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Is Your Music In An Art Gallery Or At Ikea?
Apr 16The way art is viewed depends on the perceived value and context. On Music Think Tank, David Dufresne talks about how you can compare your music to art in either a gallery or at Ikea. People perceive art displayed in a fancy art gallery as more valuable than when art is displayed at Ikea. Music is the same way except its value comes from fans’ emotional engagement to a song, your story, branding, great live experiences, and more. So, is your music in an art gallery or at...
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Rdio Engineering VP Andy Crush Calls For Universal Music Apps [INTERVIEW]
Apr 16Guest post by Andy Cush of Evolver.fm. Spotify has received a lt of attention for its app platform, and rightfully so. Rdio also has an app platform, offering access to the same songs, more or less. Evolver.fm caught up with Rdio vice president of engineering Todd Berman to discuss the one-year anniversary of Rdio’s developer API; the service’s approach to third-party apps; and his belief that Rdio, Spotify, Rhapsody, and MOG need to start thinking like partners if they want to see...
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Watch Real Estate's Coachella Set
Apr 16Photo by Natalie Kardos Real Estate played Coachella yesterday afternoon, with the New Jersey band performing every song from their 2011 album Days (bar "Three Blocks") and "Fake Blues" from their debut album. Watch their set in full below, and follow all of our Coachella coverage here.
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New Rockstar Philosophy SXSW 2012 Photos & Video
Apr 16Roughly a month ago we were in the thick of SXSW 2012. It was a great time as always and we’ve already started preparing for next year. But in case you missed here are some of our photos and a quick video recap from some of the happenings in Austin. For more photos head to our Facebook page. Music Consciousness Voyno
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Kiss School of Marketing: An Interview with Michael Brandvold
Apr 16Michael Brandvold and I discuss his new, free eBook: The Kiss School of Marketing. The focus of our conversation is around the importance of branding for bands. Branding, even though I know it is important, isn’t my specialty. But, I see its power with other bands making themselves a marketing powerhouse. Kiss is one of those bands who can put their name on anything and have it sell. You may think your band is too pure for something like this. That’s cool. The rest of us will figure it out...
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Watch The Weeknd's Entire Coachella Set
Apr 16The Weeknd made their first ever appearance at Coachella yesterday, performing songs from their three albums, House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence. "The Weeknd just proved something to the world... #coachella #takeover", they tweeted afterwards. As well as watching video of the performance below, you can also download the full audio over at the Weeknd's website. Follow all of our Coachella coverage here, and check out the rest of the Weeknd's tour dates below: they headline the...
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Making Your Fans Part of the Process
Apr 16One of my favorite books, Blue Like Jazz, was turned into a movie and released last weekend in theaters all over the country. Go see it! The story behind the making of Blue Like Jazz is a familiar one at this point… movie has no funding movie gets funding funders back out production of movie is cancelled two guys who love this book and want to see the movie happen, decide to create a Kickstarter campaign. kickstarter campaign has a goal of reach $125,000, but instead reaches $345,992 in 30...
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Download Major Lazer's Collaboration With Amber Coffman of Dirty Projectors: "Get Free"
Apr 16Diplo and Switch's Major Lazer project enlisted Dirty Projectors' Amber Coffman to sing the new track "Get Free". Download the track, plus a Bonde Do Role remix, in exchange for an email here. Below, check out Major Lazer's upcoming tour schedule, as well as a trailer for the tour featuring a preview of "Get Free".
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Listen to Death Grips' New Album The Money Store
Apr 15Death Grips' album The Money Store is out April 24 via Epic. Now, the band is streaming the whole thing on SoundCloud. Check it out here. The band also played Coachella on Friday. Watch video of "Lord of the Game" from Exmilitary below and follow all of our Coachella coverage here.
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Watch A$AP Rocky's Entire Coachella Set
Apr 15A$AP Rocky / Theophilus London: "Big Spender" Last night, A$AP Rocky performed at Coachella, and midway through his set, lots of drugs were thrown on stage. Watch the full performance below. Also, Rocky and Theophilus London just released the Peggy Lee sampling "Big Spender", which you can check out above.
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