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Shazam! The Echo Nest, 7 Digital Take Music ID Open Source with Echoprint
Music intelligence company The Echo Nest has launched Echoprint, an open-source music fingerprint service which enables the development of apps that identify songs on the go. The Echo Nest is partnering with 7digital to launch with a resolvable catalog of 13 million songs, a number that should grow with the addition of partners. With Echoprint, music ...
Soundcloud Connects to Social Commerce Platforms Moontoast and D.I.Y. Media
SoundCloud's API is getting quite a workout lately with new partners connecting to its digital audio platform almost daily. The two most recent, Moontoast Impulse and D.I.Y. Media, have similar goals: enabling direct to fan sales on social networks for independent musicians of tracks stored on SoundCloud. Each takes a slightly different approach, however. Moontoast Impulse ...
4 Gig Booking Sites: Bandsurfing, Indie on the Move, Getagig Info, Sonicbids
My recent discussion of DIYgigs.com returned some suggestions for similar web services. Here I briefly discuss four sites, BandSurfing, Indie on the Move, Getagig Info and Sonicbids, focusing on their usefulness for indie musicians booking their own gigs. BandSurfing is still in process but the emphasis on connecting bands and people booking shows is central to ...
Haven't Tried Turntable.FM Yet? Here's a Primer...
Congratulations, Turntable.fm! You are officially 'so hot right now,' always the combo blessing-and-curse. But regardless of the hype, this could be the discovery tweak this industry has been waiting for, and the experience is actually quite cool. In a nutshell, you basically hang out in different rooms with other music fans, and collectively spin, listen, and ...
New MP3.com is Live: Another Place to Give Your Music Away for Free
Confirming weeks of rumors,CBS has relaunched MP3.com. Free music is at the center of the new site along with music and music tech content drawn primarily from CBS owned properties Last.fm and CNet. While the new MP3.com is focused primarily on free downloads and streams of indie music, free tracks from Britney Spears, My Morning Jacket ...
9 SEO Tips for Musicians - Simple Steps That Drive Traffic to Your Site
This guest post comes from Lior Levin, a marketing consultant working with a psd to css company and also advises to iAdvize, a live chat support tool for websites. So you finally have a website for your group or band, but you have no idea how to get traffic there. This is an issue that many musicians go ...
Vibedeck Raises $2 Million for Free, No Fee Music Sales Platform
(UPDATED) VibeDeck announced today that it had raised $2 million from a private investor to develop its direct-to-fan e-commerce platform for musicians. The deal was struck on April 2nd and the website launched a month later in beta. VibeDeck provides a free service for musicians to publish customizable web pages to sell or giveaway digital tracks. ...
Pimp Your Site: Hello Bar vs. Wibiya Web Toolbar
While social networks are critical for music marketing, all musicians should have a home site under their control in order to offer a rich reservoir of news, content and such features as merch shops. However, it's sometimes a challenge to decide how best to alert users to the latest news or encourage their deeper engagement with ...
DIYgigs.com - Should This Site Be Saved?
I recently came across DIYgigs.com and thought it was a great idea. Basically it's a free site that allows people to list venues with contact information, update the posted info and rate the venues from the band's perspective. Something I've been thinking about but these guys actually created it. Then I realized that the listings were ...
Illegal Downloading, Illegal Streaming: Really, What's the Difference?
Hollywood is finally bringing its big guns to Capitol Hill; the studios are freaking out! Just today, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Commercial Felony Streaming Act, a measure that would treat illegal streaming sites the same as illegal download sites (and P2Ps). Both would be subject to felony charges, instead of misdemeanors currently given to ...
