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Major Chinese Music Sites Shift from Free

June 15, 2013

Several of China's major online music websites have shifted from free, to a fee-based model for music downloads. According to Chinese news service Sina, major labels including Universal, Sony, and Warner Music pressured Chinese music sites, including Baidu Music, Cool Music, and Xiami.com to shift to a pay model with a deadline of June 5th. Kugou.comm ...

News: Career

Take FMC's Music + Money Quiz

June 15, 2013

This week the Future of Music Coalition launched a group of quizzes to test your knowledge of music and money from copyright to compensation. The quizzes range from “Easy" to “Expert" and the answers include helpful explanations. It's all part of their mission to educate musicians about such topics as music revenue streams and new business ...

News: Trends

48% Of UK Adults Listen to Online Radio

June 15, 2013

48% of adults in the United Kingdom tune in to audio or radio from an online source on a weekly basis, making for a national audience of approximately 25 million, according to recent market research from AudenceNet. The survey of 3,000 UK adults (aged 15 and over) found that the weekly reach of online audio and ...

News: Interview

David Allyn: Where You At?

June 14, 2013

Singer David Allyn joined Jack Teagarden's band in early 1940—just months after Frank Sinatra began singing with Tommy Dorsey. Both singers learned a great deal about phrasing from their trombonist bosses. When Sinatra left Dorsey in '42 to record as a solo artist at Columbia, Allyn went into the Army. After Allyn returned to the States ...

News: Recording

Steve Lindeman: Day After Yesterday

June 14, 2013

The finest new orchestral jazz album I've heard this year is Steve Lindeman's The Day After Yesterday (Jazz Hang). The intelligence of the compositions and arrangements can only be described as breathtaking. The melodies and harmonies are tender and braided beautifully, and the one vocal track is splendidly executed, with overdubbing that rivals the Singers Unlimited—without ...

News: Career

Tunecore Founders Jeff Price and Peter Wells Launch Audiam to Help Artists Make $'s on YouTube

June 13, 2013

TuneCore co-founders Jeff Price and Peter Wells today launched Audium, an online service that helps D.I.Y. artists make money on YouTube. Many indie artists don't have time, skills or the YouTube plays to collect payments. Audium helps those artists make money. For labels, the startup provides a way to monetize fan cover versions. Price and Wells ...

News: Opinion

Is Vlogging the Future of Music Marketing?

June 13, 2013

By Musician and Marketing Consultant Solveig Whittle (@shadesofsolveig). Vlogging is an increasingly popular communication medium, and I think it's a largely underutilized way for indie musicians to communicate with fans, perform live, do interviews, build their YouTube subscribers, and share information about themselves and their lives. Musicians might even find it an unexpected source of additional ...

News: Career

Musicians: How Will You Create an Epic Bundle?

June 13, 2013

While music and merch bundles often sell well for musicians, game developers have been much more innovative with their approach to bundling games. For example, at least a few experiments have occurred in which a target amount was set that, once reached, would make the games open source or even place them in the public domain. ...

News: Opinion

Responding Positively to Bad Reviews with the Support of Your Fans

June 13, 2013

By Michael Brandvold @michaelsb of Michael Brandvold Marketing. What do you do when you get a bad review of your CD? A really bad review. It is something every artist will encounter at some point in their career. How you handle it and what you get out of the review can say a lot about how ...

News: Award / Grant

Brubeck to Join Walk of Fame in Saratoga

June 14, 2013

Dave Brubeck played the Jazz Festival in Saratoga 13 different years, far more than anyone in its 35-year history The Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY, has hosted a world-class jazz festival since 1978. Invented by George Wein—an icon who invented the music festival, most famously the Newport Jazz Festival (though that only scratches ...