Spotify has signed a lease for a huge New York office at Four World Trade Center – where it will create over 1,000 jobs. The streaming…
ScoopFebruary 26, 2017
Musician Kate Nash has sparked a discussion about Snapchat’s music-licensing strategy, after she claimed that the company was using her song ‘Foundations’ in one of…
ScoopFebruary 26, 2017
Just in time for the "return" of the KLF Be ready to ride the lightning of virality. Prepare to dip your hands into the lucky…
ScoopFebruary 8, 2017
Attn Startups with Revenue problems. Maybe take out less giant billboards near the Holland Tunnel. Just a suggestion. Last April, a pair of cousins named…
ScoopJanuary 17, 2017
SoundCloud’s losses grew faster than its revenues in 2015 – with the company now admitting that, should its subscription service flop, its funding may run…
ScoopJanuary 16, 2017
Facebook is the largest voluntary, non-religious organization in the history of the world. They are not dumb.Read the full story here.
ScoopJanuary 7, 2017
For most of his career, Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt had a front row seat to the most subversive elements of punk rock culture. His…
ScoopJanuary 4, 2017
Facebook isn’t making life easy on anyone right now. All the family drama and political posts aside, checking Facebook statistics can make you feel like…
ScoopJanuary 2, 2017
There's been a lot of talk about traditional marketing versus content or “inbound” marketing lately. Read the full story here.
ScoopDecember 28, 2016
Few careers are as fun and frustrating as social media marketing. Despite how fast technology is changing, social media marketing is still young and misunderstood. Some…
ScoopDecember 20, 2016
The global music copyright business is worth more than you think – and grew by nearly $1bn last year
How much is the global music business really worth? The regularly-cited answer to that question: $15bn.Read the full story here.
ScoopDecember 20, 2016
The MBW Review gives our take on some of the music biz’s biggest recent goings-on. This time, we follow very positive recent financial results at…
ScoopDecember 19, 2016
The always-on culture of social media and its increasing demands for musicians’ time may be bad for their psychological health, according to Cooking Vinyl owner…
ScoopDecember 18, 2016
Proximity marketing and geo-marketing have become quite the buzzwords over the past few years - and for a good reason. Consumers are bombarded with advertising messages every…
ScoopDecember 7, 2016
If you're curious which social media platform is the best one to target fans on, it looks as though the popular photosharing app Instagram may…
ScoopDecember 7, 2016
Waves is now shipping the Abbey Road Vinyl plugin, a precise model of Abbey Road Studios’ vinyl cutting and playback gear, designed to give your…
ScoopNovember 21, 2016
I’m a millennial computer scientist who also writes books and runs a blog. Demographically speaking I should be a heavy social media user, but that…
ScoopNovember 20, 2016
In addition to VR and other technological developments, 2016 has shaped up to be the year of the chatbot. Here we get the low-down on all…
ScoopNovember 20, 2016
An electronic press kit, or EPK, is best way for artists to give their business contacts all the information they need about said artist, this…
ScoopNovember 20, 2016
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ScoopOctober 28, 2016
In Part 1 of our History of The Studio As An Instrument, we looked at the earliest pioneers of composing with recorded sound and traced…
ScoopOctober 28, 2016
Chris White shakes his head and laughs when I show him the first photo.Read the full story here.
ScoopOctober 28, 2016
Search engine optimization is important for getting noticed as a band or artist, but as with any optimization project, knowing one's keywords first is absolutely…
ScoopOctober 28, 2016
With the recent massive uptick in vinyl's popularity of late, more and more artists have been working to get their music pressed in this format…
ScoopOctober 28, 2016
St. Lenox is Andy Choi, a New York lawyer and Juilliard-trained concert violinist whose extremely distinct music is equal parts jarring and charming.Read the full…
ScoopOctober 22, 2016
The following blog comes from Mark Meharry, CEO of Music Glue (pictured inset). Music Glue is a direct-to-fan platform which enables artists to sell tickets,…
ScoopOctober 22, 2016
Getting found online and being discoverable by fans is a key part of growing one's fanbase. Here we seek to address how search engine optimization…
ScoopOctober 22, 2016
While I’d recommend the film to anyone who was ever a frequent Tower shopper, I’d say it’s a must-see for anyone who has ever worked…
ScoopOctober 22, 2016
Google's hiring of industry insider Lyor Cohen as YouTube's Global Head of Music is "no grounds for celebration" says musician and activist Maria Schneider in a new…
ScoopOctober 22, 2016