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Digital Music Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuit Against Major Labels Moves Forward
A consolidated class action lawsuit claiming that the major labels fixed prices on digital music will move forward, U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ruled on Monday. The suit contends that the major labels signed agreements with joint-venture entities MusicNet and Pressplay containing a hidden Favored Nation clause guaranteeing that each recieved equal terms. According to the ...
Music as a Service: Audiosocket Launches Music Licensing Api
Music licensing and technology company Audiosocket, is launching a unique digital music licensing platform dubbed Music as a Service (MaaS). Anywhere that MaaS is embedded, content producers can offer the ability to search for and license music from a curated catalog of 33,000 songs from 1,900 mostly indie artists and share in the revenue generated. An ...
Help Sweet Relief Support Musicians in Need
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial support to professional musicians who need help when facing illness, disability or aging issues. The organization was founded in 1993 and a wide variety of folks, including musicians and music-related organizations, have supported the organization through donations and benefits. Since many musicians do not have health insurance, have limited or ...
Slicethepie's Soundout Gets $2 Million Funding for Song Analytics
UK based SoundOut, an division of fan funding platform SliceThePie, has raised $2 million in equity funding from a number of private investors and entrepreneurs. Tens of thousands of online “scouts" have used the platform to generate 6 million reviews rating 75,000 tracks. SoundOut claims this comparative database can predict the commercial potential of a new ...
Alleged RIAA, Sony Hackers Anonymous Arrested
At least 14 alleged members of hacking group Anonymous were arrested by the FBI on Tuesday. Anonymous had claimed responsibility for disrupting Sony sites for weeks, as well as,hacking the RIAA, MPAA, CIA and other. An offshoot group also attacked Universal Music and others. Their most common tactic was a denial of service attack, in which ...
Band Members Need to Build Individual Brands
Members of bands typically have weaker brands than the band as a whole. Even highly prominent members, such as singers and lead guitarists, often have difficulty developing a strong following after leaving popular bands. The ideal approach to thriving long term in the music industry is to build one's own brand, not by trying to grab ...
Ariel Hyatt Interviews Panos Panay of Sonicbids
This interview that Ariel Hyatt of Cyber PR did with Sonicbids founder Panos Panay isn't new, but so much of what these two veterans of independent music spoke about rang true that we're republishing it. A while back I started writing a book about entrepreneurial leaders in the music business for Music Industry and Music Business ...
Converse Rubber Tracks Studio Opens to Support Musicians and Reap Marketing Bounty
Converse Rubber Tracks, a free recording studio in Brooklyn sponsored by Converse, has recently opened for business. In addition to being a great thing for artists that get in, Rubber Tracks is an awesome branding move for a company that has rebuilt its position in the sneaker game, in part, by leveraging youth culture and the ...
Crowdbooster - The Best Free Social Media Monitoring Tool I've Seen so Far
After summarizing some of Dan Zarella's Twitter and Facebook timing data and then checking out some fairly simple Twitter timing tools, I decided to take a look at a service called Crowdbooster. Crowdbooster, which has a free basic account option ideal for DIY'ers, offers a dashboard for keeping up with how well you're doing on Twitter ...
Ovation App Provides Real-Time Audience Feedback
Ever wish you knew how your audience felt about your performance? Which moments captivated their attention, and which moments put them to sleep? Now you can. A new app called Ovation allows audience members to rate your performance in real-time telling you exactly the moments when you're riveting, or when you're drab. Similar to methods used ...
