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Apple Pushing to Launch Music Locker in April
Apple is reportedly pressuring the major labels to have all of the music licenses in place for the re-launch of their MobileMe service in April. This would allow users to store their music online and access it from any mobile device. Last month, Apple confirmed that their new $1 billion data center in Maiden, NC, is ...
Managing Relationships with Fans when Your Fan Base Gets Too Big
Jon Ostrow has written a fantastic post on Music Think Tank that details how an artist can stay connected to their fans when their audience outgrows them. Before you start to feel overwhelmed, Ostrow offers actionable insights into how an artists can keep their fans close before they feel like pushing them away. This may not ...
Soundexchange Issued $252m in Royalties in 2010
SoundExchange had its biggest year to date in 2010 wherein it dispersed $252 million in digital royalties. This brings its overall distribution to more than $600 million. Such royalty pay-out increases can be attributed to the success and growth of streaming services; increased awareness among artists and copyright holders of the need to register; and improved ...
The Winner of the #SXSW Music Accelerator Is...
The Grand Prize winner of the SXSW Music Accelerator is Roqbot. It is a new company and mobile app that enables you to vote for which songs should be playing in bars, restaurants, and cafes, making you the DJ. The runners-up were RootMusic and Next Big Sound, two companies that should be familiar to the Hypebot ...
Only 10% of Your Friends See Your Facebook Posts, and Only 1% Like It.
Post by: Robin Davey, Head of Music and Film Development at GROWVision. How do I know this? Well I conducted a simple experiment that you are all welcome to replicate. I simply posted on my wall asking anyone who saw the post to like it. Of my 913 friends, 93 responded by clicking the like button. If ...
How Spotify Helps Fans Discover Rival Services
If and when Spotify comes stateside, it's likely that not everyone will be pleased with their service. Spotify may be great, but it can't accommodate everyone. As one Swedish writer points out, Spotify may not be the best music service when it comes to editorial curation and artist recommendations. Due to the ineptitude of Spotify's music ...
10 Archetypical People You Will Meet At #SXSW
This guest post was created by the Software Advice team. As a local Austin company, we have a love/hate relationship with South by Southwest (SXSW). We love the shows and the action, but parking sure is a drag right now. More than anything, we're enthralled by all the visitors to our small, Texas town. As a diversion from ...
What Music Service Has the Most Songs? [chart]
Catalog size is an important aspect of subscription services for core music fans. So, who has the largest one of them all? Spotify. As of this month, Spotify has 12.7 million songs in its catalog. Rhapsody is right behind them with 11 million songs and MOG has 10 million songs. The truth is that most casual ...
The Realities of Making a Living with Music in 2011
On Music Think Tank, Bob Baker is about to give you a dose of reality with his post. His rant is in response to all the posts about the doomed music industry. In his opinion, there was never a sure path to making a good living as an artist. Instead of complaining, artists should focus on ...
Earbits Makes Noise with #SXSW Channel, Babygrande's 10th Anniversary
(UPDATED) The small team behind Earbits, the buzz-worthy Y Combinator startup that offers feature-rich interactive music streaming, is working almost 24/7 to get above the noise at both SXSW Interactive and Music. Later today, they're launching a SXSW channel that includes music, showcase info and more. If you've got a band at SXSW, email them music ...
