As Music Industry Struggles, Artist Income Grows
(Updated) The UK's Times Online called this "the chart that the music industry didn't want you to see;" and I've been hesitating publishing it without adding context and analysis. But the more I stare at it, the more it speaks for itself.It tracks...

As Music Industry Struggles, Artist Income Grows
(Updated) The UK's Times Online called this "the chart that the music industry didn't want you to see;" and I've been hesitating publishing it without adding context and analysis. But the more I stare at it, the more it speaks for...

As Music Industry Struggles, Artist Income Grows - hypebot
this chart tracks the three pillars of music industry revenue - recorded music, live music, and UK performance royalties collected by PRS over the last 5 year for both artists and the industry. Conclusion: while record labels are suffering, artist income...

Apple Opens Doors to iTunes LP for Indie Labels and Artists
Apple said it was going to allow independent content producers open access to the tech and process behind iTunes LP and iTunes Extras,to create a rich, interactive experience around your music and movies.

MobBase Helps Musicians Create Their Own iPhone Apps
MobBase lets musicians and bands create their own iPhone app to connect fans with upcoming shows, music, news, Twitter feeds and videos

Music Like Water: why, what, when and how (Gerd Leonhard Presentation at A2N Berlin)
This was one of my best presentations on the topic of the music flat rate - the PDF and more details

Alert, Connect, Sell: Releasing Get Busy Committee at FISTFULAYEN
Very detailled and instructive music promotion and selling strategy: 1 creating awareness, 2 Making connections, 3 Monetizing.

How to get 200 new fans a week | Music Industry Blog
Give your music away, but dont throw it away, Regularly give away stuff thats way too good to give away, Be real, be available, and be involved.

$10,000 in 48 Hours (without a label) | Music Industry Blog
Gaining fans is well and good, but at what point can one expect to actually turn a fanbase into a living? Well, we took our first stab at answering that question 2 weeks ago. We decided to offer Lifetime Membership USB Drives. They come preloaded with...

Radionomy :Create your own radio, it's free !
Music, Jingles, Content: browse our libraries. Upload your own creations. Program your radio easily and broadcast it to the world.

Get on the Web | The Indie Band Survival Guide - Beta
You're a global musician now and your fans are out there. Building an effective music website and broadening your web presence on the internet is the way to get noticed. Here's a list of useful resources for music promotion.

Mailing Lists | The Indie Band Survival Guide
Your mailing list is one of the most important ways to broadcast messages to your fan network and keep them informed. Email newsletters don't have to be plain text and they certainly shouldn't be updates that are sent from your personal email...

MobBase - Make your own iPhone app for your band!
Stay connected to your fans with a MobBase iPhone App. Build, manage, and update your custom iPhone App in no time.

How to RUIN Your Music Career in 7 Easy Steps - MTT - Music Think Tank
Everybody wants to know the easy, proven steps to music success. Therefore, most experts offers tips and strategies to help you reach your goals in a positive light. Well, its time to shake things up and serve a new audience which explains why this post...

Blink 182's Tom Delonge: "Put It Out There For Free" - hypebot
Blink 182 guitarist Tom Delonge shares a deep understanding of where the music industry is and may be headed. You could dismiss this as coming from the perspective of a platinum artist. But listen carefully and you'll hear some real insights.

Thomas' Myspace Editor
Choose options you want and get the code for your profile.

Why MySpace And Wikipedia Pages Are More Important Than Ever - hypebot
MySpace is over. Traffic is falling. Google's new enhanced music search has pushed my Wikipedia entry further down the page. Why should I care what a bunch og geeks write about me anyway, right? Wrong. First, both MySpace and Wikepdia still get...

EMI Diversifies With Abbey Road Live Recordings - hypebot
Abbey Road Live, EMI's new live music audio and video recording and instant production service, will allow fans to purchase high quality live recordings of shows they've just attended. Mixed and mastered on site, the recordings will be made...

Music Glue - The band is the brand
Music Glue is a free to use online marketing and e-commerce solution for artists, managers, promoters and venues, providing all the tools required to engage modern internet savvy fans that expect to interact directly with their favourite artists.

Google launches music search with Lala, Pandora, Rhapsody, imeem and MySpace | Technology | Los Angeles Times
But in steering millions of Internet users to these sites, Google is indirectly boosting their ability to compete with iTunes, which was responsible for 69% of U.S. digital music sales in the first six months of this year, and 35% of all music sales,...

FT.com | Tech Blog | From today’s Daily Google…
Google has no commercial relationship with these “partners”, insists Mr Pitman: they were selected purely on the basis of the completeness of their song catalogues and their ability to stream music to Google’s massive audience.

Datos estadísticos busquedas MUsica Google Onebox Music Lanzamiento
Here are some highlights:-- Out of the top 1,000 search terms that took place on Google last week, 6 percent were music-related (which includes bands, music services and content).-- Last week, Google sent 1.48 percent of their total visits to the Music...

Live Blogging From The Google Discover Music Launch Event
Cobertura del evento de presentacion Q&A

Giving People A Reason To Buy: Make Buying Fun | Techdirt
One of the key points in talking about giving people a real reason to buy is to make it an experience where people want to pay the prices that you're offering. In fact, one of the best to do this has been Josh Freese -- who set up a variety of...

Drummer Takes Tiered Buying Options To Extreme (And Hilarious) Levels | Techdirt
give people different options, and added value for paying more, and they'll often take you up on it. Two of the more impressive examples of this were Jill Sobule and Trent Reznor (two very different artists, obviously). Now it appears that Josh...

My MidemNet Presentation: Trent Reznor And The Formula For Future Music Business Models | Techdirt
The core of the presentation is the following simple "formula" that is the basis for making money in the music business (and, I'd argue, many other businesses) in the digital era:Connect With Fans (CwF) + Reason To Buy (RtB) = The...

Video: Music 2.0 - The Future of the Music Industry (18 mins)
A presentation by Gerd Leonhard

KnowTheMusicBiz.com - Ideas I like by Martin Atkins
Sometimes bands that aren't obviously, rabidly perusing POP success really fail at the merchandising side of things. These guys dont: Three weeks before a show they send out a handful of postcards to their fans as a reminder and as a call to arms to...

Record Label Embraces Pirate Party BitTorrent Tracker | TorrentFreak
the Canadian Pirate Party had established its own BitTorrent tracker. The Pirates hope to show that BitTorrent is not a threat, but a great tool for artists to promote their work. Record label Thorny Bleeder agrees and is now offering free music via the...

The Indie Maximum Exposure List
the list is broken up into 7 critical categories: 1. Mindset/ Who You are Being; 2. Fostering Relationships; 3. Recording & Releasing Material; 4. Touring / Live Performance; 5. Social Media / Internet Strategy; 6. Online Resources (Where to Submit);...

Help A New Kind of Music Label Revolutionize The Industry (FR)
Ce billet est une version à destination de nos lecteurs francophones, de l’étude de cas postée en anglais sur le site InsightCommunity.Vous pouvez également (re)lire l’introduction en français publiée il y a quelques jours sur ce...