Saturday, February 13, 2010

An interesting week for the world of music blogging this week, with Google pulling the plug on a number of longstanding blogs. What will be the response from the writers of said blogs? In other news, we give you lots of tips and hints for now and future in the shape of tools you can use to get yourself out there, and Ditto Music move across the pond to help distribute for artists in the US and Canadian charts.

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 This Week's Music Industry News
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YouTube's traffic data for music questioned
12/02/2010 15:57:20 - Recent hikes in video views for Warner's artist videos on YouTube have caused concern over the actual reported viewing figures.
MusicTank announce upcoming event
12/02/2010 15:43:35 - 'Number 1' With A Bullet: Is Pre Release Killing Our Business? takes place on March 10th 2010, and will cover the pre-release problem the music industry has had, and how it moves forward.
The growing iPhone music games market
12/02/2010 15:31:13 - Tap Tap Revenge CEO talks about the future of iPhone music games, and the openings for bands to get their own songs on them.
10 billion download milestone creeping up for iTunes
12/02/2010 15:23:15 - Apple are getting ready to celebrate 10 billion downloads from their iTunes store.
Music publications continue to face decline
12/02/2010 15:04:54 - The future is not looking too rosy for music magazines as subscriptions continue to fall into decline.
City Showcase to host regular events
12/02/2010 14:52:36 - City Showcase are launching a series of regular events, the first one of which will be held at the Apple store in London on 23rd Feb and the guest of honour is none other than producer Steve Levine.
Google delete popular music blogs
11/02/2010 14:47:22 - In a strange twist of events, Google has alledgedly deleted at least 6 popular music blogs, claiming a violation of copyright laws.
EMI to go digital only to cut costs?
11/02/2010 13:32:25 - EMI look forward to a digital plan to help ease their crippling debts - with no current plans for any major reorganisation or redundancies. Quite how is another matter...
Speakers announced for International Music Summit
11/02/2010 12:40:33 - The first line-up of guest speakers for International Music Summit to be held in May in sunny Ibiza has been revealed. Take a look here...
100 Digital Resources for underground artists in 2010
11/02/2010 12:22:31 - An epic list of the best digital music resources for underground and unsigned musicians in 2010! Get the best out of this list and you'll be certain to be one step ahead of your fellow musicians...
Ditto Music move into US & Canada charts
11/02/2010 12:07:27 - Ditto Music, the digital music distribution specialist for unsigned acts, have launched a ground breaking venture so that independent artists can now qualify for US and Canada Chart placement and claim airplay royalties.
Free streaming services lose all Warner artists
11/02/2010 11:52:34 - Warner Music decides that the free-to stream music model is  "clearly not positive for the industry, focusing their efforts on the full payment model, such as Apple's iTunes service.
Portsmouth festival looks for local bands
07/02/2010 19:13:27 - Butserfest are looking for bands from the Portsmouth area to open the main stage at this year's festival. Read on for details...
What the future holds for music
07/02/2010 19:02:57 - The music world continues to evolve at an amazing rate....and there are exciting developments on the horizon in terms of music formats!
A&R role-playing
07/02/2010 18:53:44 - If you fancy a career in A&R then you could get some practice in via a new Facebook application which allows players to decide whether is it make or break for artists. And a bonus for the artists is that they could make money in reality!
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Event preview: Welsh Music Foundation celebrates 10 years!!
9/8/2010 11:13:12 AM by Matthew Fidler
This weekend the Welsh Music Foundation are celebrating 10 years of supporting music in Wales with a number of free events...
A Saturday Afternoon With Moon Visionaries
9/7/2010 12:03:59 PM by Greg Rowlinson
Find out more about Steve Lamacq's latest hot new band....
Gig of the fortnight: Fish, Chips and Rock N Roll, Bentley, Altrincham, Friday 18th September
9/6/2010 12:45:00 PM by Molly Jones
Designer Magazine is ready to launch their new band night in good old Altrincham...
Q&A: Toby Potter, Manchester Scenewipe
9/3/2010 1:25:30 PM by Molly Jones
Manchester Scenewipe is a great site to check out for the cream of the crop of the city's best emerging talent. Find out what man-behind-the-scenes Toby Potter makes of Manchester's unsigned acts...
Top 5: Unsigned bands in the studio
9/1/2010 12:00:35 PM by Matthew Fidler
Find out which emerging Cardiff bands are creating a stir in the recording studios...
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