Indie Musician Mandy Is Hacking Blindness And You Can Help
By Paul Lamere of Music Machinery. Meet Mandy. She’s a musician and a multimedia artist. She’s also losing her vision. She is on a quest – to push forward interfaces. Continue reading
Steve Gottlieb’s Video Chat Platform Shindig To Stage Online Events For Bands At SXSW
Steve Gottlieb is likely best known for his indie label TVT Records which was ultimately sold to The Orchard after 25 years of operation. Though he never truly went away,. Continue reading
The Turntable Kitchen’s Subscription ‘Pairings Box’ Continues Its Unique Path
By Knar Bedian of Evolver.fm. Most of us get our dose of new music on the interwebs, whether via streaming radio, blogs, blog aggregators, friends, feeds, label newsletters, or hybrids. Continue reading
How To Make The Freemium World Pay
Guest post by Alicia Yaffe (@thespllbndgroup) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. I saw a great tweet recently from a satirical Twitter account which said: “Welcome to the. Continue reading
Tips From John Vanderslice’s Kickstarter Campaign That’s $40,000 Over Goal
John Vanderslice is Kickstarting not one but two album releases, originals on "Dagger Beach" and a cover of David Bowie's album "Diamond Dogs," and he's already gone way over goal.. Continue reading
NYC Staffer Releases “Official Google Music” Video
According to an email we received this morning from NYC Google employee and budding hip hop artist Fink, this music video about Google called includes several other Googlers and shot. Continue reading
How To Plan Your Music Crowdfunding Campaign From Start To Finish
Crowdfunding campaigns can take quite different forms depending on the project, the people and even the platform involved. Yet there are also similarities across the board that can be taken. Continue reading
ThingLink’s Jonas Forth Discusses How Web Apps Serve the Music Industry
By Andrew Apanov of Dotted Music and Stand Above The Noise. This episode of Stand Above The Noise features an interview with Jonas Forth, Creative Director of ThingLink – a. Continue reading
3OH!3 Day Requires Fans To Go Beyond Lab Rat-Style Clicks Of A Like Button
In an impressively demanding social media campaign, 3OH!3 is requiring fans to collectively complete 303 tasks before they'll unlock new music from their upcoming album "OMENS." March 3rd begins album. Continue reading
Earbits’ Social Currency Lets Fans Get Music While Artists Get Data
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. We’ve been following the progress of Earbits, because it’s such an outlier in the internet radio arena. Witness how it experimented with charging bands. Continue reading
