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FanFueled Brings "Clean Energy" and Fan Rewards to Concert Ticketing
Last week yet another ticketing company intending to disrupt established players like Ticketmaster announced its launch. At first, though FanFueled offers an interesting mix of fan rewards and low fees, I was bit underwhelmed by covering yet another contestant in a crowded field. But after speaking with Founder and CEO Anderson Bell, I realized there's a ...
Highlights from Billboard's Futuresound Conference
The theme of last week's Billboard FutureSound Conference in San Francisco was centered on defining problems and finding actionable solutions in the areas of entrepreneurship, music licensing, as well as leveraging the social web in the digital music marketplace. Among the speakers sharing insights were key music industry execs, pioneering music/tech and social web start-ups, investors and venture ...
Billboard's Futuresound: Showcasing Music Startups, Debating the New Licensing Landscape
The difficulties both new and established music startups have licensing music was a dominant theme at Billboard FutureSound last week in both panels and keynotes. The only people not obsessed with problems licensing music were those that had established services that don't require such licensing including four of the five music startups featured in FutureSound's Visionary ...
Billboard Magazine Declares That Discounted Music Doesn't Count
In new rules issued this week, Billboard Magazine declared that unit sales for albums priced below $3.49 will no longer be eligible for the Billboard charts and won't be counted in Nielsen SoundScan sales data during their first four weeks of release. EPs and individual songs must now also sell for $.39 or more per track ...
How to Add Your Tracks to Vimeo Video Music Store
Have you heard about the Vimeo Music Store where you can legally license and purchase music to add to your Vimeo videos? This is big news because Vimeo is a popular site for stylish, cool, and engaged video creators. That means that they care about the sound and the quality of the music in their videos. ...users obtain ...
Congress May Pave Way for Small Investors to Crowdfund Music Startups
A bill that was recently passed by the House of Representatives opens up the possibility of music startups raising $1 to $2 million annually via social media and crowdfunding platforms without having to meet costly registration requirements. This bill would allow for investments by small fry, who are currently shut out of such opportunities, and provide ...
Fanfueled Raises $1 Million for Ticketing Platform That Rewards Fan Engagement
Newly launched FanFueled has raised $1 million in funding for it's social and reward based ticketing platform. The seed round was led by Listen LLC and angel William Lohse. With service fees 1/2 to 2/3 lower than Ticketmaster, FanFueled's online ticketing and marketing platform incentivizes, tracks, and rewards fan engagement. Evenbrite and other ticketing platforms offer ...
Compare Google Music, iTunes and Amazon [chart]
Google Music left beta yesterday with a 320kps download store, free cloud storage and streaming, unique music sharing options, mobile payments and a direct to fan sales hub for indie artists. But how does the new Google Music compare to more established music offerings from Apple's iTunes and Amazon? This chart from Huffington Post lays out ...
Watch Replay of Wednesday's Google Music Announcement
(UPDATE 3) Yesterday Google Music left beta with a 320kps download store, curated content, a unique song sharing feature and a direct to fan sales option that every band should want to take advantage of. Read the full story here or watch the video reply below. Skip past the pre-show graphics to 30 mins in when ...
