Eager to be at the forefront of popularizing innovative new tech, Google recently announced their new high-quality virtual reality platform known as "Daydream," set to be released this fall, a platform for which YouTube also plans on creating a dedicated app. _____________________________________ Guest Post by Nathan Day: Account Manager, Video…
Category archives: Apps & Mobile
Livestreaming for Direct-to-Fan, Beyond Periscope and Facebook Live
It can be difficult to keep pace with the internet… new platforms and features enter our daily lives so quickly that it can be easy to forget that we ever lived without them. Soon, the days before you could “go live” on Facebook, for example, may seem as distant a…
Why Did Twitter Invest In SoundCloud?
After previously walking away from a SoundCloud acquisition deal at the last minute, Twitter recently invested 70 million in the company, and although such an investment is likely good for SoundCloud, it’s a little harder to tell how the exchange benefits Twitter. _________________________________ Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music…
Pare Booking App Simplifies The Show Booking Process
In this piece we look at Pare, a new app for touring artists designed to streamline and simplify the hitherto complex, tedious, time-consuming process of booking shows. Here we hear from Brandon Breitenbach, the app’s founder. _________________________ Guest Post by Chandler Coyle on NoiseTrade This blog post was written by…
Josh Simons On Vampr, New Collaboration App For Musicians [INTERVIEW]
In this piece Josh Simons discusses his new iOS app, Vampr, built with the intent of helping musicians connect with like-minded collaborators, delving into how the app functions and how its users can use it most effectively within their musical community. ______________________________ Guest Post by Kevin Cornell on the TuneCore…
Reaction To Apple Music’s "From The Ground Up" Makeover
It will be a few months before the average user will get to use the new Apple Music app which has been rebuilt "from the ground up” just one year after it launched. But developers and members of the press got a first look yesterday, and here is what they…
Rendezville Web App Creates Affordable Option for Small and Medium Festivals
If you’ve ever hesitated to download yet another app, you’ll understand why Rendezville founder Joseph Tzeng chose to create his new festival and conference schedule as a web app. That means that festival goers don’t need to download an app to dive into performance schedule, photos, music, videos, bios and…
UPDATE: Apple, Google Cut App Commissions By 50%, But Spotify Says It’s Not Enough
UPDATE: Apple and Google will cut the commissions charged to subscription apps by 50%. Even small changes can erase buckets of red ink when you have tens of millions of users, but in a statement Spotify says its not enough and does not address core issues. _____________________________________________ Apple and Google…
Playboy Just Launched A Streaming Music Service, And It’s Pretty Much What You’d Expect [VIDEO]
Why shouldn’t everyone launch a streaming music service? Now that it’s eliminated full nudity from its magazine, Playboy is looking for new ways to extend its brand. Today, they launched the Playboy Music app, which is, sadly, pretty much what you’d expect from Hef & Company. _______________________________________ Playboy has launched…
5 Tips For Increasing Fan Engagement On YouTube
Being able to engage with their fans on YouTube is a significant concern for any artist, and some new analytical data about user’s viewing habits has allowed us to offer these five tips on how musicians can use the video sharing platform to better capture their fan’s attention. ___________________________ Guest…