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Is the RIAA Planning Another Attack on Musicians' Rights?
By Mike Masnick of Techdirt. We've written a few times about how the RIAA has been fighting hard to screw over tons of musicians by taking away their “termination rights." Termination rights are a bit confusing, but the simplest way of thinking about them is that after 35 years, if a copyright holder had assigned ...
How to Revitalize Your Hustle by Showing Up for Your Loved Ones
By indie rapper Kosha Dillz (@koshadillz) who appeared on Daytrotter this week. During the holidays when touring season is low, we get a chance to enjoy the cold snowy days with our family. So often we are submerged in work, we forget about the special person in our life that is many times the backbone of ...
3 Social Media Myths It's Time Musicians Recognized
Tim Grahl, author of “Your First 1000 Copies," writes for authors but he's got lots to say that musicians should consider. Some will find his take on social media a bit extreme but I think he makes a lot of practical sense and shares examples similar to what I've seen in music-related social media. In particular, ...
7 Decades, 7 Musical Evolutions
From the Echo Nest Blog. Humankind has had music for as far back as we’re able to define ourselves as such. Some of that music has always been favored by the other cave people, hunters-and-gatherers, farmers, shamans, and whoever else was hanging around. As society changes, our favorite music changes too, and variations in musical memes ...
Muzeek Receives Seed Investment to Disrupt the Gig Booking Process [updated]
Muzeek is a music tech startup headquartered in Australia that provides a platform for managing the gig booking process for all involved from artists to venues. Launched back in February, Muzeek recently completed an undisclosed seed investment round with The Sydney Angels and was also recognized for growth momentum by business data company SIGNL. I spoke ...
Bandpage CEO J Sider on the State of the New Music Industry
Op-Ed by J Sider, the founder & CEO of BandPage, a leading service for musicians to engage their fans across the web. He's been named to Billboard and Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for the last 3 years. 2013 was a year when the full scale of the Internet became increasingly useful for the music industry. The collected engagement across ...
6 Tips for Setting up Your Online Store
It’s no secret that at Bandzoogle we believe that your website should be your main hub on the Internet. So if there’s any place online that fans should be able to buy your music and merch, it’s on your own website. Why sell direct to fans? By selling direct to your fans, you not only get ...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Names 2014 Inductees: Nirvana, Kiss and More
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2014 inductees. They are Nirvana, Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Cat Stevens and Linda Ronstadt. The E Street Band will be given the Award for Musical Excellence. Original Beatles manager Brian Epstein and original Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham will each receive the Ahmet Ertegun ...
Musicians: Put Yourself on the Map, the Google Street View Map
Though many of us are balking at Google's ongoing drive to connect products, such as the widely attacked, integration of Google+ comments on YouTube, sometimes those connections open up great new possibilities. In this case, Google's connecting their Photo Sphere tech for 360 degree photo creations and Google Maps' Street View to allow you to create ...
Radio Still Rules and Pirates Subscribe According to New Consumer Research
Last week MIDiA Consulting released a new report by Mark Mulligan regarding a UK consumer survey, “Decoding the Digital Music Consumer," that reveals only one digital activity in the top 5 music activities of today's consumers. Watching music videos came in second to that long-time winner listening to the radio. Third in line? Buying CDs! Takeaways ...
