Popularity goes DIY for artists with Band Metrics
Independent musicians looking to launch their careers online will soon have a brand new tool to measure their popularity in real time: Band Metrics. Its parent company, Atlanta-based Indie Music, raised an undisclosed angel round of funding to continue developing the application, currently in a private beta.
The service — launched in response to the explosion of digital do-it-yourself music recording and publishing tools — crawls the web for semantic data indicating name recognition, music trends… Continue Reading
SellaBand takes its bands and fans live with ArenaWorks deal
SellaBand, an online platform that allows fans to contribute seed money to aspiring bands, has just taken its service to a whole new level. It announced today that it will partner with ArenaWorks Entertainment to take bands that are able to raise $10,000 in micropayments of $10, or rack up the most weekly votes or more than 200 pledged fans, on the live national ArenaFest tour of 91 major venues. Starting now, artists can upload… Continue Reading