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
Infographic: The State Of The Mobile Music Industry
From mobile app maker Mobile Roadie's Moro Blog. The following infographic from Mobile Roadie taking a look at the Mobile Music Industry as of 2012 draws on multiple sources including. Continue reading
Don’t Touch That Dial: The Rise And Fall Of The DJ
Guest post by Alex May (@AlexmDrums) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. In my early teens, broadcast radio shaped the way I listened to and discovered music. Tuning into. Continue reading
Google’s Chrome Browser Improving Music Listening On The Web
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Armed with little more than a web browser, you can listen to just about any song in the world, for free, one way or. Continue reading
SoundTracking Adds Full-Length Tracks From Rdio, Spotify And YouTube
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. SoundTracking, Apple’s favorite music app of 2011, celebrates the moments of your life with music on iOS, and last fall, became a Spotify app.. Continue reading
Pandora Caps Mobile Listening, Cites Rising Royalties
Pandora has added a 40 hour per month limit to free mobile listening. In a post on the company blog, Pandora founder Tim Westergren blamed high royalty rates for the. Continue reading
Shazam Drives $300 Million A Year In iTunes, AmazonMP3 Sales
Dozens of startups are searching for the holy grail of music discovery leading to purchase and many thousands of artists and labels are hoping they'll find it. Other than perhaps. Continue reading
YouTube’s Top Channels Mostly Feature Music
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Last week, I ran into Billboard senior branding correspondent Andrew Hampp at the Digital Media Wire Music awards dinner (I was on a panel. Continue reading
