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Can Music Careers Be Jumpstarted on Vine?
Vine's an interesting phenomenon. The 6 second limit on video length seems to inspire creative acts that may not translate into longer formats but it does create a proxy for measuring first glance marketability. While the early wave of musicians getting the most attention on Vine were already well known elsewhere, a growing number appear to ...
Indie Vinyl Subscription Clubs Are a Booming Niche
Indie subscription services of all kinds are doing quite well these days. In music we're seeing everything from Drip.FM's digital subscriptions to Turntable Kitchen's combination of meal fixings and vinyl in a box. Marc Hogan recently took a look at vinyl subscription clubs for Wondering Sound. He shows that, though some have folded, a wide range ...
Amazon Buying Twitch for $970 Million, Google Misses Another Social Opportunity
"Sources" fell flat on this one. It was widely rumored, though Variety is generally credited with first, that Google was buying Twitch Interactive and it would be somehow connected to their YouTube empire. Instead Amazon yesterday announced an agreement to acquire Twitch. The video network, which features people playing video games, has a huge audience and ...
Tastebuds.FM Acquires Moosify
Music based find-a-friend and dating app Tastebuds.fm has acquired competitor Moosify. Both apps facilitate introductions based on musical taste. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. It's apparently a user and tech based acquisition with about 100,000 users being transitioned from Moosify to Tastebuds in the the coming days. “We’ve been in contact with the guys ...
McDonald's Big Digital Push Includes Music as a Customer Reward
A series of new hires and job listings for McDonald's Global Digital Team are catching attention as business writers and competitors consider their plans to create an ecommerce platform and offer music as a reward to loyal customers. While most positions are based at McDonald's Oak Brook, Illinois headquarters, the opening for a Product Director, Music ...
Band Accepts NFL Pay to Play Plan, Offers $2 Million for Superbowl Halftime
As we reported earlier this week, the NFL is asking artists to pay for the privilege of playing their widely watched Superbowl halftime show. Industry response has been tepid, accept from one band. UK rockers You Me At Six are offering $2 million to perform. Here's their open letter to the NFL: Dear NFL: We’re sorry ...
SoundExchange Q2 Payments up 8% to $161 Million
The shift in revenue from sales to streaming continues with SoundExchange paying $161 million in the last quarter to artists and labels. It the largest Q2 payment to date and an 8% increase in payments from 2,500 digital radio services in Q2 2013 to Q2 2014. SoundExchange second quarter 2014 highlights: $161 million paid directly to artists and labels ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 22-28
This week we are in the midst of the State Fair, the start of the school year in most area districts, and the end of the vacation season for most Minnesotans. That means there's a boom in street repair, garden harvests, and trips to Target. The only way to manage all these “countdown to winter" activities ...
Ticketing Startup Ticketfly Acquires Willcall
Ticketing startup Ticketfly today announced the acquisition of events app WillCall. Ticketfly has shown impressive growth for their ticketing service which features a lot of music events but isn't limited to music. WillCall was focused on a mobile app for music events with a difficult-to-scale combination of discovery, ticketing, merch and drink sales. Neither the official ...
Dexter Godon in Denmark: 1962
There are tens of thousands of jazz clips on YouTube. But some, like this one, add a human element that brings the artist and the event to life. Here's Dexter Gordon in Copenhagen in 1962. It was filmed for a German TV program that aired a year later, featuring Gordon at the Jazz Club Montmartre along ...
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