Projecting Trends: The On-Demand Economy In Music

How has the rapid onset of an on-demand music economy affected the music industry? Here Bas Grasmayer digs into how several innovative new startups in the music industry are working to capitalize on this latest trend in consumer behavior. _________________________ Guest Post by Bas Grasmayer on Synchblog One of the…

Women In Music Sync: Inside Manners McDade

[UPDATED] In this installment of the ‘Women in Sync’ series, the good folks at Synchblog sat down with the all-female Manners McDade sync team about the work they do and how the organization came into existence. __________________________ Guest Post from Synchblog For the first installment of our ‘Women in Sync’…

Project Music Names Next Accelerator Class, New Investors

Music tech accelerator Project Music has named its next class. In its third year, the Nashville based 16 week program filled four slots from 120 global applicants. _____________________________ The Nashville Entrepreneur Center and Country Music Association’s Project Music 2017 Accelerator has named for early stage startups to its 2018 class….

Netflix Not Worried About Death Of Net Neutrality, But Startups Should Be Terrified

With Trump’s team of telecom advisors having made clear their intentions to dismantle net neutrality, startups and smaller companies that lack the lobbying muscle of companies like Netflix are in a state of panic. _________________________ Guest post by Karl Bode from Techdirt With Trump’s telecom advisors and the remaining FCC…

Not All Art And Music Are Scalable and Not All Businesses Should [Maggie Vail]

Here Maggie Vail shares with readers a version of her talk on the importance of understanding business models and determining how and where to grow an online business and community, particular with relation to the music industry. _________________________ Guest Post by Maggie Vail on CASH Music The following is a…

Investors Are Poised To Disrupt Music Funding [Antony Bruno]

As interest begins to grow among private investors, it looks as though music funding will be the next aspect of the music industry to experience disruption, as cash-strapped artists are forced to seek an alternative to labels. _________________________ Guest post by Antony Bruno of Royalty Exchange Contrary to popular belief,…