Social Media, Go-Givers and Sharing Music

March 25th, 2010

I was reading Ben Parr’s article, “HOW TO: Use Social Media for Sharing Music”
http://mashable.com/2009/04/18/social-sharing-music/
and I was reminded of the Bob Burg & John David Mann book, Go-Givers, notably, the authors encouraging advice that “giving is the most fulfilling and effective path to success.” In his article, Ben talks about listening becoming a “richer and more [...]

Filled Under: Marketing

Music Websites Online With New Royalty Deal

July 8th, 2009

The backs of business models supporting online music sites like Pandora and AccuRadio were able to straighten up as royalty payments to SoundExchange were agreed upon by artists and labels after 2-years of dark cloud debate. There’s still the 30-day period during which webcasters can opt-to-adopt the new deal or either resort to the Copyright [...]

Filled Under: Pandora's Box

Pandora’s Box

July 7th, 2009

Portions of the map Pandora has been using to construct its vision of becoming a truly global provider somehow got torn off as its service became quiet outside the U.S. borders. In reaction to the silence, listeners have sought connectivity through Fine Tune, Groove Shark and Last.fm while others are using TOR-toise/Foxy Proxy, accepting its [...]

Filled Under: Pandora's Box