10 Ways To Promote A Music Video When View Count Doesn’t Budge

Investing an exceptional music video is hardly any good if no one sees it. In this article we look at ten different ways in which artists can work to promote the popularity of the music video when the view counts begin to slow to a trickle. ____________________________________ Guest Post by…

Aphex Twin Hires 12 Year Old Unknown YouTuber To Produce First Music Video In 17 Years [WATCH]

Apex Twin has not released a video since 1999’s "Windowlocker." That changed when AT’s Richard D. James stumbled across Ryan Wyer’s YouTube channel. With less than 900 subscribers, the 12 year old’s YouTube presence is far from overwhelming. But James liked what he saw and commissioned him to do a…

Livestreaming for Direct-to-Fan, Beyond Periscope and Facebook Live

It can be difficult to keep pace with the internet… new platforms and features enter our daily lives so quickly that it can be easy to forget that we ever lived without them. Soon, the days before you could “go live” on Facebook, for example, may seem as distant a…

5 Must-Haves For Making A Budget Music Video

Even if you’re filming a music video on a shoe-string budget, there are certain things you still need to invest time and money in, particularly if you want your DIY video to have the trappings of a professionally done project. ________________________ Guest Post by Stormy Strong on Haulix Daily The…

10 Years of BalconyTV, 10 Celebratory Facts

In recognition of indie favorite BalconyTV’s ten year anniversary, its founder Stephen O’Regan offers us ten facts about how the daily online music show works and where it stands today. ______________________________ By Stephen O’Regan, Co-Founder, BalconyTV on The Orchard’s The Daily Rind It’s BalconyTV‘s 10th anniversary. As the one who…

DMCA Shields Vimeo From Record Label Lawsuits, Rules Appeals Court

The US Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit has overturned parts of a District Court’s ruling which were in favor of the record companies in the important DMCA case Capitol Records vs. Vimeo. _________________________________________ In a major victory for Internet service providers, the Second Circuit on Thursday rejected claims…

UPDATE: Apple’s Trent Reznor Says YouTube Was ‘Built On Backs Of Free Stolen Content,’ Google Responds

UPDATE: Apple execs usually prefer to extol the virtues if their products rather than criticize competitors. But Nine Inch Nails front man and Apple Music product design exec Trent Reznor took the low road when asked about Google’s You Tube. Now Google has responded. ____________________________________________ In a Billboard interview, Apple…

Nikki Sixx, Sixx:A.M Ratchet Up YouTube Battle, Calls Out Google CEO [Full Text Of Sixx’s Letter To Larry Page]

Motley Crue and Sixx:A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx has been very vocal with his demand that YouTube pay musicians better. Now he’s taken the battle directly to Larry Page, the CEO of YouTube owner Google. In an open letter, Sixx says, "No action has been taken, meetings have been postponed, emails…