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Why My Band Left MySpace and Facebook - For Good
Recently I spoke with Robin Davey who is a musician, director, and producer. His bands include The Hoax and most recently the eclectic pop duo The Bastard Fairies. Davey has directed music videos for Buckcherry, Jet and Drowning Pool and his documentary The Canary Effect won The Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative film making at ...
The Music Bay - A Good Reason to be Scared
The Pirate Bay crew has a surprise for the music industry. A few years back they registered a domain name, themusicbay.org, but haven't done anything with it. That could change soon. In an interview with TorrentFreak, a Pirate Bay insider warned, “The music industry can't even imagine what we're planning to roll out in the coming months. ...
#Midem 2011: Like It or Not, It's a D.I.Y. World
It was a busy Sunday at MIDEM. Making contacts and doing deals on the trade show floor was the focus for many. Others went looking for answers and presenters in an overcrowded Midem Academy and MidemNet Lab did their best to provide answers. From Berklee's Dave Kusek to the newest startups, the tools, tips and tricks ...
#Midem Digital Music Future Panel - Going Cloud or Getting Cloudy
Steve Mayall, the Managing Director, Music Ally moderated a MidemNet Saturday panel. The participants included: Thomas Hesse of Sony Music Entertainment, Christoph Lange, of German music streamer Simfy, Harry Maloney of Catch Media and Daren Tsui, the CEO & Co-Founder of mSpot. But will 2011 be remembered as the year of cloud music? The panelists all ...
Forrester's Mark Mulligan #midem - Music Needs S.P.A.R.C.
During a Saturday morning Midem presentation, Forrester Research Mark Mulligan analyst called YouTube “music's killer app"; and sharing some new Forrester data showing that “for 12㬋 yr olds, music is the soundtrack to social interactions." (Watch this space for a link to the full study) The key to a music industry turnaround, according to Mulligan, is ...
# Midem Panel: Reinventing the Music Business
During the MidemNet panel hosted by marketer Virginie Berger of Don't Believe the Hype, Jeff Castalez of U.S. based indie Dangerbird declared, “Our company is not trying to make record deals. We're making business deals.. Instead of expensive one to many marketing, we're now working to encourage advocacy." Later in the panel he shared, “We don't care ...
Roostie - We're Not Myspace, We Don't Have Everything, but Here's 3,000 Awesome Bands
Roostie is a new artist portal, but with a twist. They're only going to have 3,000 hand-picked and talented acts profiled on the site. The company has a music panel that decides who gets on the site and who stays on MySpace. The owners don't want to be the next MySpace nor can they afford to be. Behind the ...
Fanbridge Grabs $2 Million, Acquires Damntheradio
FanBridge has acquired damntheradio. This will extend the fan relationship management tools that the company offers to encompass a Facebook too. This news comes as FanBridge closed a $2 million Series A financing round. FanBridge has also taken damntheradio out of private beta and launched a fully self-serve version of the product. Artists will now be able ...
Crowdbands: A Fan-Sourced Record Label - Fans Buy-in and Help Make Creative Decisions
Crowdbands is a fan-sourced record label that lets fans in on discussions and creative decisions surrounding the release of an album. Currently, The Donnas have partnered up with the site and are letting fans determine the nature of a partnership between them and Joan Jett. Should The Donnas record one of her classics or should they ...
How To: Bring Your Audience to You - If You Absolutely Can't Tour to See Them
Due to the decline in the sales of record music, many artists are packing up their gear and hitting the road. It's where the money is—sort of - if you can afford it. But many artists can't. Either it's not economically feasible or due to reasons of geography, they can't tour where their audience is. Fans are ...
