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    • — 23 Apr, 2014

    What Three Startup Founders Learned About Industry Networking On Their First Trip To SXSW Music

    When I interviewed two of ToneDen’s co-founders back in February, they told me they were planning a trip to SXSW to broaden their music industry contacts. So I decided we should touch base afterwards and find out what they learned on their first music industry networking excursion beyond the Bay Area. We finally got the chance to do that last week and to also chat a bit about their new customizable SoundCloud player. I previously described ToneDen as an About.me for music. But they actually started out with quite a bit more including a single page site designed for fans,…

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    • in Music
    • — 23 Apr, 2014

    When Reaching The Youth Goes Wrong: B-Classic Gets Cheeky

    A variety of classical music groups are trying to reach new audiences these days. I’ve written about some of them (see links below) but until B-Classic came out with its K-Pop choreography music video featuring the music of Dvorak, I had yet to see an approach that truly missed the mark. I could be totally wrong but it seems unlikely that watching attractive Korean women in shorts moving their hips side to side will attract young people to concerts where they’ll actually focus on the music. B-Classic is a Belgian classical music festival that’s trying to leverage “the power of…

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    • in Music
    • — 23 Apr, 2014

    Why The Wu-Tang Fan Kickstarter Trying To Raise $5 Million Is Already A FAIL

    The attempt to raise $5 million on Kickstarter to buy Wu-Tang’s upcoming single copy release seems like a positive move based on what the creators told a media outlet. But the campaign has numerous flaws that suggest it’s unlikely to reach its stated goals of raising the money and of purchasing the album. And, if they did, there are other problems they would encounter. For example, buying an album doesn’t give you the right to freely redistribute it. The Intentions Seem Positive Before I go through my list of obvious flaws with this campaign, let me say that if the…

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    • in Music
    • — 23 Apr, 2014

    Hypebot Is Back Online !

    After almost a week of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on our blog platform provider Typepad, Hypebot.com is back online and publishing a backlog of great posts. Please help us spread the word that Hypebot is back online!

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    • in Music
    • — 23 Apr, 2014

    Will Interactive, Hands-Free Audio Ads Fund The “Internet Radio Revolution”?

    A new BIAKelsey report is out titled “The Internet Radio Revolution Has Arrived.” It was sponsored by XAPPmedia whose XAPP Ads are designed for voice interaction so that mobile listeners on the move can still engage. The report itself is a nice overview of the business of internet radio. With increasing user uptake advertisers are expected to follow. Given that more and more music is supported by advertising, this next stage is crucial not only to radio but to the near-term and possibly long-term sustainability of the music industry. In Jacobs Media’s recent Techsurvey10 report one of the points raised…

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