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Stageit Review: A Free Streaming Video Service for Live Performances
StageIt is a free live streaming video service primarily focused on musicians though comedians have used it and it could potentially accomodate any live performance or event. StageIt launched around six months ago and was founded by Evan Lowenstein of Evan & Jaron. I was informed of its existence via a positive comment by Madalyn Sklar, ...
The Root's ?uestlove on Marketing Music Careers by Building Music Movements
In 2008, Derek Jennings interviewed The Roots' ?uestlove in a wide ranging discussion that included a section about building a movement with other musicians that has stayed with me ever since. ?uestlove described how big acts in popular music had always been part of larger music movements so that's what he and Roots' manager Richard Nichols ...
Chuck D: 'If a Community Cannot Supports Arts, then Arts Cannot Support the Community'
During this weekend's Record Store Day, Chuck D visited Grimey's in Nashville and spoke about the importance of the arts and local community. (Video below.) “If the community cannot supports the arts, then the arts cannot support the community. When it comes down to radio stations and stores like what Grimey's has done, it's all about ...
Do You Really Want a Major Label Deal?
This guest post comes from Robin Davey, a musician, artist and Head of Music and Film Development at GROWVision Media. A recent survey suggested that 75% of artists are still chasing that ever-elusive major deal. This shows the credulity of bands, rather than the shimmering prospects that a major can offer. At this stage of my ...
Shift Happens: A Story of Frustration and Opportunity
This guest post comes from Bob Baker of TheBuzzFactor.com, author of “Guerrilla Music Marketing Online," Berkleemusic's “Music Marketing 101“ course, and many other books and promotion resources for DIY artists, managers and music biz pros. Here's a quick story about change that might surprise you... Leo and Harry knew firsthand that new technology has the power ...
What Do Music Fans Want to Own, and Why?
On Music Think Tank, Chris Stoneman discusses the topic of ownership. With the changes in how fans consume music, ownership has changed as well. Chris explains three ways we desire music and how these desires affect our need to own something. Read on to see how fans want to consume music and what some companies are ...
A2im Analysis Show Grammy Hurt Indie Labels More Than Majors
(UPDATED) An analysis by the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) trade organization of the past two years of Grammy Awards showed that if winning is the primary measure of success, the impact of the recent category reductions and consolidations would effect the independent label community and the four major labels equally. But the bottom line ...
The Tyranny of Novelty
This guest post comes from Jeremy Schlosberg, the founder and curator of Fingertips , which has been seeking out the web's best free and legal music since 2003. A press release received yesterday afternoon informs me that Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash of the band OK Go, and writer Neil Gaiman (Palmer's husband) will be ...
8tracks.com - Digital Answer to Lost Art of Mixtapes
A digital answer to the lost art of the mixtape, 8tracks allows listeners to create their own playlists that can be easily shared with others. Half music discovery service and half curation tool, 8tracks users can generate custom playlists by uploading their own MP3s or using songs already imported into 8tracks' library, which can then be ...
Redigi Raises $535,000 for Used MP3 Store
Cambridge, MA based startup ReDigi has raised $535,000 from 21 investors to operate a used digital music download store according to an SEC filing. When we've written about ReDigi previously, Hypebot readers, including at least one music industry attorney, expressed healthy skepticism about the legality of selling used downloads. Despite ReDigi's detailed explanation, I remain unconvinced, ...
