Kylie: An Interview With New Visions

New Visions are pioneering the mobile social network concept, allowing fans of an artist to create, read and interact with their profile via their mobile. So impressed were we with their Kylie Konnect we asked Julia McNally, New Visions founder, to tell us more…
Can you describe Kylie Konnect for us?
The application was originally built with [...]

CloudSpeakers Is The New Critical Metrics

Ever since my ex-favourite site, Critical Metrics, completely screwed up their site by insisting on streaming video whether you want it or not (NOT!) I’ve been waiting for a site to fill the void. And along it comes…. Cloud Speakers.
Whacky name, great site.
It follows a similar path to the original Critical Metrics - an aggregator [...]

Artists! How To Get Yourself A Music Distribution Plan!!!

Every artist should have a Music Distribution Plan.
Sounds dry?
Sorry, I couldn’t think of anything snappier. So, what is an, ahem, ‘M.D.P.’?
There are an increasing number of ways to get your music in to the hands of your fans, but right now, there is no single solution. But, Million have identified three important ways:

Via a distributor, [...]

Spongecell Revolutionise Event Sharing

Spongecell could radically alter the way artists and labels update fans about events, including gigs, new releases, media appearances or website updates. Spongecell exploit the fact calendars such as iCal, Outlook and Google can subscribe to calendars using the ICS format (Internet Calendar Subscriptions). This enables the music fan to subscribe to an artist calendar [...]

5 Reasons To Like TheSixtyOne.com

Why we like TheSixtyOne

TheSixtyOne looks smart and is a cool piece of contemporary Web Two Point Zero design. Take note sites like Track Shack! Easy to find stuff, play stuff and vote on stuff.
TheSixtyOne sounds great. They have one of the easiest and quickest players I’ve seen. Click the ‘Play’ button and [...]

Track of Today

Now here’s a thing - probably the best song I’ve heard about Fletcher Christian (of Mutiny on the Bounty fame), caves and islands. Recorded by Rasputina, a NYC based ‘Cello-Rock Ensemble’. OK, so doesn’t sound like my typical thing but check it. Found on Haystack.com. They were in London recently and seem to travel a [...]

TheTrackShack.com, er, Frankenstein Your Music????

Are albums dead? Is the single track now king? The answer is, yes.
Let’s look at the evidence. The case for? UK album sales for 2007 are down 10%. In the US it’s 15% this year alone. And digital album sales are already flatlining. The case against? None. There you have it.
It’s clear people prefer to [...]