent arm of Universal Music Group. Fontana will recommend the best ...
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"Artists Are Still Afraid of New Technology," Says Kevin Breuner of CD Baby. Interview Part One.
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Recently, I spoke with Kevin Breuner, who is the Marketing Project Manager at CD Baby and host of the DIY Musician Podcast. In the first part of this interview, Breuner talks about the two main shifts that make online possible for artists, why it's often erroneously stated how technology savvy most artists are, and gives his perspective on the digital dilemma in music. Why must artists not just be artists—aloof and solely creative nature? Why must they embrace not only ...
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Next Big Sound: The Right Product at the Right Time
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We All Make Music
When Next Big Sound was named one of Billboard's Top Ten Music Start-Ups of 2010 last month, a variety of people hailed its offering of actionable intelligence and analytics as a breakthrough for artists everywhere. But other people, particularly those who had been watching digital music technology closely, must have thought there was something about NBS that looked a little familiar. Wasn't this exactly like the now-defunct Band Metrics? How did NBS differ from Music Metrics, a company that has ...
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Rewind: Bandcamp Charges for Free Downloads, Billboard Targets Unsigned Artists, Amazon Shuts Down Amiestreet, Songza Gets a Facelift, and More
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(UPDATED) This week in the music and record industries tons of news broke. Major announcements relate to Bandcamp, Billboard, iTunes, Ping, and Eminem. As well, The Hypebot Hit Song Contest wound down and we are more than happy with the results it garnered. Take a look through this week's recap of the news and make sure that you didn't miss any events or commentary. We expect that with Labor Day out of the way and us entering the holiday gauntlet ...
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Free Downloads Are No Longer "Free" in Bandcamp
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HypeBot
Almost two months ago, Bandcamp switched from a free to paid service. Some of their users were less happy than others, but, from my understanding, a number of them loved the company so much that they didn't mind helping them diversify their revenue streams and stay afloat. This new announcement could prove to be slightly more dicey: Users of the service will now have to pay for free downloads. Starting out, all new accounts will come with 200 free downloads, ...
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Did You Miss Re-Launch of songza.com? Don't.
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Lost in the media coverage that AimeStreet was being been bought and shut down by investor Amazon and that the AmieStreet team's focus was shifting to Songza, was that a slick new version of Songza.com also launched. The new ad supported Songza enables groups to collaborate to create a shared online radio station from a library of 8 million tracks. The new Songza.com consolidates three streaming services, Songza Sets, Songza Radio, and the original Songza.com incorporating many of their features ...
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