BeatDeck: Free Online & Social Metrics For Musicians
BeatDeck, a new web metrics service, launched this week with free service for musicians. It's the first stage of a larger vision but the key for musicians is the offer. Continue reading
Hang W/ And Upfront Debut Contrasting Approaches To Monetizing Social Media For Superfans
As musicians transform into stars, they begin to receive a lot of attention at varying levels of intensity. How to find a way to make things personal yet focus on. Continue reading
Interview: Google Music Chief On What Makes Google Play Music All Access Different
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. We’ve been writing a lot about Google’s new music subscription service this week, because of course we would. Google is a force to be. Continue reading
Eircom To Close Music Streaming and Download Hub
Irish ISP Eircom is closing it's music streaming and download service as of June 30th. Indie labels licencing via Merlin were informed in an email this morning. No reason for. Continue reading
International Music Summit Ibiza 2013: Day 2 [EVENT RECAP & VIDEO]
Fame House's Hisham Dahud is in Ibiza, Spain helping put on the International Music Summit. IMS is a high level music industry conference attended by the global industry leaders in the dance music scene. Continue reading
Daft Punk’s New Album, Single Set Spotify Records With 27 Million Streams
Since it's release last Monday, 20th May, Daft Punk’s album ’Random Access Memories’ has already set a number of records on Spotify including the single ‘Get Lucky’ being streamed over. Continue reading
After Pandora Earnings Reports, Slacker CEO Reminds Why Competitor May Never Be Profitable
Minutes after Pandora reported record, but still unprofitable, earnings and user growth, Slacker CEO Jim Cady took aim at his competitor's business model: “Pandora grew revenue, but will continue to. Continue reading
Pandora Reports: 70M Active Users, 2.5M Paid Subscribers, Revenue Up 55%
“Mobile listening hours and mobile ad revenue reached record highs, with growth in mobile ad revenue exceeding growth in mobile listening hour, said Joe Kennedy, Chairman & CEO of Pandora. Continue reading
