Can a free app learn to help you sing better? That’s the goal and promise of the Vanido app: "Learn to sing and improve your ear with Vanido. It’s engaging, fun and free!" _______________________________ Here’s the Vanido pitch: Improve your voice and ear. Practice exercises to improve your breathing, pitch,…
Category archives: Apps & Mobile
SoundCloud Finally Available On Google Chromecast with iOS
Two years after it launched on Android, SoundCloud is now available on Google Chromecast through iOS devices. SoundCloud has enabled shared playback, so multiple users can control what’s playing. SoundCloud has also upgraded both of the mobile apps and the receiver "to provide a consistent and streamlined experience." Related articles…
Emoticast Raises $5 Million As Sean Parker, will.i.am, David Guetta Back Mobile Music Messenger
Emoticast believes it has found the best way make sure that music and music marketing take advantage of the current explosion in mobile messaging. Today, a group of all-star investors showed their belief the company with a $5 million investment in the startup. ___________________________ Mobile music messenger Emoticast has announced…
Apple Puts Another Nail In Snapchat’s Coffin
Aprecently announced a plan to launch the service ‘Clips’ in April. Although an obvious challenger to Snapchat, Clips is different in that, rather than seeking to build a network of its own, it plans to work through the already existing platforms of Snapchat, Instagram and Messenger. _____________________________ Guest post by…
Conceptualizing Music Stories For The Snapchat Generation [Bas Grasmayer]
Whether you’re a user of the service of not, Snapchat, and the app’s design and overall aesthetic, have had a profound impact on the social/tech industry landscape. How this will effect the music industry, however, remains uncertain. _______________________ Guest post by Bas Grasmayer of Music Tech Future Whether you’ve ever…
Apple’s New Clips App Creates Social Videos To Share On Instagram, Facebook, YouTube
Apple usually creates apps and other products that enhance its own product ecosystem. But Clips, announced today, empowers the creation of short creative video clips made to share on outside social networks. Or is Apple creating the tools it needs to launch its own social channel? ______________________________ Apple today announced…
TUE. BRIEF: Apple Adds Video Clips App • Drake Takes Over • Twitter Live Video • MusiComms • More
TUESDAY 3.21.17 Music Business News From Around The Web With the launch of Clips is Apple inching closer to launching its own social network? Updated continuously under our More News tab
Save Hours Marketing Your Music With IFTTT
In this piece, Andrew Apanov explains how the web app IFTTT (If This Then That) can be utilized to assist artists with posting on social media, growing Twitter lists, informing you of new promotional opportunities, and more. ____________________________ Guest post by Andrew Apanov of the ReverbNation Blog Wouldn’t it be…
Who Will Launch A "Snapchat Stories" For Music? [DAVID EMERY]
Here David Emery looks at the launch of content hoster Medium’s new mobile friendly product Series, the Snapchat story of articles, the need for a similar app for music, and where it might emerge. _______________________ Guest post by David Emery of David Emery Online This week online publishing platform Medium…
Spotify Launches #SXSW Fan Hub, Curated Playlists
Spotify has teamed with SXSW to share the festival’s music experience with those unable to travel to Austin. Users can access Spotify SXSW genre-specific curated playlists on the SXSW 2017 hub on Spotify and within the SXSW GO app. For those able to experience live some of the 2,200 artists…