Tag: music industry

Streaming: What Netflix Can Teach The Music Industry

People have different opinions about streaming music – some like it or love it, others hate it, and some just don’t care. Streaming has definitely changed the way music is. Continue reading

admin on 06/25/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Dillon Roulet, exclusive content, film, millennial, music consumption, music industry, Natalie Cheng, Netflix, Spotify, streaming, technology, tv

Share on:

Let’s Recover The Lost Half Decade Of Music Recorded After Napster [ANDREW DUBBER]

Andrew Dubber is Professor of Music Industries Innovation at Birmingham City University. And other stuff.. Let’s rewind… In September 1995, the first consumer mp3 encoding software was released, allowing computer. Continue reading

admin on 06/17/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Birmingham City University, Long tail, music industry, MySpace, Napster, PayPal, Recording Industry Association of America, YouTube

Share on:

MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: 6 Bad Habits & More

Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Simon Tam: 6 Bad Habits Most Musicians are Guilty Of David Roberts: Make Better Marketing Plans with a SWOT Analysis Andy. Continue reading

admin on 06/15/2013 in Music Think Tank | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: agreement, Andy Lykens, Contract, David Roberts, habits, James Moore, licensing, marketing, music business, music industry, music placement, musician, Natalie Cheng, non-exclusive, Promotion, self-promotion, Simon Tam, SWOT

Share on:

Tunecore Passes $300 Million in Artist Payments

Tunecore has paid artists $300 million since it's 2006 launch, according to new stats from the company, representing the earnings from 3 billion downloads and streams. Since the end of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/12/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: $250 million, CD Baby, Compact disc, iTunes, Music download, music industry, Stream, Tunecore

Share on:

6 Bad Habits Most Musicians Are Guilty Of

In anything you do, work can be overwhelming and it’s easy to develop bad habits. For musicians, there are some habits that will hurt their careers. On Music Think Tank,. Continue reading

admin on 06/11/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: arts, bad habits, Beverly Sills, business, career, List of Firefly characters, music, music industry, Music Think Tank, musician, Natalie Cheng, Simon Tam, success, work

Share on:

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

Bruce Houghton on 06/10/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: arts, Connect, Craigslist, Hypebot, LinkedIn, music, music industry, musician

Share on:

Musician Uses Crowdfunding To Buy Back Music From Former Label

Canadian musician Amanda Zelina, known by her stagename The Coppertone, is using crowdfunding to buy back rights to her music from her former record label. Titling the campaign "Help Free. Continue reading

Guest Post on 06/10/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Crowd funding, Flux Research, Hypebot, kickstarter, music, music industry, musician, record label

Share on:

MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Talent VS. Taste & More

Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Matthew Jones: Talent VS. Taste. The Ugly Truth. Chasson Gracie: The Influence of Community on The Pluralist Generation and Its Music Consumption Broni: An. Continue reading

admin on 06/08/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: ariel hyatt, Artist, Australia, Broni, Chasson Gracie, community, Consumer, Facebook, generation, Matthew Jones, music consumption, music industry, Natalie Cheng, Online Communities, pluralist, Pluralist Generation, Sari Delmar, social media, Social network, talent, taste, truth, Twitter

Share on:

Importance Of The JOBS Act To Record Labels

By Miguel de Braganca from Berklee College of Music's Music Business Journal. The largest providers of capital in the music business, the major record labels, have been devastated over the. Continue reading

admin on 06/06/2013 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Berklee College of Music, crowdfunding, Goldman Sachs, Investment, JOBS Act, kickstarter, music industry, SEC

Share on:

Talent vs. Taste. The Ugly Truth.

There’s an ugly truth in the music industry: the industry is flawed and unfair. The highest paid musicians may not be the most talented. As a musician, should you diversify. Continue reading

admin on 06/02/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: demand, diversify, flaws, Matthew Jones, music, music business, music industry, Natalie Cheng, paid, style, talent, taste, truth

Share on: