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Whyd Adds Community & Discovery To Music Collections, Free Invites To Hypebot Readers

When Whyd launched in November of last year the web had already been flooded with a number of sites that allowed you to save and listen to music via services. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/26/2013 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Next Big Thing Launches Reddit For Music & Music News

Next Big Thing launched on Monday as a "Reddit/Hacker News For Music." It's basically a site where people posts links to music or music news articles, comment on them and. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/26/2013 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (3)
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With $2M In Funding, Artist Growth Revamps Musician Managment Toolkit

Last week, based Artist Growth completed it's Series A funding round rasing $2 million. The investors all come from Nashville's growing VC community including former label exec Joe Galante, Mark. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/20/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Chirpify Adds Facebook To In-Stream Music Sales Platform

Chirpify, which already enables in-stream purchases via Twitter and Instagram, today announced it is expanding its platform to enable purchases with a comment in the news feed on Facebook. The. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/19/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Flattr Expands Options For Fan Support Via Twitter, Soundcloud, Instragram & More

Flattr, a unique micropayments system that rewards musicians and other creators, has expanded its offering to include direct fan-to-creator payments from within Soundcloud, Twitter, Instagram and other popular sites and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/18/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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#SXSW Music Tech News: BitTorrent, Vimeo, Cinsay, Givit, Crowdsync, Vyclone, FastFan

SXSW is full of music tech news, some of it during SXSW Interactive and some of it during SXSW Music. Announcements include new offerings from major companies like BitTorrent and. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/14/2013 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (1)
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BandPage Expands With Fan Experiences Platform

BandPage today announced the addition "Experiences", a self-service platform to market and monetize the artist-fan relationship through unique fan experiences. Dozens of startups are focused on direct-to-fan, and several are. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/11/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (5)
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Red Bull Amplifier Launches Music Tech Startup Accelerator

Red Bull Amplifier just launched in London to accelerate music tech startups and they're interested in everybody with great ideas to "make music experiences better" from hackers to startups ready. Continue reading

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Festicket Raises $680K For Festival Booking Platform

Founded after experiencing of trying to book a trip from the UK to Coechella in 2011,  festival booking platform Festicket  has just raised $680,000 in new funding.  Investors include France's. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/11/2013 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Stereotypes: A Little App With Big Plans

Guest post by Daniel Turner (@dantrnr) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank.  While the ideological tug-of-war trudges on between hardline anti-piracy crusaders and digital rights freedom fighters, music tech innovators. Continue reading

admin on 03/08/2013 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
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