Mobile Entertainment has run an interview with Oleg Fomenko, CEO and founder of Bloom.fm. The piece is mainly an introduction to the service and what its intentions are – a […]
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Bandcamp boss: ‘Fans want to support the artists they love’
If you missed it, there’s now another chance to catch our recent interview with Bandcamp CEO Ethan Diamond online. The interview includes the direct-to-fan service’s latest stats: “The big number […]
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Bandcamp’s Ethan Diamond: ‘Fans want to support the artists they love’
When musician Zoe Keating published details of her 2013 earnings in February, most of the media coverage predictably focused on how little she was making from streaming services.
Keating made $38.2k from sales on Apple’s iTunes Store last year, then $25.6k from Bandcamp and $11.6k from Amazon. Her streaming income was much less: $3.3k from Pandora, $1.8k from Spotify and $1.2k from YouTube.
The real story here was more about how much Keating was making on Bandcamp, selling music direct to her fans. It was a reminder that for artists who have worked hard at fostering those relationships, Bandcamp can be a significant source of income.
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Trent Reznor: ‘It costs 10 bucks, or go f*** yourself’
Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor may have been a poster artist for D2C commerce in the past, but it’s fair to say his enthusiasm for the DIY route has waned.
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Nigel Godrich: ‘I’m not a dinosaur. I know what streaming is…’
If Nigel Godrich has “done an awful lot of research” about streaming music in recent weeks, as he tells The Guardian, why does he think Adele doesn’t stream her albums on Spotify?
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Interview: Bloom.fm talks mobile-first personal radio
When it launched in April 2010, mFlow was an intriguing variant on the iTunes music-downloads store template, wrapping a Twitter-like social layer around its service, and rewarding fans with store-credit […]
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Apple CEO Tim Cook gives wide-ranging interview
On-the-record interviews by Apple CEO Tim Cook are as rare as hen’s teeth, so Business Week’s long Q&A is getting plenty of attention today.
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A little something extra…
The greatest ever interview with Snoop Dogg, plus Jim Davidson’s review of the Jubilee music concert.
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Myspace launches One-Two-Watch online video interviews
Myspace has launched a new series of video interviews called One-Two-Watch, which will blend Q&As with previously-unseen footage of emerging artists.
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Myspace launches One-Two-Watch online video interviews
Myspace has launched a new series of video interviews called One-Two-Watch, which will blend Q&As with previously-unseen footage of emerging artists
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Robert Levine on how much online music is worth
Boiling down musician/DJ/label boss Ben Watt’s excellent interview with author Robert Levine into a paragraph is a tough job: the whole thing is worth a proper read.
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Flaming Lips frontman keen on Twitter, not so much on Biophilia
Fierce Mobile Content has an interesting interview with Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, focusing on his views on social media and digital music. He’s a big fan of Twitter. “I like to do things myself. You don’t need to organize a press release. I can say it 100 different ways for three weeks straight, and then it comes from me,” he says.
