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Embracing Virtual Reality Could Enable Streaming Services To Finally Move Forward [Cortney Harding]
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Rhapsody's recent announcement that it plans to launch a VR app is raising some interesting questions about how VR tech will influence the future of streaming services, and if they'll be able to successfully bring it to a more mainstream audience. Guest post by Cortney Harding A few days ago, streaming service Rhapsody announced it was ...
Pirate Radio Stations Are Making A Comeback
Although many may have assumed that pirate radio's best days were behind it, a recent report from the Associated Press shows that these renegade terrestrial broadcasters are on the rise once again. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Once upon a time pirate radio stations were big business and a big influence, with Radio ...
Get Your Music Into YouTube Content ID: A How To Guide
Although YouTube's Content ID system certainly has its fair share of detractors, it's important to keep in mind that the system can be useful to artists, and gives them a degree of agency and control over their work. Here we examine the process of getting your music into the Content ID system. Guest Post from the ...
HANDS ON: Indie Label Light In The Attic Records Keeps Organized Using Evernote
Here Patrick McCarthy, Reissue Producer and Project Manager for Light in the Attic Records, an independent company which works to bring deluxe vinyl music to the listening public, discusses how his use of Evernote has allowed him to make the company a success. Guest Post by Pamela Rosen on Evernote For a generation that never experienced ...
You Have To Look At These Two Spotify Charts - Is The The Future Of Streaming Music
New information regarding Spotify's financials shows that it still remains the front runner in the ongoing streaming wars, but also reveals that it may face trouble from rising rights costs and a drop in the average profit per user. By Mark Mulligan of MiDiA and the Music Industry Blog Tuesday’s media scrum around Spotify’s financials illustrate that whatever ...
7 Ways To Be A Happier Musician
The life of an independent artist comes with plenty of physical and emotional challenges to overcome, and staying positive can, at times, be incredibly difficult. In this piece, we look at seven practices that can keep you from getting to down in the dumps and jeopardizing your career. Guest Post by Jhoni Jackson on the Sonicbids Blog ...
Twitter Announces Move Away From 140 Character Limit
Expressing yourself in 140 characters or less has almost become an art form, but it can also be incredibly restrictive in certain situations. Today, Twitter announced that they are playing with the 140 charterer rule. Over the coming months Twitter is making changes to move beyond its 140 character limit without abandoning it entirely. For example, @names ...
Most Music Tech Startups Don't Know Shit About How Labels Work - A Response To David Pakman
In response to David Pakman's piece on the difficulty of building a successful music industry startup, Jim McDermott looks at why it is that so many of these startups have failed, and don't seem to grasp how labels work in the music business. Guest post by music and entertainment industry consultant Jim McDermott Editor’s note: This ...
The Ulimate Checklist For Travelling Musicians
Travelling by air with a musical instrument is never easy. If you check in your instrument on a flight with one or more stopovers, there is always the chance that you reach your destination and find that it has been offloaded at another intermediate stop, or worse, has been damaged as a result of rough handling. ...
Steve Miller: Anatomy Of Rock n’ Roll Hall Of Fame Rant
Recent Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee Steve Miller had some choice words to say about the Hall of Fame's treatment and selection process, not all of it glowing. Here we look at an excerpt from an interview Miller did with Billboard regarding the event. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 I’ve been ...
