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Breaking: U.S Music Sales Are up in 2011
Some bloggers overuse “breaking" in their headlines, but new Nielson stats that show music sales in the U.S. are up 1.6% in 2011 really is big news for the struggling recorded music industry. Or is it? Physical albums continued to decline compared to the same period in 2010, but digital album and track purchases thru May ...
Are You One of 7462 RootMusic Artists Owed $5.3 Million from SoundExchange?
RootMusic, the company behind Facebook's music app BandPage has partnered with performance rights nonprofit SoundExchange in an effort to connect 7,462 artists to $5.3 Million in unclaimed royalties. RootMusic provided a list of artists who've created BandPages and SoundExchange matched that list against its log of artists who have royalties waiting to be claimed. Armed with ...
How Google and Amazon Hurt Recorded Music by Launching Cloud Lockers
The launch of Google Music and Amazon's Cloud Music Locker without licenses (and in Google's case without a download store) represents a real setback for the recorded music industry. I'm not one who believes that Google and Amazon should need licenses to create the kind of online hard drives that they did. But the result are ...
10 Creative Ways Musicians Can Use QR Codes
Inspired by Clyde's Guide To QR Codes For Musicians, I wondered about how indie musicians might use these scanable graphics that link the offline and online worlds. Marketer and artist Erica Glaser had already created a strong list of 50 creative uses for QR codes that's geared to filmmakers and visual artists as much as musicians. ...
Official.FM Raises $8 Million to Expand D.I.Y. Musician Platform
Yesterday Hypebot called Geneva based Official.fm one of the 10 Smartest Startups At SF MusicTech. Now Official.fm has announced that they've received an additional $8 million in funding to build what they call “the world's most advanced do-it-yourself platform for music creators & content owners." No source of the funding was named. What is Offcial.fm? Official.fm ...
Patronism: Reinventing Musical Patronage
Startup Patronism combines crowdfunding and fan clubs to create a platform for ongoing artist support. Rather than simply donating money or getting a package of swag for your contribution, Patronism members pledge a monthly amount to interact with artists and get access to unreleased creative content from music to “archival photos, videos, behind-the-scenes stories and oddities ...
Highlights from SF Musictech: Tools, Tech, Revenue, Recommendation, Live and the Cloud
Plenty of solid discussion filled the walls of the Kabuki Hotel on Monday where the eighth SF MusicTech Summit was held. Strong panelists and bright attendees all contributed to meaningful dialogue that left those of us in attendance with lots to think about. Here were some of the highlights: Tools Dean Serletic of Music Mastermind shared that ...
Recorded Music as a Commodity and the Power of Artistic Vision
Let's just admit it: recorded music is a commodity product. The abundance of recorded music now more than satiates the (plentiful) demand, and the market of recorded music is losing differentiation. Sure, different recordings will suit different needs and wants to some extent, but that's no different from other commodities like coffee or petroleum or pharmaceuticals. So what ...
Music Marketing with QR Codes: How to Get Started
QR codes—those strange symbols that use the cell phone to link the offline and online worlds—are are going mainstream in the U.S. for even more reasons than previously discussed on Hypebot. So, now is the time to get involved. Here are some basic resources for creating and mobilizing QR codes with an emphasis on d.i.y. music ...
An Introduction to the Self-Released Album
You have been working hard, playing your music and finally have a couple songs or maybe even an album. The question is: How do I sell my music or get on iTunes? On Music Think Tank, Cameron Mizell shares his thoughts on the shifting trends in music retail and gives advice on how to release your ...
