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News: Technology

Echo Nest and 7digital Partner to Offer Developers Online Music Retail Platform

September 4, 2010

The Echo Nest and digital distributor 7digital have formed a partnership to offer developers access to The Echo Nest's music intelligence APIs and 7digital's 10M track catalog in 32 territories across Europe and North America. Developers can create retail music websites and apps that tap into the Echonest API for artist and song similarity, song attributes ...

News: Technology

iTunes Ping Draws Fire from Facebook and Indie Music Community

September 4, 2010

Discontent and controversies are continuing to grow regarding iTunes' new social network Ping just two days after its launch. A hands on tour of Ping by ars technica showed promise, but some features are confusing and leave much to be desired. The biggest battle is the Apple-Facebook friction that erupted (NY Times) and lead to Facebook ...

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News: Technology

iTunes Says Artist Profiles on Ping Invitation Only

September 3, 2010

Say what you will about iTune's new social network Ping, but it's going to be a great place to market music. So imagine the frustration of the many indie artists—many of who are selling music on iTunes—when they learned that there was no obvious way to create an an artist profile in Ping. Apple Responds: “By ...

News: Technology

Some Initial Thoughts on iTunes 10, Ping and Yesterday's Apple Music Announcements

September 3, 2010

It will take some time to digest exactly what the announcements that Steve Jobs made yesterday mean to artists and the music industry, but here are a few initial reactions: It amazes me just how far in front of the curve Apple always is. And yet on closer examination, what they announce as revolutionary is almost ...

News: Technology

Bandpage Provides Performance Royalties to Artists on Facebook

September 3, 2010

(UPDATED) BandPage is a free Facebook app that streamlines the online presence of artists within the social network. The app and music resource developer RootMusic behind the app has created a YouTube tracks feature that enables musicians to collect royalties with each play of their song through their BandPage media player on Facebook. Also, RootMusic has ...

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News: Video / DVD

Watch: Offical Video for Cee-Lo Green's Fuck You

September 3, 2010

Cee-lo's “Fuck You" became a huge viral hit on the strength of a catchy song and a simple lyrics-only video that's landed more than 3,400,000 plays on YouTube alone. The label, with a bit of help from Topspin, quickly put together a direct to fan site to monetize the interest. Now comes the official video whcih ...

News: Technology

It's Official: Sony to Launch Music in Cloud Subscriptions Before End of Year

September 3, 2010

Sony was sort on specifics, but today announced plans to introduce “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity," a new, cloud-based digital music service. Available by year's end, the subscription service will offer access to songs stored and synchronized through the cloud. “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity" will initially only be available across Sony's 2010 models of network-enabled ...

News: Book / Magazine

Paste Magazine Suspends Print Publication

September 3, 2010

Music magazine Paste announced yesterday that it will no longer publish a print edition. “Struggles with mounting debt were made public last year when our readers responded with generosity to save the magazine. But the prolonged downturn of the ad market has forced a hiatus," according to a post on the site. Moving to web-only has ...

News: Technology

iTune's Ping Social Network Won't Connect to Facebook Because of "Onerous" Terms

September 3, 2010

Tucked into yesterday's Apple presentation announcing iTune's 10 and its new social network Ping were signs that it would link to Facebook Connect. In fact, the email sent out yesterday when users signed up for Ping referenced Facebook. But there is currently no feature within Ping to connect with Facebook. Steve Jobs: Facebook Terms “Onerous" Is ...

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News: Rights

Limelight: A New, Simple Way to Cover a Song

September 3, 2010

Have you ever thought about writing a cover version of Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash, but didn't even know where to start with the headache of trying to clear the rights and determine who to send the royalty payments? This is a similar situation that singer-songwriter Samantha Murphy, aka The Highway Girl, found herself in. ...