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Magna Takes "Major Position" In PledgeMusic
Recent hires at Kickstarter signal that the crowdfunder is ramping up its music industry outreach. To counter that move and expand its own successful footprint, music centric competitor PledgeMusic has gotten a cash infusion from one of its main investors Magna Entertainment. Magna Entertainment, a division of the investment firm Magna, today announced that it had ...
MySpace Bought By Time Inc. - New Life Or Deadpool?
Although its glory days seem long passed, MySpace was once again in the news after being purchased, as part of a larger package deal, by the company Time Inc, although the site's future remains uncertain. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 MySpace is back in the news again, this time because it's just a ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 26-March 3
This winter has seemed like a nonstop jazz festival, including two events carrying that designation, one sponsored by the Twin Cities Jazz Festival organization at the end of January, and now the third annual “Winter Jazz Fest" at Studio Z, five hours of modern jazz in the heart of Lowertown St. Paul on Saturday. (This after ...
Surfing on a Reed
In 1947, Jimmy Giuffre wrote and arranged a song called Four Brothers for Woody Herman. The arrangement was designed to showcase the band's new lineup of three tenor saxophones and a baritone saxophone, which was unusual, since most bands featured two altos, two tenors and a baritone. Herman's new band, known as the Second Herd, had ...
The Realities Of Touring Revenue [David Lowery]
Although many assume that artists should be able to make up for the decline in recorded music sales simply by touring more, the reality of the finances behind touring reveals a much bleaker reality. Here we look at how much actual revenue a mid-level touring band can expect to make on the road, once expenses are ...
What I Learned Working At A Record Label That Failed
Why do some record labels fail while others succeed? We explore what can be learned from watching a record label go under even after a promising start, and how such knowledge can be used to help other labels avoid similar pitfalls in the future. By W. Tyler Allen on W. Tyler Consulting In early 2015, I ...
Music Meets "Internet Of Things" With Aivvy's Smart Headphone, Pandora-Like Music Platform [VIDEO]
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From the turntable to the Walkman and iPod to Sonos, as music discovery and consumption evolves, so do the devices that deliver it. In the last year have we started to see hardware like the Amazon Echo that combine the latest tech with streaming music. Squarely into that evolving category debuts Aivvy's smart headphones. Aivvy headphones ...
Music Education Monday: Jazz drumming tips from Lewis Nash
Today for Music Education Monday, you can pick up some tips on jazz drumming via a handful of videos recorded by the veteran percussionist Lewis Nash. Nash, who's 57 and originally from Phoenix, has made five recordings as a bandleader, but he's best known as a sideman to some of today's top jazz musicians, with more ...
The Experts Share 6 Instagram Tips For Muscians
Although it is, at present, one of the most popular social media tools, many artists may struggle with getting the most they can out of the popular image sharing platform. Here we look at six important tips on how to correctly and effectively use Instagram. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 iDigic has an excellent ...
The Music Industry Needs Better: Bandpage And How Open Technology Will Save The Industry [Jesse Von Doom]
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While Bandpage is the most recent music startup promising to save artists to be purchased by tech giant like YouTube, it's hardly the first. What the music industry needs, however, is to move away from corporate partnership and embrace open technology. By Jesse von Doom of Cash Music Floating in Friday’s news dump jetsam was the announcement ...
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