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Please Find Lost Music And Return It Via The Web
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The Legendary 'Disco Indian Stories' tape is not online and nobody seems to know where it is. It’s easy to get the impression these days that everything under the sun is now just a few clicks away on the internet — that is, until you look for something that’s not there. Show More Summary
Adrian Grenier's Wreckroom Bubbles Along In Brooklyn
Wreckroom is getting close to a year old and it seems to have settled into a pleasant groove. Adrian Grenier and friends open their basement recording studio to record a song and shoot a video. The audio and video are distributed on the project's channels and via participating acts. Show More Summary
The Rise of the Musicpreneur (Part 3/3)
Written by Tommy Darker.
This is the last part of the 3-part series about the Musicpreneur. A link to the complete essay with all the parts and extra resources can be found at the end of the article.
III For the future
Somebody could say that we’re done. Show More Summary
Why Complain? Spotify And Playmysong Gave Everybody Free Jukeboxes!
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Comedian Louis CK made a great point that’s worth revisiting (transcript), even if you’ve seen it before: that “everything is amazing and nobody is happy.” The disruptive funnyman was referring toShow More Summary
YouTube Stars Crossover: Lennon & Maisy At Grand Ole Opry, Lindsey Stirling Signs w/Troy Carter
An increasingly wide range of musicians are building their initial audiences on YouTube. Some are video studio musicians while other perform live. But few labeled YouTube Stars have crossed over into the world beyond the web. LennonShow More Summary
Soundrop Introduces Charts Based On Listener Likes
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Soundrop, which builds group listening rooms that can exist all over the internet at the same time, offers plenty of rooms where you can hear someone’s idea of good music. Now, it’s harvesting charts...Show More Summary
Hip Hop Chess Federation Drops Mike Relm Video, Heads To St. Louis For Community Events
The Hip Hop Chess Federation is a unique organization based in the SF Bay Area that brings together young people for events featuring hip hop, chess and martial arts. It sounds like an unlikely combo until you take a closer look at the...Show More Summary
Dance Your Remixes With Crossfader Move & Mix
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Spacemen 3 released an album in 1994 called Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To, which you can hear on YouTube, if you use it like a music service. In similarly recursive fashion, a new iOS app called Crossfader Move & Mix (free for now) lets you dance to remix music to dance to. Show More Summary
Rhapsody Offers Sage Advice To Rival Upstarts
By Jon Maples of Rhapsody for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. One of the wonderful and humbling aspects of being in the streaming music business for over 10 years is that we’ve seen lots of strategies and ideas over time....Show More Summary
Writing Room With Dave Days Pairs YouTubers With Pro Songwriter/Producers
Writing Room is a new YouTube series hosted by YouTube musician Dave Days who's built a huge following online. The series pairs popular YouTubers with professional songwriter/producers and suggests some interesting dynamics as the two worlds crossover. Show More Summary
Testing Music ID Apps: Shazam, Soundhound & MusixMatch
By Aarti Kelapure of Evolver.fm. Out of all the great things music apps do for us, music identification is one of the most helpful, not to mention amazing. No matter where you are, if you hear a song you like but don’t know, a click and some taps will usually solve your problem. Show More Summary
Ninja Jamm Makes Ninja Tune Tracks Easy To Remix
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The legendary electronica label Ninja Tune has done what many have contemplated, but no one has crushed: It launched an app, Ninja Jamm, that lets anyone remix music with (relative) ease, using a variety of high-quality releases from world-renowned DJs, producers, and other artists. Show More Summary
Red Bull stole my music! 3 important lessons for indie artists.
It was towards the end of a long, cold, 2 month tour around Europe promoting my new album, just about to head to Portugal to finish off and enjoy a bit of sun. I got an email from a fan in Switzerland saying something like “Hey, check...Show More Summary
10 Reasons Why Macklemore Should Throw His Own Festival
By indie rapper Kosha Dillz (@koshadillz). So…the other day I thought to myself..MACKLEFEST. Actually. It didn't happen just like that. I was flying from San Francisco to Minneapolis first class. I asked the lady if I could sit up front and she printed me a ticket and poof, I was there. Show More Summary
Musical Instruments You Can Play From A Distance Via The Internet
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. They say the internet of things is coming. When it does, everyday objects will go online, many with IP addresses. It’s already happening, in particular with personal area network (PAN) devices. These...Show More Summary
See.Me Includes Musicians, Adds Donation System To Artist Portfolios And Contests
Artists Wanted, a web portfolio platform featuring visual artists, relaunched in December with $1.5 million in funding and expanded to include other disciplines such as music. Recently, in its new incarnation as See.Me, the site added a "contribution" feature that includes rewards for those making donations. Show More Summary
The DIY dreamers who never got signed
The homemade record scene exploded in the 1970s. Bob Stanley revels in a new book chronicling the bands that were too weird to get a record deal• Click here to see a gallery of great DIY record sleeves In a charity shop last year, I found a copy of Flint's only album. Show More Summary
Ali Spagnola Turns Drinking Game Into Musical Empire
Ali Spagnola took a drinking game called Power Hour and turned it into the basis for an album, concert and shot glass USB. Then she got sued by a trademark troll who claimed the rights to "Power Hour" though it was in common usage. It...Show More Summary
5 Ways Musicians Can Benefit From Google Glass[es]
Love 'em, hate 'em, it doesn't matter. Google Glass or Glasses, depending on what suits, are going to be part of your reality. Welcome to a wearable technology that will have unexpected effects on the world of music. But musicians and...Show More Summary
Social Media Impact For Musicians: How Conan O'Brien Beats Out Other Late Night Shows
By Liv Buli (@lbuli)), Resident Data Journalist for music analytics company Next Big Sound. Last March, jazz-funk jam band Galactic took to Conan O’Brien’s stage and performed the track “Hey Na Na” off their recently released album Carnivale Electricos. Show More Summary
