An Indie Streaming Success Story: Secrets In Stereo
NPR recently posted an article about how the tiny royalties coming from music streaming can add up and chose one artist as a great example. Josh Colum and his band Secrets In Stereo signed up with Rumblefish, a. Continue reading
Last Week In Music Commentary: Streaming Music Matures • Who Pays When Spotify Discounts • Rdio Finds Music’s Middle
As streaming matures, how is the music industry changing? And when Spotify and Tidal offer deeps discounts, who pays the creators? That's just the start of what the music industry. Continue reading
Grooveshark Returns Via Site Created By Former ‘Associate’
It took 6 years for the major labels to put Grooveshark out of business. But it took a just days for it to resurface as a site created by a. Continue reading
Action Is The Key To Music Success
As artists, we are naturally overly critical of our work. No one wants to release something out to the world that is less than perfection. But the fact of the. Continue reading
Equal And Transparent Streaming For All – A Proposal For Our Industry [Emily White]
"Legal streaming is something I had been awaiting for years as a music fan. It took our industry over a decade to finally release platforms that are seamless for consumer. Continue reading
Apple Adds Free On iTunes – A Hub For Free Music, Film and TV
There were audible moans when iTunes dropped their popular free weekly download feature. Now Apple has responded with the launch of Free On iTunes a hub for free music, TV. Continue reading
Record Label Exec’s View On New Media Strategy
In this episode of the Upward Spiral, a music business podcast, we talk with Theda Sandiford, who is the VP of Commerce at Republic Records and Island Records, where she. Continue reading
Everything Indie Musicians Need to Know About YouTube Music Key
By Keidra Chaney on Sonicbids Blog Recently, YouTube introduced Music Key, a music streaming service that the video hosting company had been hinting at for at least a couple of years. The company has experimented. Continue reading
Our Virtual Panel Looks Back on 2014 | Dave Cool of Bandzoogle
Dave Cool, Director of Artist Relations at Banzoogle joins us next on Hypebot.com's 2014 Year End Virtual Panel. Cool lands among other YouTube Music key skeptics: "I’m not sure what impact. Continue reading
Our Virtual Panel Looks Back on 2014 | Simon Cole of 7digital
Up next in our 2014 Year End Virtual Panel, Simon Cole, CEO of 7digital chimes in on the current state of the music industry. Cole says "The switch to hi-res and. Continue reading