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How weloveyoursongs.com Empowers Musicians
Recently, I spoke with Alessandro, who is involved with We Love Your Songs, an internet community for unsigned musicians and music fans. In this interview, Alessandro talks about the site, how seek to empower artists, and the migration of users away from LimeWire. Why did you create We Love Your Songs? We Love Your Songs: We ...
Jelli Goes Mobile, Pairs up with Radio Stations
Jelli, a crowdsourced and social radio service, has released an iPhone app. Such news is exciting. It provides the tier of functionality that was missing from their current iteration. As a rule, just about every company has an app, but like Pandora, this addition may be a tipping point for the company. While Pandora always had ...
Why the Web Won't Replace Physical Connectivity
In the second part of my interview segment with David Chaitt, author of SoundCtrl and host of the video blog Backyard Brunch Sessions, we get into the more interesting concepts. Lately, I've started to wonder if hyperlocal activism curves music piracy, how fans related to the delocalization of culture, and if the social ecology of music ...
Study: Facebook and Twitter Drive Most Blog Traffic, but Don't Forget Stumble Upon, Flickr, Linkedin
A new Technorati 2010 State Of The Blogosphere study reinforces something that most who guide web sites and blogs already know: Facebook and Twitter drive traffic. But several sites that music marketers don't always consider—Linkedin, Stumble Upon and Flikr—also proved to also be significant traffic sources. MySpace barely registered in the study, which is perhaps not ...
Insurance Agents Say Downloads Have No Value
A carefully aquired digital music collection has no value if a home or apartment is burglarized or damaged according to most home insurance policies. In fact, just a quarter of home insurance policies in the UK even offer to cover digital music downloads, according to USwitch.com. Only 10% of policies cover downloads valued over $3200.00. Graphic: ...
News Corp Gives MySpace Just Months to Improve
Just as the new MySpace logo dropped the word “space, MySpace execs saw their own space to improve the social network evaporate yesterday as News Corp executives put them on notice during an investors call. MySpace was given less than a year to turn the newly redesigned ship around as Chase Carey, News Corp's president, declared ...
Browser Audio Recording Gives the Web a Voice
Eliot Van Buskirk discusses the impact of Mozilla's new technology which allows users to easily record audio and video on the music world. On Thursday, Mozilla released the audio recording Add-On called Rainbow to pair with “cloud-computing." The Add-On fits well with the growing trend of music in the cloud. According to Van, this technology is ...
On the Road with DJ Shadow - The Shadowsphere Meets the Death Star and Reaching Fans Online
This series of posts is by Michael Fiebach, the Marketing Manager for DJ Shadow. Read Part 1. (Updated) Wow. In what seems like the snap of a finger I am on my 11th day on the road. A day off. Finally. We are already 1/3 of the way through the DJ Shadow “Live From The Shadowsphere" North American Tour, ...
What Are Your Most Pressing Music Industry Issues?
All day, I've been asking myself this question. To me, the most pressing issue is and continues to be exploring the emergent social ecology of music culture online. Now that's a rather abstract one. Close contenders are: Fostering online music communities that support creativity Raising local cultural awareness and active fan participation Decriminalizing digital youth and ...
New Bandcamp Buttons Show Facebook Like's Power
Several months ago Bandcamp saw Facebook blow past search results as the #1 source of incoming traffic surpassing the combined referrals from Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Motivated by their own experience and user requests, the musician toolkit creator added Facebook Like buttons and has since seen traffic to artists explode. Before Like, Facebook traffic coming into ...
