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Full Text of Steve Jobs Letter to Apple Staff as He Takes New Medical Leave of Absence
(Updated) In a major blow even for a company flying so high, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has stepped away from day to day operations citing health reasons much as he did in January 2009. While he will continue as CEO, the Board have passed the day to day responsibility for running the Apple to COO Tim ...
Break Through the Noise or Be the Noise - Your Last Tweet Was 1 out of 25 Billion Others
As an artist, it's easy to lose confidence and convince yourself that you're lost in the mix. Why bother? No one is paying attention anyways. Last year, that tweet you sent out was just 1 out of the 25 billion others sent. Your newsletter was 1 out of 107 trillion emails that landed in people's inboxes. Your ...
Chart: Top Reasons Some People Aren't on Facebook Plus 2 Lessons for Artists and Marketers
Despite what the media would have you believe, everyone is not using Facebook. And, believe it or not, the top reason is not a a fear of losing their privacy. Most who don't use Facebook, do so because they think its a a waste of time. The chart below is based on a survey of 2,500 ...
Get Spotify for Free in North America in 5 Steps
This is a guest post by Voyno of The New Rockstar Philosophy. Have you heard the rumors? Spotify is available in North America. Yes THE Spotify, the service that was supposed to save the industry. While I'm not so sure about saving the entire music industry, I can attest to how slick and user friendly Spotify ...
Music Sales Launches Blues Writer iPhone Application Designed for Songwriters.
Creative companion and high quality recording for the iPhone New York, NY—Music Sales group has launched Blues Writer, an iPhone app for both the professional and aspiring songwriter. Rock, folk, indie and blues musicians can all benefit from this application which encourages the creative process. With a built in rhyming dictionary and instrumental backing tracks, the ...
Why You Should Start Using Flattr
This guest essay is written by Robbert van Ooijen. He recently studied online music and music piracy at the master level at New Media & Digital Culture at the Dutch University of Utrecht. Van Ooijen also blogs at HaveYouHeard.It. Last December I integrated the micropayment tool Flattr into my blog, Have You Heard It ,and started ...
The Beginning of the End for Facebook
Media critic Douglas Rushkoff believes that the hype surrounding Facebook will fade. Just as all signs are pointing up for the social network and MySpace is showing symptoms of decline, he asserts that they're going down. This stark forecast comes at a time when many musicians are wondering where to invest their time. MySpace is out ...
An Argument for Headphone Use Moderation
Headphones have become a fact of life for many of us. They accompany us at home, at the gym, and even to the grocery store. Now that gyms have TVs mounted on the workout equipment, everyone is wired into their world. Apartment dwellers like myself have had to stow away our 505-watt 5.1 surround sound speaker ...
Moontoast Impulse: A New Social Commerce, Music Application for Facebook [launch]
Moontoast Impulse is a new music app for Facebook that let's fans listen, share, and buy without leaving the site. The entire song transaction occurs within Facebook. The app lives on an artist's Facebook page; it has a customizable interface. Fans can share individual songs and post them on their wall for their friends to see. ...
Seth Godin's Five Ingredients of Smart Online Commerce
It depends. These five ingredients of smart online commerce might apply to you. They may not. Marketer Seth Godin analyzed why companies like Penguin Magic and ibex succeed at selling things online. Here are five things, according to Godin, they do that make them successful online: 1) They sell a product you can't buy at the local ...
