Month: May 2013

New Report: Making Freemium Music Services Pay

A new free report from MIDiA Consulting by Mark Mulligan takes a look at some of the challenges facing freemium web services including Pandora, Spotify and Deezer. From "free being. Continue reading

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Pandora Launches Premieres: Full New Album Previews

Pandora today announced the launch of Pandora Premieres, free stations that stream full upcoming album releases up to a week prior to going on sale. Pandora Premieres are updated weekly. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/21/2013 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (2)
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The 4 Places You Should Be Entering All Of Your Concert Dates To Increase Concert Attendance

Wondering how to get connected in the live music scene? Not sure where you should be focusing your promotion efforts? Jesse Cannon lists and exposits four resources you should know. Continue reading

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Spotify Adds Most Viral & Played Charts, Track Counts

The rollout began several days ago, but now it's official: Spotify has added song play counts to every artist's top tracks, showing their total number of global plays since October. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/21/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify’s 50 Most Played & Shared Tracks [U.S. & UK]

Spotify launched two new charts this week in each of the 28 markets that it serves.  Macklemore & Ryan top this week's most played track in the U.S., but Five. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/21/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)
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NEWS BRIEF: XBox Launches, Last.fm Adds Videos,BeatDecks Launches Free Analytics & More

TUESDAY 5.21.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab Above

Bruce Houghton on 05/21/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Lively Launches Concert Recording & Sales App

Launching today, concert recording and sales app Lively offers a simple way to record and sell live recordings immediately after the show. Available for Android and iOS, Lively is led. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/20/2013 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)
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When Is The Best Time To Post On Social Media? [INFOGRAPHIC]

You spend hours every week to craft the right tweets and Facebook posts.  You're even pinning photos and graphics. But you're not getting results.  One reason may be the time. Continue reading

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Potential Of Direct-To-Fan Realized By Few Bands

By Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm), founder and editor of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Direct-to-fan marketing tools and services continue to hold a lot of promise. They enable artists to. Continue reading

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Tips From A Start-Up Guide For Musicians

The Unsigned Guide's newly released "A Start-Up Guide" includes tips on "sending your demos out successfully, how to get your music & videos featured on blogs and the basics on. Continue reading

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