A new way of doing things in the startup world is being copied in academia and beyond. The “hackathon” is a method for making an…
MIDEM, the music industry conference held in France that is owned by communications company Reed MIDEM, targets the creativity and synergy of musicians, music entrepreneurs,…
Information is changing the music industry; not only in the ways we consume and discover music, but as well in the ways companies are arming…
SoundCloud is one of the leading sources of audio sharing on the net, with 250 million active monthly users up from just ten million two…
Crowdfunding is surpassing record label funding in the modern artist’s lexicon and is now used for tours and recordings, album art, and music videos. For…
Over the last fifteen years, since the advent of the worldwide web, there has been a revolution in the world of finance. More money is…
Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” was the first single by an unknown artist to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number one. Here we examine how…
It is surprising that, to date, most of the conversation around the music licensing challenges faced by new music services has centered on cost rather…
In 1997, the British band Marillon was able to raise $60,000 to finance their US tour through an Internet campaign. Since then, funding music projects…