Search Results for: "spotify"

After 14 Million Plays, the Dead Kennedys Received a Few Hundred Dollars from YouTube…

October 1, 2012

YouTube absolutely eclipses Spotify when it comes to the amount of music streamed. But YouTube's payouts on those streams appear to be substantially worse, with similar problems in transparency. We've seen s... Read More...

This Is Pro Tools. This Is Pro Tools on 1 Gigabit Broadband Internet

Paul Resnikoff

September 24, 2012

Last month, Google announced Google Fiber, which features download and upload speeds of 1 gigabit per second. That's 100 times faster than the average broadband connection today, and the beginning of a complet... Read More...

Addiction Specialists Are Now Treating Smartphone-Related Disorders

Paul Resnikoff

September 19, 2012

It might be a great mobile app to you. But to some professionals, it's drip for the syringe. Because our addiction to smartphones and mobile devices now has a name, and dedicated specialists attempting to deal... Read More...

Indie Label Century Media Is Now Suing Thousands of File-Swapping Fans…

Paul Resnikoff

September 18, 2012

We've seen something similar in Hollywood, particularly when indie studio Voltage Pictures doggedly pursued downloaders of The Hurt Locker. In music, 'suing fans,' whether you agree with the practice or not, h... Read More...

What Else? Go Disrupt Yourself, AEG, iAccessorizing, Radionomy, 7digital, Plagiarism, EMI History, Purple Cassettes

Paul Resnikoff

September 18, 2012

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results..." Well, if that's true, than the key to creativity may be disrupting one's routine. That is the focus of Frank Barrett's n... Read More...

iTunes Match: Is This Really a ‘Bonus’ for Artists?

Paul Resnikoff

September 6, 2012

Why is it that Spotify is typically villified by artists, while Apple is lauded as a savior? In a telling interview with the Black Keys, drummer Patrick Carney was intensely critical of Spotify, its leadership... Read More...

Karma = Bitch: Grooveshark Has Only Added 10 Label Partners In 2012…

Paul Resnikoff

August 21, 2012

Maybe it's hard to make love and war at the same time. Late last year, we published a list of 865 different Grooveshark label partners, as prepared and shared by the company itself. The only problem is that sev... Read More...

Also: Rdio, Startup Challenge, Converse, Slacker, Nickelback, Swift

Paul Resnikoff

August 21, 2012

Rdio is now working on a 'vastly improved radio' service, according to software engineer Ian McKellar. One obvious target is Spotify, whose radio layer recently underwent some major surgery with fantastic resu... Read More...

Frank Zappa Is About to Land on Streaming Services…

Paul Resnikoff

August 18, 2012

This means nothing to Gaga and Perry fans, but everything to a sector struggling to win over the artist community. Now, the late Frank Zappa is preparing to land on streaming services like Spotify, Rdio, and... Read More...

A Detailed Interview With One of the Most Successful Kickstarter Artists Yet

Paul Resnikoff

August 17, 2012

If you've never heard of Murder by Death, then maybe that's the point. The band recently raised a hefty $187,000 through Kickstarter for an upcoming vinyl release, from just 2,618 die-hard fans. That is the t... Read More...

Uh-Oh: A New Report Says Downloads Are Flattening ‘In All Key Markets…’

Paul Resnikoff

August 16, 2012

There goes your digital breadwinner. Actually, there's an argument that platforms like Spotify actually boost downloads instead of killing them. But a new report from Strategy Analytics suggests that exactly ... Read More...

Good News: The FBI Has Classified Your Fanbase As a Violent Gang…

Paul Resnikoff

August 13, 2012

Show me a band that thinks it's 'all about the music,' and I'll show you a band with 14 listens on Spotify. It's just never that simple; the notes and lyrics rarely exist in isolation. "It's all about the mus... 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

After 14 Million Plays, the Dead Kennedys Received a Few Hundred Dollars from YouTube…

This Is Pro Tools. This Is Pro Tools on 1 Gigabit Broadband Internet

Addiction Specialists Are Now Treating Smartphone-Related Disorders

Indie Label Century Media Is Now Suing Thousands of File-Swapping Fans…

What Else? Go Disrupt Yourself, AEG, iAccessorizing, Radionomy, 7digital, Plagiarism, EMI History, Purple Cassettes

iTunes Match: Is This Really a ‘Bonus’ for Artists?

Karma = Bitch: Grooveshark Has Only Added 10 Label Partners In 2012…

Also: Rdio, Startup Challenge, Converse, Slacker, Nickelback, Swift

Frank Zappa Is About to Land on Streaming Services…

A Detailed Interview With One of the Most Successful Kickstarter Artists Yet

Uh-Oh: A New Report Says Downloads Are Flattening ‘In All Key Markets…’

Good News: The FBI Has Classified Your Fanbase As a Violent Gang…