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Watch David Letterman Mock the Eagles for Refusing to License Their Music
Late Night's David Letterman was taking an audience member to an Eagles show in New York that night and wanted Paul Schaffer and his house band to play some music from the band. According to the show's producers, they were told The Eagles have a flat no policy for television." Watch Letterman skewer the band: ...
SXSW Reports $315.3 Million Impact on Austin, Excludes "Significant" Unofficial Activities
SXSW's annual report on the economic impact of the festival on Austin estimated that over $315 million was generated by the festival and festival attendees. That's way up from 2013's estimated $218.2 million. Unfortunately neither the report nor industry analysts have come up with a full explanation of how they're increasing impact even as official participation ...
The Problems Musicians Face and How to Solve Them, PT. 7
Written by Tommy Darker, originally published in The Musicpreneur. Travelling the world and chatting with fellow aspiring artists reveals astounding insights about the future of music. Here’s the deal: we think we all face different problems, but the reality reveals the opposite. I will share one of these insights, explaining what it means for the way ...
Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary Celebrations Continue With Uncompromising Expression Book Release
Blue Note Records anniversary celebrations are still in full swing as we head into the Fall of our 75th year. In addition to new releases from Jason Moran, Otis Brown III, Ryan Adams, and Kandace Springs coming out this Autumn — as well as the continuation of our vinyl reissue series — the label will also ...
Exclusive: OneSheet / ArtistData Founder is Secretly Building a New Service for Musicians
Serial entrepreneur Brenden Mulligan, best known for founding ArtistData (acquired in 2010 by Sonicbids) and Onesheet (acquired in 2013 by Bandzoogle), is working on a new service aimed at giving musicians a new way to interact with their fans. Mulligan has been largely out of music-tech over the past year, focusing instead of private photos sharing ...
Country Music Association to Launch Music Business Incubator
The Country Music Association is teaming up with The Nashville Entrepreneur Center to create what they are billing as the first music business accelerator. The music business accelerator is a 14-week program that will develop six to eight startups into investable businesses for the music industry ecosystem in Nashville. Each startup will receive a $20,000 investment in ...
Deezer to Launch in U.S. Sept. 15th with Hi-Def Streaming Exclusively on Sonos
UPDATED: Deezer will launch in the U.S. on Monday September 15th exclusively on the Sonos in-house audio platform. The popular European based streaming music service is introducing itself to the world's largest music market with the launch of Deezer Elite - millions of tracks in high definition audio (16-bit, 44.1kHz, lossless) only available on Sonos. Sonos customers ...
DoclerMusic Combines Music Concerts and Lessons on New Livestreaming Platform
DoclerMusic is a new livestreaming and fan interaction platform for musicians. The basic service is free for artists and viewers with tipping plus fees for private concerts and lessons. The initial range of interactions supported by DoclerMusic suggest that it has the potential to become a key tool for DIY artists. DoclerMusic officially launched late last ...
Al Belletto: 'Sounds and Songs'
In the 10-inch jazz LP era between 1952 and 1955, record companies were hungry for arrangers who could write for small groups. With the longer recording format, labels needed to fill out albums without breaking the bank on large bands. So they sought out arrangers who could make 5 to 10 instruments swing and sound twice ...
Do Your Band's Social Media Stats Make a Difference for Press Coverage?
By Jhoni Jackson from the SonicBids Blog. There’s no arguing about the importance of social media in expanding and maintaining a fanbase. It's common knowledge that all of the mainstay platforms – Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram – are crucial tools, albeit each with its own particular uses. What's maybe less widely understood, though, is that it's ...


