Archive for March, 2009

The Ultimate Funky YouTube Loop Mashup Music Video

Posted by Mike
March 23, 2009

This guy, Kutiman, took loop groove creation to the next level by mashing up a bunch of YouTube clips together.  Funky, funky, funky.  It’s kind of like…consumer generated media-generated media. I wonder where this all falls with regards to licensing, content ownership, clearance, permission…oh, never mind.  Awesome stuff. (via Mashable)

Hey Amazon, CreateSpace is Broken

Posted by Mike
March 11, 2009

I was checking out some of the great comments from folks at Nimbit (Kevin Ebaugh), ReverbNation (Jed Carlson), CD Baby (Tony van veen), and TuneCore (Peter Wells)  in the post 7 Ways to Sell Your Music on iTunes, and happened to notice this Google ad on the page for Amazon’s music service, CreateSpace: “ How [...]

7 Ways to Sell Your Music on iTunes

Posted by Mike
March 9, 2009

PLEASE READ:  Because you demanded it, ALL pricing, UPC/ISRC, and Digital Distribution info below is now up to date as of 3/2/2012! Any musician seriously considering digital distribution is thinking about getting their music on iTunes. iTunes controls between 60-80% of digital music sales, depending on who you ask.  Fortunately, the once impossible task is [...]

Emusic is Giving Away Free Music…Every Day

Posted by Mike
March 1, 2009

eMusic’s benevolence is limited to one free Mp3 a day, but I suppose that’s better than zilch. I may very well plug their “Free Daily Download Widget” into GarageSpin’s sidebar, as long as it doesn’t mess with the site’s template too much. Here’s what it looks like: If one mp3 a day isn’t enough for [...]