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Berkleemusic Joins Coursera Education Revolution with Free Online Music Classes
Higher education is experiencing disruptive changes that are still very much in the early stages. Berkleemusic, the online division of Berklee College of Music, is joining in that disruption by offering a group of free music classes on Coursera, a company that also offers classes from such leading institutions as Columbia, Johns Hopkins and UC Berkeley. ...
The Price of Free vs the Price of Fame
The recent furor over Amanda Palmer's decision to request non-paid musicians to join her on tour, hits home the unique situation musicians are faced with in the quest for success. The conundrum is how to be self-sustaining, yet available to offer up their musical wares for nada should the chance of exposure present itself. The self-sustaining ...
Top 20 Countries with the Most Illegal Music Downloads
As the piracy saga continues with the “six strikes“ initiative coming soon to the United States and news that BMG is looking to cash in on $20 settlements with alleged file sharers, it's worth taking a look at just how big illegal file sharing really is these days. According to data collected by the monitoring firm ...
The User is the Story
Guest post by Kyle Bylin of sidewinder.fm I have become convinced that one of the major voices missing from the conversation about the future of music is the user. We cite studies and various data points, but when it comes to talking about Spotify and Pandora, we concern ourselves only with the views of experts. This ...
Hub and Spokes: The Key to Driving Fans to Your Band Website
By David Dufresne, CEO of musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle In a previous blog post we talked about the importance of driving fans to your website. In this post, we'll go over the “Hub & Spokes" analogy and method to help drive traffic to your site using your social media profiles, and some of the best ...
6 Top Music Concert Apps
Guest post by Denise Lu of Evolver.fm. Concerts apps are mostly similar, in that they typically mash the now-familiar GPS on your phone against show listing databases. But when you're on the run, trying to find that last-minute concert or be among the first to score tickets to something before it sells out or scalpers ruin ...
Tunecore Co-Founder Peter Wells Speaks out on Jeff Price Exit and Company's Seismic Shift [exclusive]
In May, co-founder Peter Wells exited TuneCore followed earlier this month by CEO and co-founder Jeff Price. Since then, the company has not named a successor, issued a statement or responded to inquires regarding these seismic changes to their executive team. For the first time, one of the co-founders, Peter Wells, speaks out in an exclusive ...
Global Digital Music Market Expected to Grow 15% Annually
According to the global analyst firm Ovum, the global digital music market is expected to grow at 15% annually, reaching nearly $22.5 billion by 2017. Subscription services are said to be in large part responsible for the growing revenues, predicted to show a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46%, stemming from bundling partnerships with service ...
Track Kickstarter Campaign Progress with Kicktraq
Though Kickstarter does provide a variety of stats and analytics for both the public and for project creators, tools for people wanting to track specific campaigns or to research and compare campaigns are relatively limited. Kicktraq is a useful campaign analytics tool that allows you to follow the progress of specific campaigns, including projections while a ...
Musomap: Google Maps Meets Twitter for Musicians
The ways that musicians seek out and find their creative collaborators have come a long way in the digital space. There now exist a number of sites that go well beyond Craigslist and focus specifically on connecting musicians, and each has its own unique value offering. One such site that made its way onto our radar ...
