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Gigsby Beta Launch at Winter Music Conference in Miami

Cisco — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:51:55 +0000

After months and months of intense development, we’re excited to announce that the Gigsby Beta is only a few weeks away from launch. And to show the world that we’re serious about making more gigs and better gigs we reserved a booth at the Winter Music Conference in Miami. As loyal Gigsby community members, we would love to put some names to faces and of course show you the Gigsby Beta in action – trust us, you’ll be impressed. We’ll even throw in an early Beta code for you to try it out on your own time. Related posts:

Gigsby at work: Beta development, Sneak Peek, and Winter Music Conference 2010

Case Study for Digital Mixtapes: The Future of Music Distribution

Dexter Bryant Jr. — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:40:02 +0000

Case Study: A Hustler's Spirit mixtape by Ludacris Savvy businesspeople recognize and envision the revenue that mixtapes can generate when marketed wisely. Ludacris, an astute businessman (and my favorite MC), released his A Hustler's Spirit mixtape in January 2010. Related posts:

Digital Mixtapes: The Future of Music Distribution

Interview: Opium Group’s Carlos Correal Part 4

Baris — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:41:13 +0000

Here we have part 4 of Carlos Correal's awesomely informative interview. If you haven't been keeping up with this interview you can read parts 1-3 here. In this part of the interview, Carlos shares some ideas on how his company Opium Group uses social media to connect with the fans and promote shows like no other. His approach is to continually set the bar higher and is moving the old slapped together gigs out the window for beautifully produced shows that impress even the most die hard hip-hop fans. There are some true gems in this one so take the time to read it thoroughly. Related posts:

New Bandcamp Functionality: Discount Codes for Fans

Cisco — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:06:36 +0000

We've mentioned before that we're big fans of Bandcamp.com (See Giovonni's post on Selling Your Music and Giving it Away for Free). We think it's a great way for small bands and DJs to distribute their content and provides the flexibility to charge whatever the market will bear in addition to a host of benefits not available anywhere else. So you can imagine that we're excited to hear that Bandcamp just launched a new feature which allows bands to sell both Digital and Physical albums from a Bandcamp page. No related posts.

Gigsby Picks 02-24-10

Bora — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:56:01 +0000

Hot new music from Classixx, The Big Pink, Girls, Efterklang, Morgan Page and more...

Gigsby Picks 02-24-10

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Interview: Lainie Copicotto of Aurelia Entertainment Pt. 2

Cisco — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:08:30 +0000

For part 2 (here's part 1) of our interview with Lainie Copicotto president of Aurelia Group , we venture into the world of social media and discuss the common question so many DJs face: Whether to hire a publicist or not? We hope you enjoy this one and be on the lookout for more interviews with Lainie in the near future. No related posts.

Digital Mixtapes: The Future of Music Distribution

Dexter Bryant Jr. — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:10:56 +0000

Mixtapes have been a staple in hip hop culture for decades. Artists primarily use them to build buzz for their commercial releases in an effort to increase their album sales. As useful as mixtapes have been for the artists who use them, it wasn't until relatively recently that their effectiveness as promotional vehicles surfaced in pop culture. Related posts:

Movers and Shakers – Feb 1-15, 2010

Baris — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:20:06 +0000

Keeping tabs on the EDM industry is no easy feat, especially the latest artist popularity trends. Luckily at Gigsby we have some really talented ninjas who find true bliss in pouring over the latest artist trend data and analyzing those results till their blue. As a recap remember that we’re taking recent data supplied by Last.fm and turning it into a simple easy to read summary showing who is on the uptick. Oh, and we created some Boxing inspired peer groups so no one gets the undeserved KO. Now, for our charts for the first two weeks of February... Related posts:

The Great Compromise. Sell Your Music and Give it Away for Free.

Giovonni Lobato — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:48:53 +0000

There’s an ongoing discussion on the GigLog about the pros and cons of giving away your music for free. I’m here to propose a new idea – have your cake and eat it too. By this I proffer the model that our beloved Radiohead and Trent Reznor have used quite successfully. That is, give away your music for free AND for money. Related posts:

Free Music = Free Advertising = Smart Business

What ‘the Cloud’ means to the Music Industry

Cisco — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:39:54 +0000

By now many of you have probably heard someone mention the Cloud in reference to the latest Web development trends. If not, the Cloud or Cloud Computing, according to Wikipedia, is a service that delivers common business applications online which are accessed from a web browser, while the software and data are stored on servers. If you use online file storage, Gmail, pictures on Facebook or Flickr, you're using the Cloud. No related posts.