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Video: Mastering the Art of Social Networking

February 21, 2010

Radio Fights Performance Royalties with New Ads

February 21, 2010

SHOULD BROADCAST RADIO PAY PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES? VOTE HERE The National Association of Broadcasters has recently stepped up efforts to fight proposed legislation that would charge broadcast radio stations performance royalties. Internet and satellite broadcasters already pay the royalty. The latest NAB campaign includes some aggressive television advertising that touts ...

Decade of Meteoric Sales of Mostly Mediocre Music

February 19, 2010

The recorded music industry may feel like its in a death spiral, but that didn't stop The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) from releasing a celebratory tally of the decade's highest Gold and Platinum award achievemecelnts. TOP ARTIST TALLIES Each level of multi-Platinum counts as its own unit and contributes to the tally. ...

A2im to Hold Social Media Seminars in NYC and Austin

February 19, 2010

Indie label trade group A2IM is taking their popular invitation only Tech Day program on the road with a pair of events devoted to the role of social media in the music business. Slated for February 23 in New York City and March 18th in Austin during SXSW, the events will also showcase the work of ...

Survey: 30% of U.S. Never Use the Net

February 19, 2010

Can the music industry afford to ignore 30% of its potential customer base? A new survey by The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration shows that 30% of U.S. consumers do not access the internet, but for most it's not because they don't want to. When asked why they have no Internet connection at ...

Four Views of Midem 2010

February 17, 2010

MIDEM asked some of the participants to share their 2010 experiences on the MidemNet blog. I enjoyed the exercise of pausing to reflect on a wonderful week and each of the contributors offered their own unique and yet complimentary impression: Bruce Houghton: My MIDEM 2010 Takeaways Ted Cohen: How Was Your MIDEM? Emily White: On ...

Ian Rogers on Artist Marketing: Do Something Small Weekly, Something Big Monthly

February 17, 2010

Ian Rogers spends is days and nights advising artists and their teams navigate the confusing and often overwhelming new music marketing landscape both as the CEO of Topspin and as the manager of Get Busy Committee. Gone are the days when an artist can release an album every two or three years and ramp ...

Shazam Adds Tour Dates, Pandora, Last.FM

February 16, 2010

Mobile music discovery provider Shazam announced enhancements to its popular Shazam Encore and RED Apps on the iPhone App Store. With the enhanced version users can access tour information for tagged artists, the Shazam Blog and the ability to use Pandora and Last.fm to create Internet radio stations. With Pandora or Last.fm, Shazam users can create ...

Google's Blog Crackdown Continues

February 13, 2010

Blogger Bill Lipold of I Rock Cleveland Responds As they did last year, Google has without warning deleted a number of established music blogs hosted on its Blogger service this week. In an email sent to I Rock Cleveland, Pop Tarts, Masala, To Die By Your Side, It's a Rap, Living Ears and perhaps others, Google ...

Bandzoogle Upgrades Web Site Builder and Music Marketing Platform

February 13, 2010

5 Hypebot Readers Get Bandzoogle Free For 6 Months Bandzoogle.com, the self-service web site and marketing platform for musicians, has launched a major series of upgrades. A new “Custom Style Editor" enables any artist to create a robust custom website using their own domain name without the help of a web designer. They can add their ...