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Sean Parker: "I'm Not Sure Why You Would Sign with a Record Label" [video]
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At Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Sean Parker, venture capitalist and co-founder of Facebook and Napster and Spotify investor, sat down to talk about his take on the future of the music industry. “I'm not actually sure why you would sign with a record label," quipped Parker. On Spotify, Parker says its “an attempt to ...
Techdirt Opens New Media Biz-Models Message Board; Offers $10k for Best Case Examples
Last week, media blog TechDirt launched a new message board designed to pool the ideas and experiences of musicians, filmmakers, and writers experimenting with new ways to monetize and support their work. Additionally, TechDirt founder Mike Masnick is offering $10,000 to those who submit the best case studies and/or experiences they've had in building alternative business models. “In ...
2011 Americana Music Association Award Winners
Americana music is hard to define, and no where want that more obvious than at last night's 2011 Americana Music Association Awards where winners ranged from Jerry Douglas to Gregg Allman. A list of 2011 Americana Music Award Winners: ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Band Of Joy, Robert Plant ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Buddy Miller INSTRUMENTALIST OF ...
Boom.FM Social Radio: Indie Artists in Social Listening Rooms
boom.fm offers yet another twist on social listening rooms by featuring music uploaded by artists. In addition to finding another way to avoid major label licensing, boom.fm is creating a social platform for music marketing. Starting from a base in South Africa, they intend to take their project international. boom.fm recently launched in beta but the ...
Contextual Radio: Deliradio Streams Music from Bands Playing Local Shows
Live performances continue to be at the cornerstone of an artist's prowess and prominence in the music business, but the age-old question for many bands (and venues) continues to persist—“How do we get more people to come to our shows?" Taking music discovery to the next level, Deli Radio is a contextual Internet radio station and ...
ReDigi Launches Used Digital Music Marketplace. Can It Be Legal? [video]
When we wrote about ReDigi's plan to create a marketplace for used digital downloads, it caused quite a stir. Could selling used downloads be legal? “A legal music download is generally issued as personal license to use," wrote attorney Rob Falk, “and I believe that by its terms, is non-transferable." Not so fast, countered the company ...
On Spotify, File-Sharing and Incomplete Statistics
Since Spotify finally launched in the US, the discussion has reignited about what the benefits of it are for musicians. One recent conversation has involved people quoting diametrically opposite statistics about the influence of Spotify on file-sharing in Sweden. Some people quoting a stat that says file-sharing has dropped as Spotify has rolled out, and others ...
exfm Expands from Browser Extension to Social Music Discovery Platform
exfm began life as a Google Chrome extension called ExtensionFM. Now the open web MP3-fueled “social music discovery platform" has a nice website, mobile options, more browser extensions and an embeddable player. No, they can't play audio from YouTube or from your desktop, but, all in all, it's shaping up to be a great service. exfm ...
Update: Icloud Goes Live as Apple Releases iTunes 10.5 with Cloud Support, Wifi Sync, No iTunes Match
UPDATE: Apple's iCloud is now live. Just ahead of today's iCloud launch, last night Apple released iiTunes 10.5. The upgrade includes support for iCloud storage and playback plus wireless sync. Missing is the promised iTunes Match which will integrate a fan's music acquired outside of iTunes to their iCloud collection. Apple has reportedly shared iTunes Match ...
30 Top Indie Labels Partner for Music Discovery Site thenewrecord.com
Community building doesn't only happen on Facebook, and a new indie music discovery site founded by Bill Armstrong of Side One Dummy hopes to build a community of indie music fans more tied to the creators than to Mark Zuckerberg. To help make that happen, Armstrong assembled a unique partnership of 30 top independent music labels ...
