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Music Startup Dreams? Learn from These 51 Tech Founders Who Failed
Silicon Valley is said to have a culture that embraces failure as a learning process. But that doesn't mean you have to fail first before you can succeed. A recent roundup of posts by founders whose startups failed gives quite a bit of insight into the wide range of reasons that led to the same outcome. ...
Musicians: Skipping Time Management is a Major Mistake
By Dave Kusek, former President of Berkleeonline and digital media consultant. His latest venture, the New Artist Model, is an impressive online course for musicians and others learning to navigate in the new music industry. Today’s indie musician plays the part of the artist, the business professional, and sometimes way more, and as a result, many find themselves juggling ...
8 Mind-Blowing Facts About Music Business in Japan
By Lee Parsons, Founder of Ditto Music. As founder of Ditto Music, an online music distribution service. I was recently asked to undertake a learning expedition to Japan and present my company to the Japanese music market. Here are 8 facts that will blow your mind about the Japanese Music Market: It is ILLEGAL to sell ...
Independent Music Wins 50% of 2014 Grammys
Independent music took home 50 % of the awards at last nights 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, the highest percentage of wins since indie label trade group A2IM began tracking the awards in 2006. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won in four categories, including Best New Artist and Best Rap Album, for their independently released album, The Heist. ...
Grammy Winners 2014: The Full List
Daft Punk's “Get Lucky" won record of the year and the duo's “Get Lucky" won the year's top album, at last night's 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Rising stars were rewarded as well, with Lorde, Kacey Musgraves and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis taking home key awards. Album of the Year Daft Punk, Random Access Memories (Julian Casablancas, DJ Falcon, Todd ...
SoundCloud Closes $60 Million Round, in Talks with Major Labels
Audio platform SoundCloud has closed a series D funding, raising $60 million ot a total valuation of $700 million. The round was led by led by Institutional Venture Partners along with the Chernin Group. In an statement, SoundCloud said it will use the money “to grow more rapidly in product, personnel and expansion in mobile efforts,” but the company also likely ...
IOU Music Launches to Support DIY Musicians Throughout Their Careers
IOU Music is a new service for artists that launched this week in beta. They're building a platform to support DIY music monetization and marketing. For example musicians can use their accounts to sell music, crowdfund, accept donations and create subscription services with more features on the way. I spoke with Founder and CEO Rob MacArthur ...
Analyzing Music Taste to Improve Group Learning at Play with Your Music
From The Echo Nest Blog. The folks at MIT Media Lab, NYU, and Peer 2 Peer University recently set out to teach the world how to manipulate music with a computer and a browser through interactive classes on PlayWithYourMusic.org. When 5,282 people registered for the course, their suspicion that people would be interested in this were ...
Lively Raises $2 Million for Concert Recordings Available After the Show
Lively's concert recording service allows bands to offer both audio and video recording of the show after it's over using a mobile app for delivery. They'd already raised half a million over the summer and now they've added to their investments with another 2 million or so. A number of services have related offerings and it ...
Why Indie Musicians and Indie Radio Stations Should Work Together
In the fall Paul Riismandel wrote an “immodest proposal" in the hopes of encouraging indie radio stations and indie musicians to work together. He points to a natural fit between non-commercial radio and indie artists and proposes at least one possibility for connecting the two. The larger point is that indie radio and indie musicians could ...
