Kickstarter and services like PledgeMusic and Indiegogo offer a revolutionary funding alternative for musicians. But having a Kickstarter campaign does not automatically mean that the music or idea are good, as the funny folks behind IFC's Porlandia remind us:
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In fashion, London, New York and Paris are generally considered the leaders that everyone else follows. Two researchers, Conrad Lee and Pádraig Cunningham at the Clique Research Cluster in Ireland, set out to show that data can show which cities play a similar role for music.
Last.fm publishes lists of plays by location, so this pair studied Last.fm data for 200 cities globally fromas far back as 2003 - 60 billion pieces of data.
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You’ve probably seen all those Internet memes and animated .gif’s floating around online. There are so many trends and viral content out there on the Internet so...Why not make the most of it and create interesting content to engage your fans? On Music Think Tank, Simon Tam blogs about Internet trends and how to put your own spin on them to create fun, engaging content.
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Death Grips is a very intense band that has a rough approach to marketing that fits their music though, arguably, it's all just their art and some of it can be used as you would promo material. Their newest album, The Money Store, comes out April 24th on Epic Records and I have no idea what they're doing on Epic. Their uncompromising approach to music is pretty rare and the promo materials they've been putting out are totally unlike anything I would expect from an act that's about to release their first album on a label owned by ...
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