Tag: Disc jockey

A Major Shift For Music Streamer 8tracks In U.S.

Here 8tracks' David Porter takes a moment to explain 8track's shift in a new direction towards their 8tracks+ subscription model and the broader impact this alteration will have the 8tracks. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/03/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 8tracks Radio, Digital media, Disc jockey, Native advertising, playlist, Reuters, revenue, Spotify, Steve Aoki, Subscription business model

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Mistakes The Beatles Made • Increase Your Chances Of Getting Press • New Artist Model Approach • More

Most recently on MusicThinkTank, we examined how choice of music can effect productivity, what to do before your first DJing gig, how to get more fans on YouTube, and more.

admin on 10/22/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alicia Keys, Analog signal, Augmented reality, Bandsintown, Bar and Bat Mitzvah, Beyonce, British Summer Time, Disc jockey, internet, YouTube

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RESOLVED: Day Long DDOS Attack That Brought Down Spotify, SoundCloud, Others Ends, Homeland Security Investigating

UPDATE 2: Spotify, SoundCloud, Twitter and other major sites were down or loading slowly all day on Friday thanks to a massive Distributed Denial Of Services (DD0S) attack. By Friday evening the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/22/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon Web Services, AOL, Application programming interface, Disc jockey, Donald Trump, Entertainment Weekly, GitHub, Heroku, Internal Revenue Service, Internet of things, JSON, Soundcloud, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, YouTube

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U.S. Music Festivals And The 23%: What It Means For Livestreaming

Music festivals in the United States are incredibly popular and impressively well attended, but much of the social media buzz which is generated surrounding these events is created by those. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/11/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Bonnaroo Music Festival, Christmas, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Disc jockey, Electric Daisy Carnival, Electronic dance music, Elton John, Manchester, music festival, Tennessee, Ultra Music Festival

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8tracks Raises $2 Million From Small Investors, Plans Shift To Subscription Model

Playlisting service 8Tracks has raised almost $2 million of a hoped for $5 million from 3700 small investors. The startup's crowdfunding campaign with SeedInvest has two week's remaining.

Bruce Houghton on 10/10/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 8tracks Radio, Business model, CD Baby, Company, ComScore, Disc jockey, independent music, INgrooves, Monthly active users, playlist

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Spotify, Apple Music Add A SoundCloud Favorite: Unofficial Mixes

Spotify and Apple Music are adding unofficial mixes for the first time. Remixes and multi-track mixes, which are tipped to launch soon, are the reason many fans love SoundCloud; and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/07/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Deezer, Disc jockey, Electronic dance music, iTunes, Remix, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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Apple’s Billion Stream Posturing With Biggest Pawn In Streaming War

Apple was thrilled to announce that the latest album from so-called streaming pawn Drake, 'Views From The 6' had surpassed a billion streams. Good news for Apple surely, but is. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/03/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Anthony Mandler, Apple Inc., Apple Music, AraabMuzik, Artist, Disc jockey, Drake (musician), Fabolous, Joe Budden, Spotify

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The Truth Behind SoundCloud Reposts And Paid Promotion

This piece takes an in-depth look into the world of paid promotion and reposting on SoundCloud, including an examination of just how much a repost is worth, whether we're in. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/01/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AOL, Apple Music, Date Records, Disc jockey, Electronic music, Hexagon (record label), Netflix, Soundcloud, Tangerine Dream, Tempo

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FRI. NEWS BRIEF: SFX Post-Bankruptcy OK’d • Beyonce Invests In Startup • Pandora Thumbprint • More

FRIDAY 9.30.16 Music Business News From Around The Web A new chapter of SFX begins. Sillerman almost killed the company, but what is it without him? Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/30/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Aberdeen Group, Application programming interface, Business journalism, Computing platform, Disc jockey, Facebook, Google, Mobile search, Mobile Web, New Zealand, Pandora, SFX

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Spotify In ‘Advance Talks’ To Buy SoundCloud

[UPDATED] Spotify is reportedly in advance talks to buy Soundcloud. We'd heard months ago that Soundcloud was hemorrhaging cash, after efforts to monetize had been slowed by label talks. The. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/28/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Music, Deezer, Disc jockey, France, IOS, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, Twitter

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