INFLUENCING EMERGING MUSIC TECH CULTURE
January 26th 2015
Festival Ticket Sales
Tracking the Hype
How can festivals effectively attribute digital tracks, and how can they use that information to plan marketing campaigns?
Venture Capitalists
16 Trends to Watch
Andreessen Horowitz reveals 16 trends it's closely watching, including Virtual Reality, Crowdfunding and 'Big Data'.
Integrated Music Services
ROCKI Adds Spotify
ROCKI makes a device that turns any speaker into a wireless speaker system, now partnering with Spotify.
Brands x User Content
Creatrs by Tumblr
Tumblr announces advertising platform that curates user artwork and artists to offer brands/advertisers for syndication.
Music Creation x Distribution
Splice's Solution
Production platform moves towards leveling the music creation playing field, and solving serious compatibility issues.
Killing Music Journalism
Rap Genius
Rap Genius is recontextualizing black music for the bourgeois masses and potentially threatening music criticism.
Most Downloaded Apps
Pandora Leads
App Annie data shows that Pandora and Spotify lead the list of music apps bringing in most revenue.