While major social networks are typically seen as the best option for funneling fans to you online, smaller more targeting platforms can in many ways yield greater success when it comes to bringing fans and artists closer together. _______________________ In this latest post on MusicThinkTank, Kevin Brown explores direct artist…
Category archives: Apps & Mobile
Google Services: Your Band’s Best Friend
Free and available to everyone, Google services are fantastic resources for running your band’s business. Here we look at thirteen of these services and how the can be used to help your band’s career. _________________________ Guest post from the Legit Musician One of your band’s best friends should be Google…
Spotify To Announce Major Mobile Updates Next Week
Spotify will reveal major changes to its mobile app next week, alongside other announcements to be shared by key executives, according to a new press event invitation that surfaced yesterday. Spotify’s Tuesday press event will also feature chief R&D officer Gustav Söderström, VP of Product Development Babar Zafar, and Troy…
Gigroad: Airbnb For Booking Shows
Mark Mckelvie from Gigroad joins co-hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly podcast. Gigroad is like an Airbnb for concerts, connecting artists with fans and places to play. Venues on Gigroad may be professional, but they may also be just about anywhere, which enables artists and…
Top iOS Apps For Songwriters, Music Makers
With many in the music industry using tech advancements to help them in their creative process, a variety of smartphone apps have become more and more popular with bands ands. That said, their abundance has made choosing the right one daunting. Here we look we look at the top ten…
What Smart Speakers Mean For Music, The Music Industry [Stuart Dredge]
Stuart Dredge explores how the new hardware category of the smart speakers is transforming the music landscape and what the technology’s rise could mean for the future of music and the music industry. _______________________________ Guest post by Stuart Dredge of Music Ally, originally appearing on Medium. Join Stuart and Music…
Apple Music App Upgrade Puts Video In Spotlite
Music videos have been a part of Apple Music ever since it launched. But the new version of the streamer’s app is putting music video front and center as part of a promised upgrade within Apple’s new iOS 11.3. ___________________________ A new update to the Apple Music app uses the…
TrumpMasterFlex: AI Turns Trump’s Tweets Into Playlists
TrumpMasterFlex attempts the impossible – making sense of Donald Trump’s tweets. The app uses advanced AI technology Synthetic to analyze his tweets and pair them with a song of matching sentiment, and the results are both amusing and frightening. The recent Trump tweet: “Received message last night from XI JINPING…
Spotify Says 2 Million Used Hacked Apps To Block Ads
Spotify says that 2 million users of its free ad-supported music service have used hacked apps to block ads in the last few months. The revelation came in a Friday morning SEC filing that also included lower user and total hours streamed counts than it previously reported. _______________________________________ In a…
Playlist Sharing Startup Cymbal Joins Deadpool
Music tech startup Cymbal is shutting down. Cymbal, which offered an app that enabled users to create playlists and share them, emailed users that it would be stopping service on June 1st. Founded in 2015, Cymbal took in just $250,000 in seed funding, but it was unclear from launch how…