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musiXmatch Raises $3.7m for Lyrics API
Lyrics API announced today at SF Music Tech that it has raised $3.7 million in Series A funding from Francesco Micheli Associates. The funds wll enable musiXmatch to expand their lyrics offering whch the company says includes 5.3 million lyrics and features the first lyrics API to fully provide international rights management. Localized in more than ...
Mark Cuban Has Big Plans for Music on HDNET
Outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner and serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban has big plans for music on his HDNET network. “Traditionally music hasn't worked on television but now that sets are high def, big screens, stereo sound, 5.1 or better sound, we decided on HDNET all Sunday was going to be nothing but music," Cuban said recently. “So ...
NARM's Bill Wilson: Music, Investment, Innovation and the New Music Business
This guest post comes from NARM's VP of Digital Strategy and Business Development, Bill Wilson on the first day of NARM's Annual Convention in LA. The sound of schadenfreude is deafening. "The music business is dead." “The companies aren't changing." “The licensing and acquisition of music products is a third rail to investors." I understand, I used ...
China Begins New Era of Copyright Protection
This guest post is by Mathew D, Vice-President of R2G/wa3.cn, one of China's leading digital music distributors. He blogs on the music industry and copyright reform in at The Global Outpost. New music copyright protection guidelines have been announced by the Beijing Copyright Bureau which aim to redress the burden of proof imbalance between copyright owners ...
The New Music Industry is Not Coming
According to Taurean Casey on MusicThink Tank, the new music industry is already here. Different business models are reshaping how we market and distribute music. Change is inevitable and the three companies that are battling for the chance to shape the music industry aren't even record labels. (Read On) “The only thing that will change is ...
Rootmusic Upgrades Free and Paid BandPages Facebook App
RootMusic has released a major upgrade for both free and paid users of its BandPages Facebook app. BandPage is the social network's #1 music app with 150,000 musicians driving 22 million active monthly users. 50% of the top 100 artists on Facebook use BandPage, according to the company. BandPage Basic users now have access to free ...
Likester Helps Make Sense of Your Facebook Likes
2137 people Like a band on Facebook, but what does that mean? Who are all those Likers? If the Like band A, what else do they Like? How does 2137 Likes compare with other artists? Startup Likester hopes to answer those questions and more for both consumers (fans) and barnds (bands). Their consumer web site is ...
Mobile App $'s Soar. Will Music Grab It's Share?
Combined revenues from the four major mobile app stores: Apple, Google, Nokia and RIM will rise 77.7% in 2011 to $3.8 billion, with Apple grabbing 75% of the market, according to new IHS research. (Click on image to enlarge.) While sector numbers were not released, gaming apps generate the most revenue with music lagging far behind. ...
Generate Demand for Your Music with Loss Leaders
The debate roars on over giving music away for free. Yesterday, Bruce wrote about it on Hypebot in How To Turn Free Into Paid: Lessons From Evernote Today on Music Think Tank, Minh Chau discusses topics that can help decide if and what music to give away for free including how to generate demand and determine ...
Michelle Shaprow Asks: How Can I Maintain My Personal Touch as I Build My Career?
Michelle Shaprow is an emerging jazz pop singer whose debut album, Purple Skies, is currently available on iTunes with her first video for the single, Back Down To Earth, available via YouTube. I'm writing about her today to ask Hypebot readers for feedback on particular challenges she faces at this point in her career based on ...
