Adam Driscoll, the co-chief executive of MAMA Group, told the Telegraph: “We will do whatever is most effective to get an artist noticed. Giving an album away for free may get one million people listening to a new artist.” Read more...
27.7.09
Radiohead Manager Brian Message Launches New Digital Label
Band Metrics Helps Musicians Measure The Success Of Their Music
In a digital age where album sales no longer accurately represent a band’s success, it has become increasingly important for bands and labels to be able to measure popularity on the Internet, on sites like Myspace, Last.fm, YouTube, SoundCloud and Facebook. Music data site Band Metrics is looking to offer such a service, and opened up the private beta today for several thousand artists to test its system, reports Hypebot.
Band Metrics not only gauges song plays, profile views and comments across various platforms, but also tracks airplay on over 3,500 radio stations, and scores your music 8 different ways. For example, your band has a “fandom” rating and “brand strength”. The company is also launching a standard format for sending and receiving data from the site, so it’s easy for users to share band data between each other. Check out some of the more interesting forthcoming features in development: Continue reading...
Music Video Shot With iPhone 3G S
Ohio-based band BJSR has a new music video for the track “Play”, which was recorded from start to finish with new video-capable iPhone 3GS by local company Showdown Productions. Kyle Brock, of Showdown Productions, told Wired:
“The song was written by Ben Rivet, the main character of the video. [Rivet] was purchasing a new iPhone and came up with the idea to promote his music. We wanted to test the limits of the iPhone video, and show off what it was capable of.”
Watch the music video after the cut: Continue reading...
Quincy Jones Ready to Buy Vibe Magazine
Music magazine Vibe announced that all print operations would be shut down on June 30. But not all is lost, according to magazine founder (and Michael Jackson’s producer) Quincy Jones, who told Ebonyjet:
“I’m trying to buy my magazine back now. They just messed my magazine all up, but I’m gonna get it back. You better believe it, I’ma take it online because print and all that stuff is over.”
After recovering from the death of Michael Jackson, Jones’ ambitions for Vibe will be focused online. Reportedly, Vibe.com is profitable, while the print edition has years of accumulated debt. Continue reading...
21.7.09
Empire of the Sun to Broadcast Concert during Solar Eclipse 2009
Empire of the Sun will stream audio and video from their live performance during the solar eclipse on July 22nd, shortly after 8pm (PST). For 6 minutes and 39 seconds, fans can watch the broadcast on the website eclipseofthesun.org next Wednesday.
Next week’s solar eclipse will be only be visible throughout the Asia Pacific region, so if you can’t see the eclipse, at least you can get a soundtrack for the event! Continue reading...
5.7.09
Michael Jackson Video Tribute by PB Wolf
Shortly after Michael Jackson’s death was reported, video jockey Peanut Butter Wolf did a set of video remixes of the pop singer’s most memorable videos live at the Echoplex in Los Angeles.
Wolf spliced the clips together artfully, and shows some of Michael Jackson’s best dance moves over the years. The second and third parts of the tribute have some creative remixes of MJ’s funkier beats, so check out all 30 minutes of PB Wolf’s live VJ set after the jump: Continue reading...
The Pirate Bay Sold For $7.7 Million, Goes Legal
The popular Torrent site The Pirate Bay was sold today to the Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), for the relatively low price of 60 million kronor ($7.7 million). The change in ownership of the file sharing site is set for August 2009. On the Pirate Bay Blog, the owners say that the profits “will go into a foundation that is going to help with projects about freedom of speech, freedom of information and the openness of the nets.”
The new owners seem intent on changing the way the site will function in the future. Hans Pandeya, CEO of GFF, said that they “would like to introduce models which entail that content providers and copyright owners get paid for content that is downloaded via the site.” Read more...
44 Pianos: Experimental Piano Music by Jonathan Crayford
New Zealand musician Jonathan Crayford combined the sounds of 44 pianos to create his most recent project. He explains on his official page:
Fortunately, Crayford was able to gather all the pianists he needed. Listen to the compositions after the jump: Continue reading...“44 Pianos was a filmed and recorded performance project that was the product of being in a piano store that contained a very large number of pianos, which later I counted at 44. I was intrigued if they could all be successfully played at the same time by a range of pianists from all walks of the musical spectrum.”
1.7.09
Diditleak: Album Leaks Updated on Twitter in Real Time
The day an album gets leaked to the Internet is an important milestone in the album release process. Some bands do nothing, while others decide to immediately release the music for free on their official websites. Either way, word on the Internet gets around quickly, and boosts the hype surrounding an album a few notches.
One source is Diditleak.co.uk, which provides updated information on album leaks since 2007, and started a Twitter account last year. The list isn’t all inclusive, and focuses mostly on the major pre-released music. However, the site crowd-sources its information; anyone can send a submit information to @diditleak on Twitter. Check out the past week’s entries: Read more...
30.6.09
How Amanda Palmer Made $19,000 Using Twitter
Amanda Palmer, lead singer and pianist of the Dresden Dolls and solo artist, writes in a blog post about how she made $19,000 using some creative strategies on Twitter. She performed a “Donation-Only Gig”, did a Webcast Auction, and started the trending topic on Twitter, “Losers Of Friday Night On Their Computers”, on May 15th. From Amanda’s post:
“I twittered a guest-list only event in a recording studio in Boston, to take place a week later. The gig lasted about 5 hours, all told, with soundcheck and signing. I took mostly requests and we had a grand old time. First come, first served. The first 200 people to ask got in, for free. I asked for donations and made about $2200 in cash. I gave $400 back to the studio for the space and the help. We sold some weird merch. I think we should call it an even 2k.”
Here’s how she made the other $17,000: Read more...
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