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Ticketfly, Major Venues Offline 40+ Hours After Hack, Ransom Demand [UPDATED]
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More than 40 hours after it first went dark, Ticketfly and the sites of many of the major venues and promoters it services are still offline. Ticketfly, which is owned by Eventbrite, discovered that it had been hacked just before 6 AM ET Thursday and went offline with the tweet: “To protect our clients and fans, ...
Looking For Good Band Photos? Don't Do This
While your band photos may technically have anything to do with your music, they are nonetheless part of your brand, and having a solid set of band pictures is important. Here we look at how to avoid ending up with pictures that are cliché garbage. Guest post by Patrick McGuire of the ReverbNation Blog Photography has ...
Ticketfly, Major Venues Offline 12 Hrs After Hack, Ransom Demand [UPDATE 3]
Ticketfly and the sites of many of the major venues and promoters it services are offline as the ticketing company struggles with a major “cyber incident." Still offline as of 5PM ET Thursday, the site, which is owned by Eventbrite, went dark before 6AM ET Thursday with the tweet: “To protect our clients and fans, and ...
Music Video Distribution Unlikely To Change Much As Vevo Succumbs To YouTube
After a long and doomed battle, Vevo has finally thrown up the white flag, shuttering its site and ditching its mobile app, however, the fateful end of this attempt by record labels to compete with YouTube will likely have little impact on music distribution as we know it. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 ...
How Spotify Is Killing Jazz, Soul, Classical Music
Is it time for a Fair Streaming movement? Chris Rizik explores the structure of the new streaming economy and the way in which artists are paid could spell bad news for Jazz, Soul, Classical and other niche music genres. Guest post by Chris Rizik of Soul Tracks Two events happened recently that caught my attention: Lil ...
Reigniting Our Love Of AM Radio
Once an integral part of the nighttime listening experience, AM radio has since fallen out of favor somewhat, as with many traditional forms of media consumption. The medium is far from dead however, and in this piece, Fred Jacobs explores a plan to rekindle our love of AM Radio. Guest post by Fred Jacobs of Jacobs ...
Google Home Smart Speaker Sales Soar, Great News For YouTube Music
Two analysis of the smart speaker market paint a somewhat different picture. But both point to two trends: smart speaker sales are soaring and Google Home smart speakers are gaining ground on Amazon. That's good news for all music streamers, particularly YouTube Music. A new Strategy Analytics survey concluded that Amazon shipped 4 million Echo speakers ...
An Expert's Tips On Music Business Networking
While networking's value as a tool for getting ahead in the music industry has long been established, how to do it effectively, and what is exactly it is are somewhat harder to define. In this piece we hear some tips from a pro on what exactly makes for good networking. Guest post by Jason Blume of ...
The Reason Record Labels Hate Free Streaming Tiers
While streaming services may often be touted as the saviors of the music industry, label execs are no fans of the 'free tiers' offered by most of these platforms, arguing that the widen the music business's value gap. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 If you were to poll record label execs off-the-record on ...
5 Web Tools For Musicians To Try
In this piece Fiona Z shares five recently discovered valuable tools artists can use to improve their online experience, streamline social media usage, edit video, sign online paperwork and more! Guest post from Fiona Z Lately, I’ve been diving into summits, podcasts and I’ve also signed up to go to CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conference (let me know ...
