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Google Music to Help Independent Musicians. But, What's in It for Google?
As a self-released musician, I was happy to see that Google Music includes the option for musicians to add their material to its music store, without having to go through a distributor. I wish the same option were available for Apple's iTunes. But what's the real upside for Google? Most self-released artists don't sell a lot ...
Webdoc: A New Level of Social Content Creation
Webdoc is an interesting new service that takes the Storify concept of mixing and matching web content to another level. It was the winner of the recent MUSIC techpitch 4.5 event in London. Though not limited to music, it's clearly useful for musicians, marketers and fans who want to quickly create content that has a more ...
NARM's Donio: 20 Years of Music Retail Upheaval and Next Shift from Sales to Streaming [video]
(UPDATED) Jim Donio, President of NARM, joins Ian Rogers for a new episode of This Week In Music to talk about how music retail has changed over the past 20 years. Since 1958, The National Association of Recording Merchandisers has represented retailers, wholesalers, and now technology companies selling recorded music. Jim and Ian speak about the ...
Final Day to Crowdfund Onyx Ashanti's Amazing Beatjazz Cyborg
Onyx Ashanti, an artist and inventor based in Berlin, is in the final days of a crowdfunding campaign for the second phase of development for Beatjazz, his “quest to build the most amazing live music performance system ever." It's quite an interesting project that is hitting the end of its IndieGoGo funding window soon, possibly today. ...
Blogger Criticizes Artists for Making Money; Tunecore CEO Jeff Price Responds
TuneCore CEO Jeff Price responds: Before I say another word, yes, I know I'm rising to the bait. I know this response means more eyeballs for Digital Music News—a semi-legitimate music industry blog that tends to be sensational to drive eyeballs. I know that Paul Resnikoff's constant personal attacks on TuneCore and me are a goad ...
The Profitable Artist: A Handbook for Turning Your Art into a Career
Artspire, a web community that provides such services to artists as fiscal sponsorship and a platform for soliciting donations, recently released “The Profitable Artist: A Handbook for All Artists in the Performing, Literary, and Visual Arts." The Profitable Artist is a more solid offering than most of the business of art type books I've checked out ...
How to Adapt Your Gig Posters to a Digital World
Though you might think that gig posters and flyers are a relic of a forgotten age, in many locales they are still quite useful for publicity and are still considered basic merch items. However, digital flyers are a growing phenomenon that take the old school poster and update it for web and mobile distribution. Here are ...
As Live Music Venues Struggle, Two in D.C. Find a New Way to Compete
Whether its the soft economy or competition from Live Nation, more and more of the live music venues that serve as essential showcases for emerging artists are struggling to survive. That's particularly true in the DC market, where established independent venues like The Birchmere and 9:30 Club are now battling concert giant Live Nation's Filmore and ...
Pandora Posts Profits and Listener Growth, but Wall Street Doesn't Care
Despite growing competition, Pandora beat expectations managed strong growth in Q3 actually turning a profit of $638,000 compared to a loss of $1.77 million a year ago. The company reported quarterly revenue of $75 million, twice that of a year before and and up from $67 million in the second quarter. Total listening hours hit to ...
Occupy Music Movement Grows with Occupy Musicians Petition
Musicians have gotten involved with the Occupy Movement in many locations both on and offline. A new initiative seeks to focus that energy starting with an Occupy Musicians petition in support of the movement. But Occupy Musicians hopes to become much more than just a petition and plans to provide additional resources. Musicians Occupy Wall Street ...
