New Music Games: TastemakerX [w/$1.25M new funding], Rockstar Rising, Bands, JuzzMusic
A new crop of music games, some with marketing elements for indies, are launching this week. Rockstar Rising debuts at SXSW as does a new version of TastemakerX. Bands, a. Continue reading
SXSW Survival Guide 2013
By Beth Martinez (@dangervillage) of Danger Village, a music publicity firm. In four days, I’ll be leaving Los Angeles to attend my eighth South by Southwest Music Festival. Having been. Continue reading
Spotify and Backplane Add Music, Live Web Cast To SXSW Music Hackathon
Spotify and Troy Carter's social media startup Backplane are taking this year's SXSW music hack day to a another level with the edition of live performes. DJ Reflex, New York. Continue reading
The Game Of Music Discovery
Guest post by Marc Ruxin (@ruxputin) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. The wonderful thing about music is that there will always be another new band to love,. Continue reading
TheHub.fm Music Merch Management & Sales App Launches At SXSW March 8th
TheHub.fm is an ecommerce music merch startup featuring a mobile app that will be available in beta on March 8th. Bands can use the app to manage their merch inventory. 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
Pinterest For Music App Songdrop Grabs $150,000 From SOIC Capital
(UPDATE 3) London based Songdrop, a Pinterest-like online music playlist creator, has closed it's first investment round of $150,000 in seed funding from SOIC Capital. Users create mixes with songs. 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
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
Spotify Releases Major iOS App Upgrade, Amazon Brings Cloud Player To iPad
Spotify and Amazon both released major updates for their Apple product apps today. Amazon added an Amazon Cloud Player app for iPad, now available in the Apple App Store. Users. Continue reading
