5 Tips For Marketing Music With A Comprehensive Social Media Strategy
By Kathleen Parrish from the SonicBids Blog. If you've been keeping up with the Sonicbids blog lately, you already know that a strong online presence as a musician is crucial. Continue reading
SoundCloud Responds To Wave Of Criticism
Until recently, SoundCloud had an almost flawless reputation within the independent music community. But that changed in the last week after SoundCloud released an app "upgrade" that eliminated many of. Continue reading
CEO Ethan Diamond On Bandcamp’s Success and Why It’s Working
Music Ally spoke recently with Ethan Diamond about the phenomenal success of Bandcamp. In fact, Bandcamp has grown from success to success from indie ecommerce to social destination to streaming. Continue reading
After SoundCloud Deletions, Kaskade Plans His Own Music Platform
On Wednesday, in a series of Twitter posts, electronic music dj and producer Kaskade revealed that he was getting SoundCloud takedown notices for many of his posted tracks and that. Continue reading
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5 Major Stories Shaping The Music Industry In 2014 How To Land A Synch 2014 Music Biz Predictions Making Soundcloud Better Stopping Google+ Spam Spotify Drops Free Limits Top 100. Continue reading
SongAmpr Launches Song Promotion Platform With Free Premium Memberships For Hypebot Readers
SongAmpr officially launched today offering musicians a platform for releasing and promoting music with SongPages. The idea is to maximize the impact of each single and to build an ongoing. Continue reading
Mixcloud Relaunches For Radio Shows, DJ Mixes: Still Free, Still Fully Licensed
Today Mixcloud officially relaunched its site with a nice new design. I took the opportunity to speak with Co-founder and CTO Mat Clayton to get a sense of the bigger. Continue reading
How SoundCloud Can Move Beyond Music To Be The Sound Sharing Platform It Wishes It Was
Yesterday SoundCloud launched a new messaging system but while it adds some communication options it's not the collaborative move forward I imagined. In fact, my own initial confusion caused me. Continue reading
Stereotypes.fm Shuts Down
(UPDATED) New York startup Stereotype.fm is shutting down after just 18 months. Last February, the company launched a music messaging app, letting users send music as a message, reminder, gift or. Continue reading
Soundcloud Biz Dev VP Dave Haynes Exits
Soundcloud VP of Business Development Dave Haynes is exiting the company after five years. His reason appears to be personal including a desire to spend more time with his young. Continue reading