The mixing of electronic music and hip hop is nothing new. Back in 2000, The American hip hop crew Anti-pop Consortium were unexpectedly signed to UK electronica label Warp (which happens to be the most popular electronica label on the planet) with their innovative brand of idm beats backing up their avant...

One of the most interesting social network models to develop of late are artist funding websites. Artist funding websites work like this: Artists sign up and pitch their projects to the public via the website. Users go on the website, browse through different projects and if they find something interesting,...

Revision3 / XLR8TV has a great video interview with one of my favorite folktronica artists: Kieran Hebden, better known as Four Tet. In the video, Four Ter talks about why he doesn’t really like or listen to classical music and his live collaborations with drummer Steve Reid… Watch the video...

The digital internet revolution has not only changed the music and the newspaper industries.. the magazine business is also changing radically. Case in point: On March 26, 2009, Blender magazine stopped printing magazines and moved to an online-only format, eliminating 30 jobs along the way. I knew the...

according to this report the number of independent labels are increasing their numbers in terms of total music sales (almost 30%), digital downloads, webcasting and satellite radio. Also, independent label artists’ had a great year at the Grammy’s * Independent labels accounted for 32% of...