By Ryan Van Etten on 01/08/2012
You may know that in the A-side of 2011 I had the chance to do the web design for a project of massive value to musicians: the web version of Bas Grasmayer‘s thesis about marketing music through non-linear communication. He studies progress in music business since the MP3 and develops the ecosytem model for marketing [...]
Posted in Music, Music Flux, News, Visual | Tagged artist-fan relationship, Bas Grasmayer, Bas thesis, CwF (connect with fans), Deadmau5, direct-to-fan, Ecosystem Model, free culture, graphics, Internet Generation, Kevin Kelly, marketing, music discovery, MusicBiz, Non-linear communication, poster, research, social music, tribes, web design |
By Ryan Van Etten on 04/18/2011
“In the corresponding rush to give today’s music fans what they want when they want it, the lines between stakeholders have become increasingly blurred. Even with business models evolving though, effective tools for music discovery, distribution, promotion, and curation remain an absolute necessity.” –Greg Nisbet Canadian Music Week 2011′s Mediazoic Panel about “how different parts [...]
Posted in Music, Music Flux | Tagged access vs. ownership, Alan Cross, artist-fan relationship, business, business model, Canadian music, change, CMW (Canadian Music Week), CMW 2011, content, context, curating music, data, digital valets, Greg Nisbet, Jake Gold, Jeremy Fisher, legal vs. illegal, Mediazoic, micropayments, monetization, music discovery, music industry, music value, MusicBiz, radio, Spotify, streaming, Terry McBride, tribes, video |
By Ryan Van Etten on 04/13/2011
Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson performs in 2005. – Photo: Andrew Kendall. “If you haven’t got a scene you’ve gotta’ set your own scene” said Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson at 31:40 and “keep your ears peeled” for song ideas said drummer Nick Hodgson at 51:00 during their interview below with Steve Lamacq on BBC [...]
Posted in Discussion, Interviews, Music, Music Flux | Tagged Andrew Kendall, BBC Music, British music scene, history, indie rock, Kaiser Chiefs, music industry, MusicBiz, Nick Hodgson, photos, post-punk revival, Ricky Wilson, rock/pop, Steve Lamacq, tips, UK, video |
By Ryan Van Etten on 01/27/2011
Get the app…Get on bits…Cover it…Check the remix. Cut the intro…Launch campaigns…Connect with fans…WTF is SoundExchange? These were the war cries of musicians in 2010. Get On Bits. Digital is the bomb. When I say ‘get on bits’ I mean get digital. Get on YouTube. Get on Facebook. Get indexed. Become bits. Bits outlive memories. [...]
Posted in Apps, Editorial, Music, Music Flux, News, Popular | Tagged 2010 year in review, 2010-2011 blizzard series, Aderra, Android, arts, Austin Powers, Bandsintown, brain, brain activity, Chris Anderson, cover songs, creativity, crowdsourcing, culture, Dance, dance moves, emotion, engagement, engaging the senses, exfm, Facebook, Facebook growth, fluorescent colors, free, free culture, get on bits, human nature, Ian Rogers, Indaba Music, industry news, influencers, innovation, internet, internet art, Internet Generation, iPhone, Jon Chu, Kyle Bylin, legacy, Live Music Machine, living it, Martin Atkins, mobile, mobile music, mobility, music APIs, music discovery, music industry, MusicBiz, Oli Sykes, Pablo Picasso, predictions, quote, quotes, radio, sensory overload, social media, social music, SoundCloud, SoundCloud API, Spotify, stats, Steve Klein, The Chemical Brothers, The Echo Nest, The Echo Nest API, touchscreens, trends, Vans Warped Tour 2010, Vevo, Vevo growth, viral promotion, Wired, year in review, YouTube |
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/30/2010
The median price point on RocketHub…and other crowdfunding platforms for that matter…is 20 bucks. … Make your $20 price point really jump off the shelf. –Brian Meece, RocketHub co-founder. Crowdfunding website RocketHub was launched in January 2010 by three musicians/entrepreneurs—Brian Meece, Vladimir Vukicevic, and Jed Cohen. (tonic.com) Meece was speaking above in his August 2010 [...]
Posted in Discussion, Interviews, Music, Music Flux, News | Tagged 2010-2011 blizzard series, Apple, Brian Meece, business, CDBaby, chart, comparison, creative projects, crowdfunding, crowdfunding campaigns, crowdsourcing, DIY, DIY Musician Podcast, fan funding, interview, ipod, iPod comparison, Jed Cohen, market research, marketing, money, music math, music startup, MusicBiz, package deals, price points, price variation, pricing, quote, RocketHub, Shamal Ranasinghe, startups, stats, Topspin, transcription, Vladimir Vukicevic |
By Ryan Van Etten on 11/23/2010
On February 14–16, 2011 the New Music Seminar hits Los Angeles’ Sheraton Universal, The Music Box at Henry Fonda Theater, and The Roxy Theatre. Use promo code NMSLAB2399 for the 2-for-1 partner discount on the registration page. The five panels are The Music Business Isn’t Over It’s Just Beginning, A&R in the New Music Business, Touring in the NEW Music Business, The Creative Quartet, and The Breaks.
Posted in Events, Music, News | Tagged conference, Los Angeles, music industry, MusicBiz, New Music Seminar, NMS LA 2011, promo code, Sheraton Universal, The Music Box at Henry Fonda Theater, The Roxy Theatre |
