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iLike the iPhone
iLike, the “leading social music discovery service, has just announced an upgrade to their iPhone application. You will now receive updates on when your favorite artists are touring in your city. Not only that, the app will use the GPS ability of the iPhone to give you directions to the venue. You can then share [...]
New Role for Record Labels
Two rappers are providing a glimpse into the changing landscape of the role of the record labels. In the past, record labels would try to find bands that were just on the verge of breaking and making it big. They would bankroll the album and provide initial funds for touring. Now, it seems that labels [...]
Text Messages per Month
Nielsen just released data to say that the average teenager sends 2,272 text messages per month. That’s almost 80 a day. That’s a lot. What does this mean to musicians? One big insight here is that this shows us the way that teenagers are communicating. Phone calls and messages are decreasing. It takes too long. [...]
Twitter Traffic
Unique views to the Twitter website went from 19 million in March to 32 million in April. That’s amazing. It’s also a 68% increase over one month. We’re talking big numbers here. The obvious implication is that Twitter is hot. If you are an artist and are not on Twitter, get on it now. And [...]
Phone?
Dave Ulmer, senior director of Entertainment Products at Motorola, recently made this comment regarding phones: “Phones are not going to be phones two or three years down the road. It’s becoming that device you thought about while watching the Jetsons – this personal communicator that is always connected, always on, always talking and gathering information. [...]
Twitterpated
Seems like I hear something new every day about Twitter, so I thought I’d blog about it. I just signed up a few weeks ago and have been pretty amazed. For those unfamiliar, Twitter allows you to send quick updates on your life (at the gym, just got in a wreck, in love, etc) and [...]
The $99 Music Video
Here is a challenge for all musicians. The website www.99dollarmusicvideos.com puts forth the opportunity to create a music video in one day, on a $99 budget, use a second day for editing, and then submit it to the site to be viewed around the world. This is yet another easy tool for musicians to use. [...]
Artist Communication
Kanye West was recently described as one of the industry’s best communicators in terms of connecting with fans. At the recent MidemNet conference in Cannes, Billboard moderated a panel discussion that highlighted ways artists could connect with their fan base. Kanye was referenced as an example of an artist actively adding content, especially with his [...]
