BandPage, AEG Digital, Abe Burns Win DMW’s Music Leadership Awards
Digital Media Wire has announced its 2013 DMW Music Leadership Awards’ recipients, recognizing music-tech leaders in three categories: Music Tech Startup to Watch, Music Tech Trendsetter to Watch, and Music. Continue reading
Vyclone Helps Fans & Bands Work Together To Create Music Videos From Live Shows
Over the coming months, I'll be adding a focus on mobile apps developed for use by professional musicians in the broadest sense. Last week I interviewed the cofounders of two. Continue reading
YouTube And Vevo Are Friends Not Frienemies
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Oh, internets. Just when we get so excited about how amazing you are, you let us down by being wrong — and then reinforcing. Continue reading
Chirpify: 0% Transaction Fees For D2F Music & Merch Sales Forever [Limited Time Offer]
Social ecommerce platform Chirpify, which facilitates in-stream social media sales, website sales and fundraising campaigns, is currently offering "independent artists" 0% transaction fees for the rest of their lives if. Continue reading
Slacker Retools, Takes On Spotify, Pandora In $5.5M Ad Campaign [VIDEO]
Online music service Slacker has revamped and launched a $5.5 million ad campaign that takes direct aim at both media darling Spotify and net radio market leader Pandora. One spot. Continue reading
College Students Pivot Tshirt Biz Into WOMP Music Discovery App
By Alex Silverman of Evolver.fm. A year in open development, music discovery site WOMP.in is the brainchild of Jason Wimp, Michal Krupa and Neil Mallinar — three college students still. Continue reading
Daisy Chain: Dying Music Industry Sprouts New Hope
Guest post by Kyle Bylin, founder and editor of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. I. Invisible Funnel Industry pundits and executives looked at the file sharing and torrent. Continue reading
Backplane Launches Social Networks For Guns N’ Roses, The Bloody Beetroots & Condé Nast
Backplane, the company that birthed Lady Gaga's LittleMonsters social network, is now preparing a full litter of big brand niche networks. Ten are reported to be launching by year's end. Continue reading
Spotify Launches In Italy, Poland & Portugal
(UPDATED) Economically battered music fans in Italy, Poland and Portugal are getting their first chance to try out Spotify, as the music streamer launches in the three markets today. It. Continue reading
Tough Monday? Focus@will Uses Music To Boost Your Focus
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Ever since Turntable.fm launched its group listening platform, one of the most popular room themes has been some variant of “music for working.” Depending. Continue reading
