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Headliner.FM and Mike More [Interview]

Headliner.FM and Mike More [Interview]

By Ryan Van Etten on 03/27/2011

3OH!3 singer Sean Foreman performs in California in 2009. 3OH!3 reportedly reached “3.7 million fans via 304 different artists” through Headliner.fm. “Promotion on the social web was broken. We wanted to see if we could make it better.” –Mike More, Headliner.fm co-founder. This interview was a long time coming. Mike More (@mikemore)

Posted in Interviews, Music, Music Flux, News | Tagged 3OH!3, Bill Cromie, business, collaborative promotion, Facebook, fan trading, Headliner.fm, history, internet, Jonas Brothers, Mike More, music startup, MySpace, Nabbr, Nabbr history, promotion, recommendations, Sean Foreman, service, social media, social music, startup story, startups, status updates, syndication, Twitter, viral promotion | 1 Response

BandApp: Your Band, In Their Pocket [Launch]

BandApp: Your Band, In Their Pocket [Launch]

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 | Leave a response

Sound Around: 2 Bros, 1 Mission.

Sound Around: 2 Bros, 1 Mission.

By Ryan Van Etten on 06/22/2010

The story of the new mobile music startup, Sound Around, starts in 2009, in a little place called Raleigh, North Carolina, where brothers Scott and Steve Klein had been brainstorming tech startup ideas. Both were students at NC State, but with opposite majors—nearly yin and yang. Add entrepreneurial DNA, and they’re Pinky and The Brain.

Posted in Apps, Editorial, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux, Narrative, News, Popular | Tagged acquisition, app services, business, development, entrepreneurs, indie, interaction, iPhone, Lauchbox Digital, MobBase, mobile, mobile dev, mobile music, music apps, music startup, NC State, Pinky and The Brain, platform, resources, ReverbNation, service, smartphones, social music, Sound Around, startup story, startups, story-driven, TechStars | 2 Responses

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