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Kickstarter Added $13 Million to New Music Economy in Just 2 Years
Kickstarter turned two years old today and shared some stats that show just how important their fan funding platform has been to d.i.y. music and the new music economy. Overall $53,107,672 has been pledged and $40 million collected to fund 7496 successful Kickstarter projects. Of that, $13,094,547 went to fund music related projects. Music was Kickstarter's ...
N.E.R.D Joins New Era Flagbearers. Are Musicians Losing Tastemaker Status?
The news that alt pop group N.E.R.D., Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shae Haley, had joined the New Era Flagbearers lineup as part of the Fly Your Own Flag campaign took me back a few years to the days when Pharrell was taking on the role of high dollar tastemaker and New Era was pursuing limited ...
Can Netflix Serve as Model for the Music Business? Billboard vs. Black Rim Glasses
Envy is a powerful drug and right now the music industry is suffering from Netflix envy. That's let to an interesting debate between those who believe Netflix' success is a model for the music industry, and those who see radical differences between consumer engagement with visual vs. audio content. Supporting the Netflix model is Billboard's Glenn ...
May 9th Marks 8th Edition of SF Music Tech
(UPDATED) The latest edition of the SF Music Tech Summit revisits San Francisco on May 9, 2011 at the Kabuki Hotel, bringing together leaders in the music and technology industry. The Spring summit will mark the 8th Summit and fourth year of the bi-annual event, which many Hypebot readers rate among their favorite industry gatherings. Topics ...
Pitchify: Spotify's Music + Pitchfork's Taste
Love them or hate them, it's tough to deny that online music review outlets Pitchfork Media and Drowned In Sound are tastemaking kings when it comes to influencing trends in new music. Combining long-form reviews, analysis, and commentary with user-friendly number ratings, both Pitchfork and Drowned In Sound provide one-stop, easily navigable guidance in the often-daunting ...
May 8th Marks 8th Edition of SF Music Tech
The latest edition of the SF Music Tech Summit revisits San Francisco on May 9, 2011 at the Kabuki Hotel, bringing together leaders in the music and technology industry. The Spring summit will mark the 8th Summit and fourth year of the bi-annual event, which many Hypebot readers rate among their favorite industry gatherings. Topics up ...
Site Worth Watching: bandsurfing.com
I often come across music tech and musician services startups that look promising. But because they are early stage and must rise above so much noise and competition to succeed, that I'm often not ready to say that they're worthy of your attention or a full review. But they're great ideas nonetheless and great ideas are ...
RealNetworks Gives iTunes A 'Rinse'
RealNetworks, once a dominate player in music, is still trying to find it's place in a post-iTunes world. It's latest offering Rinse, doesn't even try to compete, but rather aknowledges Apple's dominance with a utility to organize your iTunes library: add missing album art, fix misspellings, remove duplicates, rename genres and more. “Rinse is powered by ...
