By Ryan Van Etten on 02/21/2011
Tom Silverman has made his entire career in the music industry. Circa the early 80s he founded Dance Music Report, the New Music Seminar (NMS) and Tommy Boy Records, now Tommy Boy Entertainment, whose roster includes hip hop staples De La Soul, Naughty by Nature, House of Pain, and more. [...]
Posted in Discussion, Interviews, Music, Music Flux | Tagged advertising, Afrika Bambaataa, album sales, albums vs. singles, arts, change, complete my album, culture, De La Soul, digital, Facebook, hip hop, history, hobbyists, innovation, iTunes, mp3 sales, music industry, music value, New Music Seminar, NMS LA 2011, Pablo Picasso, podcast, Tom Silverman, Tommy Boy Records |
By Ryan Van Etten on 02/03/2011
If you’re color blind then this is going to hurt. Based on estimated traffic data from Compete, this visualization depicts web-based music consumption in the U.S. in 2010. Included are sites where music is streamed or downloaded. YouTube, SoundCloud, OurStage, Bandcamp, Grooveshark, ReverbNation, and Vevo all saw notable change in 2010.
Posted in Editorial, Music, Music Flux, News, Popular, Visual | Tagged 2010 year in review, 2010-2011 blizzard series, 8tracks, band websites, bandcamp, Beatport, big media, blip.fm, CDBaby, comparison, consumption, deezer, downloads, Eminem, emusic, Grooveshark, heat map, Hype Machine, iLike, Indaba Music, infographic, iTunes, jamendo, Justin Bieber, last.fm, MOG, most popular apps, music discovery, music industry, music on demand, Napster, NIN, NPR, ourstage, pandora, Pirate Bay, Pitchfork, project playlist, PureVolume, ReverbNation, Rhapsody, Rolling Stone, SHOUTcast, Slacker Radio, songza, SoundCloud, Spotify, stats, streaming, Sysomos, Taylor Swift, Thumbplay Music, trivia, Vevo, visualization, We Are Hunted, we7, YouTube |
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/30/2010
The end of the year is rolling in…the current most popular iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch apps in the iTunes App Store are below—one grid is the top free apps and one is the top paid apps. So…who’s using them? C’mon tell us which apps you just can’t live without! (Data is based on the iTunes App Store in the U.S. in late December, 2010.)
Posted in Apps, iPad Apps, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux, News, Visual | Tagged 2010 year in review, 2010-2011 blizzard series, app stores, Apple, best of, best of 2010, Drum Kit, Glee Karaoke, I Am T-Pain, iheart radio, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTunes, LaDiDa, list, mobile, mobile music, most popular apps, music apps, MusicID with Lyrics, Ocarina, pandora, PocketGuitar, radio apps, Rhapsody, ringtone apps, Ringtone Designer, ringtones, Shazam, soundhound, stats, top 10, top list, TuneIn Radio, Ultimate Guitar Tabs, Virtuoso Piano, year in review |
![Best Xmas Gifts For Musicians [Poll] Get On Bits](http://img.virtualmusic.tv/thumbs/kodak-zi8-mini.png)
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/23/2010
Anyone who’s already finished their Xmas shopping is an overachiever! Okay so I obviously “planned” to write this post a little earlier. I even planned to write it last year. ;) Giving gifts can be really hard, but if you really know someone, it’s much easier. Everyone is different. POLL. Extra: Get it on tape—not literally. Get it on bits.
Posted in Discussion, Editorial, iPhone Apps, Music, Randomness | Tagged alcohol, Apple, bandzoogle, bits, books, cloud, fun, get on bits, gift ideas, Grooveshark, holidays, humor, Indaba Music, iPad, iPhone, ipod, iPod Touch, iTunes, Kodak, last-minute, list, MOG, musicians, Next Big Sound, poll, products, promotion, Rework, Rhapsody, services, software, SoundCloud, streaming, xmas, xmas gifts for musicians, YouTube, Zi6, Zi8 |
![BandApp: Your Band, In Their Pocket [Launch]](http://img.virtualmusic.tv/logo/bandapp_150.png)
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/09/2010
UK startup BandApp is hell-bent on becoming the indie mobile replacement for MySpace and record labels. Similar in concept to Sound Around (now part of ReverbNation) or MobBase, BandApp’s monthly service gives musicians a platform to create and manage their own iPhone apps. But BandApp is taking a different approach in that they’re sidelining the [...]
Posted in Apps, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux, News | Tagged A (band), Adam Perry (The Yin), app services, app stores, bandapp, Daniel Carter, DIY, indie, industry news, interaction, iPhone, iTunes, launch, mobile, mobile music, music startup, shareability, social media, social music, startup story, startups, The Blackout, The Bloodhound Gang, unsigned bands, video, We Are The Ocean, Zebrahead |
By Ryan Van Etten on 07/27/2010
Mr. Owl, How many clicks does it take to get to the rock n’ roll center of a retail mp3? Let’s find out. A One… A two-HOO…too many! Mr. Owl just BitTorrented right in because it was easier than buying it on iTunes. It took less clicks. It took less clicks. Are you testing your fans’ user experience?
Posted in Design, Music, Music Flux | Tagged Ariel Hyatt, clicks to content, consumers, consumption, content, digital sharing, Disc Makers, Eric Garland, fans, free, Futurehit.DNA, Google, iTunes, Jay Frank, Mr. Owl, New Music Seminar, NMS NYC 2010, OneBox, P2P, package deals, ripping and burning, strategy, streaming, tips, Tom Silverman, Tony Van Veen, UX, What I Learned at NMS10 |
