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An Inspiring Story of Indie Music Success
This guest post is by Bob Baker of the music marketing blog The Buzz Factor. Last week I received an email from a Canadian named John Ioannou. The message opened this way: Hi Bob. Here's a true story about a musician, his dream, and proof that opportunity knocks!" I was on the verge of closing the ...
Pledgemusic and Sonicbids Partner, Intregrating Tools
PledgeMusic has partnered with Sonicbids. Artists can now view their fan-funding campaign directly within their Sonicbids dashboard, giving them the ability to find gigs and create and manage a funding campaign in the same place. They'll also have access to the PledgeMusic widget which can be placed on any web page to collect fans e-mails in ...
Douglas Rushkoff: "If You Are Not a Programmer, then You Are One of the Programmed."
(UPDATED) I've been granted a fascinating and awesome opportunity to take an online class hosted by one of the leading technology and media critics of our time Douglas Rushkoff, author of my favorite book Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back and the man behind documentaries such as Merchants ...
MTT: Why Fans Are File-Sharing Your Music
To continue the discussion on file-sharing, Kyle Bylin has written a post on 4 reasons why fans are file-sharing that can't be changed. He brings up the point of Decision Paralysis. Fans are faced with even more choices than ever and end up file-sharing music to cope with the paralysis. Fans also file-share when they feel ...
Midemnet Lab 2011 Picks Panel Judges
MIDEM has picked the judges panels for the MidemNet Lab 2011; they will be responsible for choosing the most innovative companies in the mobile apps, industry services and consumer services categories. The session is open for submissions until October 31. The thirty finalists will get the chance to present their ideas to these three panels of ...
More Music Industry News: Spotify Adds Concerts, We7, Bowie, Court Denies 3 Strikes, HFA and More
(UPDATED) This is a semi-holiday in the U.S., but we're here posting stories including breaking news. I also wanted to share with you the loss of a client and great friend, the legendary Solomon Burke. This Grammy winner, member of the Rock 'n Roll Hall Of Fame and The King of Rock & Soul" left us ...
Why We're Less Happy with Music Now Than Ever: The Paradox of Reversible Decisions
At their core, BitTorrent and LimeWire are a flight simulators, not a piracy machines. Their appeal is in their ability to let fans preview their music decisions, not solely because they enable fans to download music for free, without paying for it. That they don't buy the music once they have it is a consequence of ...
Losses at We7 Highlight Streaming Music Struggles
Losses at UK based we7 offer insights into the struggles facing all music streaming services unless ad revenues jump, labels and rightsholders become more flexible or both. We7 reported a loss in 2009 of £3.66 million after taxes, up from a £2.61 million loss in 2008. At the end of last year, we7 had total remaining ...
Sony Launches Ariama Classical Retail Site with Some Features Others Should Copy
Sony Music Entertainment continues its campaign to drive purchases back to its own branded retail outlets with the launch in public beta for Ariama.com, their new classical music online store. 50 major and independent labels are selling CDs, MP3s and lossless digital downloads. In addition to offering a mix of physical and digital goods in one ...
Spotify Coming to Windows Phone... in the U.S.?
In what may be an early clue that Spotify is coming to the U.S. before the end of the year as promised, the streaming music service will available on the new Windows Phone 7. The handsets will be available in Europe on October 21st and the U.S. November 8th according to the Spotify blog. Since there ...


