Search Results for: "spotify"

Schedule Tour Date Announcements with Songkick…

August 6, 2014

Concert tracking platform Songkick has a couple announcements. They've added the ability to schedule tour date announcements in advance, and have also partnered with Bop.fm (a music streaming service... Read More...

Nigerian Artist Says Finger Amputation Is the Only Way to Solve Music Piracy…

Paul Resnikoff

August 6, 2014

The recommendation comes from a very frustrated Stella Monye, a celebrated Nigerian samba artist who has witnessed her sales decline precipitously over the past ten years. "Taking them to court to be fined... Read More...

Here’s Another Way That Artists Get Screwed Out of Their Streaming Royalties…

Paul Resnikoff

July 28, 2014

Back in June, a leaked Lady Gaga contract exposed just how artists get screwed out of their streaming royalties by major labels. But that was just one trick in the bag: according to a just-filed lawsuit by A... Read More...

Can This Company Save Streaming… And The (Independent) Music Industry?

Ari Herstand

July 27, 2014

So it's quite likely that Google or Facebook is going to be purchasing Spotify fairly soon. Apple bought Beats. No streaming service, however, has proven profitable. It was just reported that Pandora lost o... Read More...

Does Your Music Suck? Answer These 10 Questions…

Paul Resnikoff

July 21, 2014

If you answer 'YES' to 7 or more of these questions, then your music probably sucks. 1. Your biggest fans are either friends or relatives. YES NO 2. People keep remarking that you ... Read More...

What Boyhood Can Teach The Music Industry

Ari Herstand

July 18, 2014

I saw an incredible film last week. It was only playing at 6 theaters across the country. Two happened to be in LA. We were interested in seeing a movie, picked our favorite theater and checked the listi... Read More...

Mark Cuban’s Soundwave Wants to be “The Instagram of Music”

Nina Ulloa

July 17, 2014

"Instagram for music" apps are having a moment. But is a music-specialized version redundant? People keep saying: "Instagram is the Instagram of music!" ... I disagree. Soundwave is the third Instagra... Read More...

Here’s How You Can Join the Fair Digital Deals Declaration Campaign…

Nina Ulloa

July 16, 2014

Today, July 16th, is Worldwide Declaration Signing Day for WIN's Fair Digital Deals Declaration. Yesterday we reported that WIN launched the declaration so indie labels will pledge "to treat their ar... Read More...

The Ramones Never Had a Platinum Album…

Paul Resnikoff

July 14, 2014

On April 30th of this year, the Ramones debut album, Ramones, achieved Gold certification for sales of more than 500,000 copies. The album was released nearly 40 years ago, in 1976. Just one other Ramon... Read More...

Major Labels Reportedly Negotiating an Equity Deal With SoundCloud…

Nina Ulloa

July 11, 2014

SoundCloud is currently working on a way to pay their top artists, and apparently these aren't the only people getting a check. It looks like the major labels could get a considerable payout from SoundCloud i... Read More...

What The Number Of Facebook Likes Says About Musicians

Ari Herstand

July 10, 2014

Size matters. Numbers matter. Last week I told a manager friend about a new band he had to check out. The first thing he did was pull out his phone and went to their Facebook Page. Facebook Likes are a quic... Read More...

T-Mobile Partners with SFX Entertainment and Beatport…

Nina Ulloa

July 10, 2014

T-Mobile is really trying to become the "cool" mobile provider. They recently announced that select streaming music services wouldn't count against customer data limits, the latest in a long line of interesti... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

Schedule Tour Date Announcements with Songkick…

Nigerian Artist Says Finger Amputation Is the Only Way to Solve Music Piracy…

Here’s Another Way That Artists Get Screwed Out of Their Streaming Royalties…

Can This Company Save Streaming… And The (Independent) Music Industry?

Does Your Music Suck? Answer These 10 Questions…

What Boyhood Can Teach The Music Industry

Mark Cuban’s Soundwave Wants to be “The Instagram of Music”

Here’s How You Can Join the Fair Digital Deals Declaration Campaign…

The Ramones Never Had a Platinum Album…

Major Labels Reportedly Negotiating an Equity Deal With SoundCloud…

What The Number Of Facebook Likes Says About Musicians

T-Mobile Partners with SFX Entertainment and Beatport…