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Billboard and MySpace Want Musicians to Pay $100 to Become "Dreamseekers"

September 11, 2010

(UPDATED) For decades Billboard has been a must-read source for the music industry. Now, the narrowing influence of the major labels along with the growth of the independent sector and alternative media outlets like this one, have left the once venerable trade struggling to find its place. Next month, Billboard in partnership with MySpace Music hopes ...

The Musician's Social Media Food Pyramid

September 11, 2010

How to Get Fans to Spend 9 Min. with a 3 Min. Song

September 11, 2010

Interactive music solution developer MXP4 has released Facebook apps. Such apps present fans with a social-music experience in tandem with a video game-like atmosphere within their favorite artists' Facebook page; they can play with the music and share it with their friends. According to statistics released by the app developer, fans use the interactive app for ...

Derek Sivers: Keep Your Goals to Yourself

September 11, 2010

In this TED talk, Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby, tells us why we should consider keeping our goals to ourselves. The act of announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them. Thinking about pursuing a job that's slightly out of your reach or obtaining enough fans to gain financial independence by Christmas? Tell ...

How Much Does It Cost to Run iTunes? Hint: It's Big.

September 11, 2010

Like anyone in the record and music industries, you've probably wondered to yourself how much it costs to run iTunes. Well, you're not alone. According to the app developer and industry analysis site Asymco, iTunes is approaching an overhead of nearly $1 billion a year. At present, their monthly operating costs are estimated to be around ...

Myspace Adds User Generated Video Channels

September 9, 2010

MySpace has just added a new feature that enables the creation of shared video channel based on vdieo content they've created individually or through their network of friends. Powered by Redux, the channel is viewed from the MySpace activity stream and plays videos that the user or a friend has shared, selected as a favorite, uploaded, ...

Last.FM Introduces Listening Clock Feature

September 9, 2010

And Incorporates Time Into Music Recommendations. Music recommendation is fairly straightforward, at a time, when our consumption habits clearly aren't. The general, algorithmic approach takes the stance that users who played a song in accordance with another in high volume will likely enjoy a song that other users have voted as being most-relevant in the progression ...

Amiestreet Closure May Show Where Amazon Thinks Music Ownership is Headed

September 9, 2010

Amazon was an early investor in AmieStreet, Inc. which until today owned AmieStreet.com and still controls Songza.com. That it was decided to shut down AimeStreet, abandon its dynamic pricing model and concentrate on Songza, may say more about the internet giant's music strategy than it does about AmieStreet's business model. In fact, Amazon's purchase of AmieStreet.com ...

Devo Says This is "The Best Time to be in Music."

September 9, 2010

In this interview with Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO, he declares that this is “the best time to be in music." Due to the expansive cultural diversity and explosion of choice, Mothersbaugh relishes in the new media landscape; he thinks that it's great that artists no longer need the record industry to tell them whether or not ...

Amazon Buys Amiestreet Just to Shut It Down, Team Shifts Focus to Songza

September 9, 2010

Amazon has moved from investor in AmieStreet to owner with an acquisition made public today. But don't expect Amazon to embrace dynamic pricing anytime soon, as the internet giant appears to be shutting the store down. The team will now shift focus to Songza, says Joshua Blotuch of AmieStreet.  “As of September 22, 2010, all AmieStreet.com ...