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News: Event

SXSW Panel Picker Voting Opens

August 13, 2010

The voting for panels SXSW panels open yesterday The mega-conference was forced to delay the voting launch after receiving a record number of speaking proposals from people living across the United States and around the world—more than 2800 Music, Film and Interactive proposals total. To be fair to those whose proposals werestill being edited early this ...

News: Technology

New This Week on Music Think Tank

August 13, 2010

Artist 2.0 Manifesto & An Email Newsletter Template In his latest blog at Music Think Tank, digital marketer Chris Bracco gives artists a free, simple to use HTML e-mail newsletter template. Considering the number of fans that check their e-mail via cell phone, Bracco warns that those all flashy newsletters that artists send out may end ...

News: Technology

Songkick Partners with Vevo and Youtube

August 12, 2010

Live music database Songkick has partnered with Vevo and YouTube; fans browsing for music videos will now be automatically updated about shows happening in their area. I'd like to think I keep pretty good tabs on the local music scene and even I was surprised to see a few concerts listed that I had missed. It's ...

News: Technology

It's Official: Mobile is the Future of Music

August 12, 2010

It's a trend to important to ignore. Smartphones adoption is soaring. Pandora, MOG. Spotify, Rdio and almost every other music service is rushing to release and improve their mobile apps. In fact, any artist, label or music company that lacks an aggressive mobile strategy may soon be left in the dust. According to Nielsen, smartphones were ...

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News: Trends

What Do the Record Labels Do Now?

August 12, 2010

(A New Yorker Piece Gets It Right... And Wrong “The difference between major and indie labels now has less to do with aesthetics than with the way bands conceive of their careers," writes New Yorker columnist Sasha Frere-Jones in a piece that looks at the future of both indie and major record labels using the rise ...

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News: Technology

Better Than iTunes: The New Age of Torrenting

August 12, 2010

I remember between 04-05 when BitComet started making its way around file-sharing circles; they embraced it almost with a sense of arrogance. You still download single files? Don't you know that people are being sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars for file-sharing on Kazaa and LimeWire? After all, they downloaded an entire discography in the ...

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News: Event

Bandwidth Conference Chooses Discussion Topics

August 12, 2010

The Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference, taking place on August 19 and 20, 2010 in San Francisco, has announced the topics that will be discussed during the sessions. This year, they will be featuring boardroom style sessions. Topics to be covered include: Stream On: Content, Sources, and Survival Emerging Trend of Cloud-Based Music Services What are ...

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News: Music Industry

New Low for Music: Paying Fans to Hear Songs

August 11, 2010

If I offered to pay you $35 to listen to my new single, would you consider? What if, instead, I offered you the chance to win the dollar amount—in exchange for your email? Tempted to fork it up? Well, you're not the only one. Over the last few days, the UK pop duo The Reclusive Barclay ...

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News: Interview

Interview: David Meerman Scott, Author of Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead (PT. 2)

August 11, 2010

Read Part One. Kyle Bylin: There were many interesting subgroups wondering along as part of the larger odyssey that was the Grateful Dead Experience—whom only served further shape and define it for everyone else. In this respect, what can artists nowadays learn from the Grateful Dead? David Meerman Scott: The Grateful Dead kept an eye out ...

News: Technology

Google and Verizon's Version of Net Neutrality Offers Little Protection for Music Industry Innovation

August 11, 2010

Yesterday, Google and Verizon, announced a private agreement between the two internet powerhouses that they believe should serve as a framework for U.S. public policy on net neutrality. The announcement comes on the heels of reports that FCC talks with internet stakeholders recently collapsed. The joint Google and Verizon agreement does promise equal access to the ...