Social media can be a powerful tool in your marketing and relationship building arsenal, however it's important to not see it simply as a magic…
ScoopOctober 9, 2016
Having scoured the internet for the best record shops to follow on Instagram and scrolled ’til our fingers bled in search of the internet’s best…
ScoopOctober 8, 2016
There’s an experiment going on in Apple’s iTunes Store that not many are paying attention to, but it just might prolong the download side of…
ScoopSeptember 29, 2016
Bashing Spotify and YouTube is easy. But T Bone Burnett did much more than that during his keynote address given at AmericanaFest, the Americana Music…
ScoopSeptember 29, 2016
For B2B or ecommerce, people often discover your brand with commercial queries like "dining room lamps" or an informational search like "how to fix a…
ScoopSeptember 29, 2016
You might think there’s not much to YouTube—just find a video you want to watch and press play—but Google’s engineers are adding new hidden features…
ScoopSeptember 29, 2016
While we spend a lot time trying to figure out what it is that successful artists do in order to be so, it is perhaps equally…
ScoopSeptember 29, 2016
Valued at $1.7 billion and with 7 billion monthly global content views, this is a company that has original creative content at the heart of…
ScoopSeptember 3, 2016
The “Facebook pixel” isn’t the kind of pixel you’d find on a display monitor; it’s a short string of code you place on the pages of…
ScoopSeptember 3, 2016
Here a concert attendee recounts his disappointment after visiting the merch table following a concert, only to find their supply of records tragically depleted, and issues a…
ScoopSeptember 3, 2016
To better understand sampling, a practice which has become ever easier with the development of new technologies, an entertainment and media attorney takes a back-to-the-basics…
ScoopSeptember 3, 2016
Even Adele can't save the legacy music industry... Old music is outselling new music for the first time ever, according to Nielsen. Some of its…
ScoopSeptember 3, 2016
While young musicians unquestionably have a lot of talent and inspiration to bring the table, a lack of knowledge about the realities of an industry as…
ScoopSeptember 3, 2016
With over 300 million active users, Instagram has become an incredibly important tool for self-promoting artists. In this article we examine how bands and musicians…
ScoopSeptember 3, 2016
I love social media as much as the next marketer, it can be an amazing medium for creating brand awareness, spreading content, and creating conversation. But social…
ScoopSeptember 3, 2016
Dennis Cooper's blog, which he started in 2002, was suddenly removed without warning from Google's blogging service Blogger and now he is considering suing the…
ScoopJuly 16, 2016
Iceberg Dead Ahead...... Oh it's not that bad if you want to see what your Aunt Bessie had for lunch. However, if you've been banking…
ScoopJuly 2, 2016
In their many (justified) laments about the trajectory of their profession in the digital age, songwriters and musicians regularly assert that music has been “devalued.”…
ScoopJuly 1, 2016
Technology and business people are obsessed with data. They’re obsessed with tools that can analyze, spit out reports, and create infographics. And now they want…
ScoopJuly 1, 2016
Sampling is often demonized within the music industry, with many feeling that the practice is a form of theft. This perception may be unfair however…
ScoopJuly 1, 2016
If you subscribe to a subscription music service such as Spotify or Apple Music you probably pay $10 a month. And if you are like…
ScoopJune 30, 2016
Sixx:A.M have hit back at YouTube’s statement declaring co-operation with the artist community, accusing the platform of inaction in the past and demanding a response from…
ScoopJune 29, 2016
For some time, independent record labels have expressed concern about Vinyl hype and the very real problems caused by the production bottleneck.Read the full story…
ScoopJune 29, 2016
Even though you might say; "Well the Lumineeers are a big band. Sure this worked for them, but we are a really small band and…
ScoopJune 29, 2016
Twelve months of Apple Music have brought the service 15 million paid subscribers and, for its architects, a sense of optimistic, if slightly cautious, calm.Read…
ScoopJune 15, 2016
You may not like Nikki Sixx as much as we do around the Milkshake offices, but you should. I say forget about the music (if…
ScoopJune 13, 2016
We've said it before and we'll say it again. Don't trust robots. They are dastardly entities. I'm sure this post will be used in my…
ScoopJune 7, 2016
And we wish him all the luck in the world! Spotify has hired major artist manager Troy Carter as Global Head of Creator Services –…
ScoopJune 7, 2016
In an industry that is a slow to adopt to tech as is possible, this article is not surprising. But we're not sure it's all…
ScoopJune 5, 2016