All Entries Tagged With: "Sellaband.com"
The Fan Funded Fantastic Fantasy
TMV are happy to introduce Josh Saunders, Mobile Producer for BBC World Service Trust. Prior to his role at the BBC, Josh worked in new media in the music business, holding positions at EMI Music UK and V2. Today Josh drills down on new fan-funded upstart Musicslu and analyses the pros and cons of this [...]
Are fan-funded models the future of the recorded music business?
Does last weeks announcement of another fan funded music business model called bandstocks, reinforce the feeling that artists are beginning to loose their attraction of having record labels release their music? 2006 saw the first real roll-out of fan funded model sellaband.com. Since then sellaband has gone on to have 23 artists reach the $50,000 [...]
TMV Video Interview: Pim Betist, Founder – Sellaband.com
TMV interviews Pim Betist, founder of Sellaband.com, a site that co-ordinates fan-funded recordings for artists and arranges incentives in return for the fans’ support. Pim set up Sellaband.com in 2006 because he was tired of new bands all sounding the same. He wanted variety and to give new and unique artists a chance to record [...]
What do brands offer that traditional record labels do not?
< ?php the_excerpt(); [For a start according to Jermaine Dupri head honcho at Island Def Jam Music Group nobody in the music business has the marketing budget he does. Why? Because Procter and Gamble have set up a joint venture called Tag Records (named after its brand of body spray) with the label. In Jermaine’s own words he has “…never seen anyone wanting to devote this much money to breaking new artists”.] ?>
London Calling Day 2 June 20th Report
The Music Void managed to make three panels today as well as video interview six senior industry executives. The first panel was focused on examining the new business models evolving in the fast moving digital realm. The second was titled “off the Virtual Shelf” and provided views from digital retailers. The third and final panel provided both a major and indie label view of the pros and con’s of 360-degree deals. Finally we also managed to secure a last minute video interview with Angel Gambino the Ex Global VP of Music at Bebo, so keep your ears to the ground for when that will be posted on the blog.
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- Nuance Unveils Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 11, Simply Smarter Speech Recognition July 29, 2010
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- StrongMail Acquires Marketing Services Firms and Creates Email and Social CRM Agency Powerhouse "ThreadMarketing" July 28, 2010
Apple’s iTunes Store gave labels much-needed succour after its launch in 2003, slowing down big losses by replicating physical’s per-track purchase paradigm in digital. But now, even after many such services have abandoned copy locks, growth in downloads has largely flatlined, or even worse. The new promised land lays in...
