DIGITAL SOUP

A blog by Barry Flanigan

Pitchify - a great Spotify music discovery service

Love this site..Pitchify collects reviews from two excellent webzines Pitchfork and Drowned In Sound on a daily basis, then checks if the reviewed albums are available on Spotify. Only albums that have received a rating of 8 or more (out of 10) will be included on Pitchify. Lots of albums are reviewed every day, and thousands of tracks added to Spotify every week. Pitchify tries to sort through the pile, throw away the Gagas and the Nickelbacks and present you with the very best that Spotify has to offer.

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All you need to know about ISRC UPC and EAN Numbers

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One for the music techies...all you need to know about ISRC, UPC and EAN numbers for song tracks:

http://www.arkade.com/content/ISRC+EAN+UPC+Numbers/ISRC+UPC+and+EAN+Numbers

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RootMusic Raises $2.3 Million To Help Bands Build Spectacular Facebook Pages

RootMusic, a San Francisco-based startup that essentially makes it easier for bands and musicians to set up phenomenal-looking pages on Facebook, has raised $2.3 million in financing according to an SEC filing.

If you’d like to learn more about RootMusic, check out Orli’s post, but basically, RootMusic lets musicians and bands establish fancy Facebook pages, featuring artwork, music, photos, videos, a concert calendar and whatnot.

There’s a free option and a paid option for bands who want to dive deeper into the customization of their so-called ‘BandPage’.

This is the BandPage for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers if you’re interested in an example, or check out RootMusic’s tour.

We reached out to RootMusic about the financing round, but they declined to provide more details at this point. We’ll update their CrunchBase profile when they get around to do so.

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Website: rootmusic.com
Location:San Francisco, California, United States
Founded: October 1, 2009
Funding: $2.3M

We founded RootMusic to level the playing field; we turn two days of hard work into two clicks online. Whether it’s your band’s first gig or scheduling your second arena tour, RootMusic gives you the power to get it done. BandPage by RootMusic is the… Learn More

Information provided by CrunchBase

http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/05/rootmusic-funding/?utm_source=feedburner&utm...:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

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Illegal music downloads still outweigh legal sevices | News | New Media Age

Illegal music downloads still outweigh legal sevices

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 | By Ronan Shields

Digital music downloads account for over a fifth of legal music sales in the UK, but over 76% of all music downloads are illegal, according to the BPI.

The trade body estimates that total digital music track sales will top 370m, this year with the number of singles sold reaching 160m and the number of albums amounting to 21m.

However, the BPI cited research by Harris Interactive claiming the total amount of tracks illegally downloaded will amount to 1.2bn in 2010.

The average retail price for a single digital track was 82p in 2010, according to research by the OCC in its Digital Music Nation 2010 report.

Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, said, “Despite the widespread availability of legal services, they’re having a negligible impact on overall levels of illegal downloading.”

The BPI further predicted that 7.7m internet users regularly download tracks from illegal filesharing sites.

These statistics amount to a loss of £984m in revenue for the music industry, concluded the trade body.

 

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Music Recommendation Services

From: @RWW Music Recommendation Services Need More Than the Wisdom of Crowds http://rww.to/dbyFzz

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