NEWS BRIEF: Google $4 Sale, TuneCore Publishing, Grammy Protests, McCartney Streaming & More
(UPDATED) Google Music has put most Grammy albums for sale at $3.99 and tracks for $.59. Most are a lost leaders for Google designed to drive traffic to their fledgling. Continue reading
CD Baby Artists Made $41.7M In 2011, Here’s How [INFOGRAPHIC]
CD Baby artists released 61,339 new albums (34,379 digtal only) and were paid $41.7 million for both new and catalog titles in 2011. Much like the broader music industry, iTune's. Continue reading
An Inside Look At The DJ Shadow, SoundCloud Remix Competition
(UPDATED) Guest post by Michael Fiebach (@mfiebach), founder of Fame House & DJ Shadow's Digital Marketing Manager, who coordinated this collaborative remix competition with DJ Shadow and SoundCloud. Following the success of the DJ. Continue reading
First Apple iTune’s Match Payments Arriving, TuneCore Gets $10,000
Tunecore has just gotten its first payment for $10,000 from Apple's iTune's Match, and CEO Jeff Price believes that's a hopeful sign. "Seeing an additional $10,000+ appear out of the. Continue reading
PledgeMusic’s Benji Rogers On Going Beyond Fan Funding To Power Album Campaigns
PledgeMusic is a unique web service for indie musicians and labels that, in my opinion, faces a bit of an identity crisis. When I recently spoke with founder Benji Rogers,. Continue reading
Audio Tags: Why Lady Gaga Would Create Sounds Only Your Smartphone Can Hear
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Audio tags are looking more and more like the new QR code — not only are they way less ugly than those. Continue reading
Jack White’s Third Man Records: Embracing Both The Past & The Future
The record industry is still trying to find its feet in the digital age, and with a plethora of labels popping up, claiming new business models and fresh trajectories, it. Continue reading
Rock Star Marketing: M.I.A. Flips the Bird, Tenacious D Rizes, Flaming Lips Sing with Siri
M.I.A.'s recent 5 second assault on the sensibility of America reminds us that no one can market music like a rock star. As overblown as the Super Bowl middle finger. Continue reading
Unbundling The Album: A Business Case For Releasing Single Songs
Many fans prefer buying singles instead of the whole album. Most agree with this and yet, the music industry has stubbornly stuck with the business model of releasing albums. On. Continue reading
OneSheet Adds iTunes, Expands Management Team
OneSheet has added an iTunes sales widget to the options available to users of its musician and entertainment web site creation tool. Founder Brenden Mulligan also announced major additions to. Continue reading
Remember iLike? The Social Music Network Officially Died Tuesday
(UPDATED) In the the spring of 2009, iLike had 45 million registered users and was the #1 music application on Facebook. "Is There An iLike Effect?", we asked then; and. Continue reading
