Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Kosha Dillz: 10 Ways To Push A Project 5 Days Before It Comes Out Musician Uses Crowdfunding To Buy Back Music From Former Label TuneCore Founders Jeff Price & Peter. Continue reading
$11 Million Later, Songbird Shuts Down
Songbird, which launched in 2006 as an open source music player, will end business operations on June 28th. In 2011 Songbird was named one of Fast Company's Top 10 Most. Continue reading
TuneCore Founders Jeff Price & Peter Wells Launch Audiam To Help Artists Make $’s On YouTube
TuneCore co-founders Jeff Price and Peter Wells today launched Audium, an online service that helps D.I.Y. artists make money on YouTube. Many indie artists don't have time, skills or the. Continue reading
Free Musician, Music Industry Matchmaking Platform Giggem Launches
(UPDATED) Giggem, yet another site that hopes to connect musicians with each other and the music industry, launched publically today. Giggam uses a proprietary algorithm to create connections. But the. Continue reading
Zoshpit Launches Australian Music Crowdfunding Site
If you follow music crowdfunding news, you know that Australia is a hotbed of such activity. To date, Pozible has taken the lead as a general platform for creative projects.. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Apple Closes New iRadio Deals, Pushes For June 10th Launch as Pandora Stock Falls Sharply On News MTV Study Unlocks 7 Secrets Of The Musician & Fan Relationship Spotify's 50. Continue reading
Audioboo Adds Audio To Tweets
Social sound platform Audioboo has added sound to tweets. Audio files stored on the service play directly within a tweet thanks to a Twitter Cards integration. "Just like TwitPic brought images into. Continue reading
Vidiam To Relaunch With Sponsorship Rev Share For Artist Profiles
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Erstwhile iTunes software designer and marketing leader Alec Marshall had a front row seat to watch music downloads chip away at the CD, starting. Continue reading
2013 Winners Of The SF MusicTech Summit Startup Showcase Challenge
The SF MusicTech Summit Startup Showcase Challenge provides startups the opportunity to demo their services at the Summit. Last week a new batch of interesting startups took the honors and. Continue reading
Rushmore.fm: Can They “Rethink The Music Industry From The Ground Up”?
Fictive Kin's Rushmore.fm is yet another music tech startup that wants to connect fans and musicians to the benefit of both while building a platform to benefit from making those. Continue reading