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8tracks Raises $2 Million From Small Investors, Plans Shift To Subscription Model
Playlisting service 8Tracks has raised almost $2 million of a hoped for $5 million from 3700 small investors. The startup's crowdfunding campaign with SeedInvest has two week's remaining. In an email to investors obtained by RAIN, 8tracks CEO David Porter signaled a shift from ad supported to paid subscriptions. “Our current audience size and lack of growth ...
Lyor Cohen Takes the Cake by Joining the Google Empire [Op Ed]
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Google's hiring of industry insider Lyor Cohen as YouTube's Global Head of Music is “no grounds for celebration" says musician and activist Maria Schneider in a new op ed. “And who better to prevail over the majors than the very guy who helped lead those majors into the back alley where they now find themselves." By Grammy winning composer, bandleader Maria Schneider ...
Smokin'! Amoeba Gets License To Sell Weed Alongside Music
In what looks to be an ideal marketing pairing, Berkeley CA based record store Amoeba Music will soon be complimenting its traditional musical offerings with marijuana, hopefully helping to keep another brick and mortar record store's doors open. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 In what seems to be a match made in heaven, ...
Apple Music: Inside The Music Industry’s First Artist-Backed Startup
This piece takes an in-depth look at the creation and history behind The Beatles' Apple Music, a company which was in many ways the industry's first artist backed startup. Guest post by Barry Miles, excerpted from The Zapple Diaries: The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label The Beatles’ Apple Music was created in 1967 ...
Musicians And Social Media: Is Communication More Important Than Talent?
While ability and a marketable product are unquestionably important when it comes to making a career out of one's music, the crowding of the industry on social media has rendered effective networking and communication skills more important than ever. Guest Post by Sunny Stuart Winter In the modern day music industry, with an abundance of social ...
Deezer Partners With Feature.fm As First On-Demand Music Streamer To Offer Affordable Marketing To Artists
Native music ad platrom Feature.fm has expanded its reach signifigantly with a new Deezer partnership. Feature.fm, which some dismiss as 'pay-to-play', has scored wins offering indie artists affordable guaranteed in-stream song placement on streaming music services. Feature.fm and global music streamer Deezer have formed a partnership that enables artists to promote their music as sponsored content ...
Audio Fidelity Inks Licensing Deal With Will Ackerman's West River Records
Marshall Blonstein, president of Audio Fidelity is pleased to announce an agreement with Will Ackerman and his West River Records. The agreement calls for Audio Fidelity, in conjunction with West River Records, to release the first 180g vinyl pressing of Ackerman's 2005 Grammy award winning recording, Returning: Pieces for Guitar 1970-2004. Ackerman is universally recognized as ...
What Whore Houses, Meth Labs And YouTube Have In Common [Op-ed by Maria Schneider]
In this op-ed from Maria Schneider, the five-time Grammy-winning composer/bandleader explores the alarming similarities between the operations of YouTube and more conventional criminal organizations. Op-Ed by Maria Schneider on Music Technology Policy [Editor Charlie sez: We’re pleased to publish this guest post on YouTube written by Maria Schneider, a five-time GRAMMY-winning composer and bandleader, a board member of the Council ...
Music's Streaming Pile Of Garbage [Cortney Harding]
While variety and competition are typically a good sign in most other industries, the same doesn't seem to hold true in the music industry. An increasing number of not-so-different streaming services are cropping up from companies like Amazon, iHeart, and Pandora, says Cortney Harding. Guest post by music tech strategist Cortney Harding With the torrent of ...
New Drone Service Delivers On Demand Vinyl. Just Kidding! Sort Of
In this op-ed, CMO Taishi Fukuyama of the company Qrates discusses how is organization is working to capitalize on the recent vinyl boom, and working to push the boundaries of the medium and implications it might have for the future of the music industry. Guest post by Taishi Fukuyama of Qrates Industry observers have been stunned by vinyl’s ...
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