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Three Quarter Offers Musicians New Model: "We Run the Business, You Run the Art"
Three Quarter is a new music startup with a hybrid business model. They describe it as “part record label, part venture capital firm, part management firm, part marketing/pr firm." A catchier take, also provided by Three Quarter, goes, “3/4 runs the business, the artist runs the art." Founded by David Airaudi, former Strategy and Business Development ...
At Least One Indie Artist is Making Big $'s from Streaming Music
Guest post by Chris Duncan of The Orchard's Daily Rind. If you're from outside of Scandinavia, you probably have no idea who Jonathan Johansson is. Let me fill you in. He's a very hip Swedish artist who has been steadily building a healthy fanbase in the Nordics with the aid of his label, Hybris. It was ...
New Kickstarter Alternatives Target Music Crowdfunding
With the expected signing by President Obama of the JOBS bill containing provisions for crowd investing, a new crop of funding sites are set to emerge. However, for indie musicians the use of crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and PledgeMusic will continue to be a more viable approach to project funding and presales. Here are some ...
Music Supervisors Explain How They Find Indie Music for Movies and TV
After posting about indie music in advertising, I was asked about the process of bringing one's music to the attention of music supervisors and others who can get your music on tv, in films and in commercials. I had already been gathering a series of interviews with music supervisors so it seemed timely to feature some ...
The Echo Nest's Music Discovery Empire
The Echo Nest might be one of the few companies to have figured out how to cash in on the music business. Only it has little to do with selling music. Instead, it gives developers the tools to create the next brilliant music discovery app. Jim Lucchese, Echo Nest's chief executive, believes on-demand apps are the ...
Mainstream Fanatic: Songza Takes Music Playlists to the Masses
Every year, dozens of startups attempt the impossible: to make their product mainstream. In the music sector, this proves to be a particularly challenging task, because startups are often founded by fanatics who are unlike the casual listeners they're targeting with their product. The team at Songza, a music streaming service, faces this hurdle. The company ...
Internet Radio is Broken if It Needs to Charge Bands to Make Money
Pandora and other webcasters who fought for lower royalty rates a few years ago rejoiced when they achieved rates they thought would allow them to achieve profitability, back in 2009. Yet questions still surround the ability of webcasters such as the now-public Pandora to turn a profit, given that their payments to copyright holders increase at ...
New Take On Music Crowdfunding from Cooking Vinyl's Pete Lawrence and Book Publisher Unbound
Pete Lawrence, founder of England's Cooking Vinyl record label and The Big Chill festival, is launching another more intimate festival called Alfresco. But instead of directly crowdfunding the festival, he's releasing a book full of stories about his past and offering tickets with pledges via Unbound, a book crowdsourcing and publishing service in London. For a ...
6 Essential Elements for Every Artist's Homepage
Guest post by David Dufresne, CEO of musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle. Your homepage is usually the first page visitors to your website will see, so it's important to make sure that you have the right elements in place to grab their attention, make a strong first impression, and keep them on your site. A well-designed ...
12 Guidelines For Long Term Indie Music Success
Vinnie Ribas, the Founder and CEO of Indie Connect, recently shared “12 Srategies For Long Term Success As An Indie Artist." They're actually worth considering for anyone who's a freelancer or whose business brand is themselves rather than an external entity, but they do have a special focus on the needs of indie musicians. Vinnie Ribas' ...
