How Google Music wants to take on Spotify, Rdio and Rhapsody — paidContent

Google entered a crowded space when it launched its own music subscription service this week: Google Play Music All Access competes head-on with Spotify, Rdio, Rhapsody, Muve Music and a handful of other offerings, all of which offer more or less the same catalog for the same price.

via How Google Music wants to take on Spotify, Rdio and Rhapsody — paidContent.

NB: I’ve just put my music onto Google Play but I haven’t checked out all of the functionality of it. One of the things for my to do list

New SCALA Website

Welcome to the brand new SCALA 2.0 Website.

Established in Adelaide, South Australia in 1987, SCALA is a global songwriting organisation dedicated to encouraging, supporting and nurturing songwriters, composers and lyric writers of any style and genre no matter where they are in the world.

via SCALA Website

Photos Are Social Media Gold

Pictures and images make everything better, especially online. I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather see something visual than read a big block of text. I’m sure a lot of your customers and potential customers feel the same way, too.

via inc.com

As a performing songwriter/musician, photos are just as important as audio when it comes to marketing on social media.

4 Reasons Why Twitter is Better than Facebook for Music Marketing

Allow me to share with you four reasons why Twitter is better than Facebook for marketing your music.

via diymusician.cdbaby.com

Personally, it depends on what you’re using the tool for. On some occasions FB is better and vice versa. It’s important to have both Facebook and Twitter as part of your online music marketing arsenal.

Stream-age kicks: Is Spotify a musician’s friend or foe? – Features – Music – The Independent

Last month, monsters of rock Metallica put their considerable back catalogue on Spotify. It was a landmark day not just for metal fans and partygoers with a sudden urge to headbang, but also in the history of the war between the sheriffs of the traditional music industry and the once wild west of internet music consumption.

via independent.co.uk

I’ve personally dabbled in Spotify but after reading this I’ll be thinking of jumping into it a little bit more

10 Reasons Why You’re Losing Your Facebook Fans

Maybe you haven’t followed “The Rule of 4 C’s”– consistently create compelling content!

via diymusician.cdbaby.com

Hmmm, I must take some notice of this article

10 Choices You Will Regret in 10 Years

“If only…”  These two words paired together create one of the saddest phrases in the English language.

Here are ten choices that ultimately lead to this phrase of regret, and how to elude them:

via marcandangel.com

This is an awesome article. There is nothing worse than regret, don’t let it happen to you.

MTV Announces “Artist To Watch” Music Discovery Campaign – hypebot

MTV has unveiled a new list that they call simply “MTV Artist to Watch”, a new artist / music discovery initiative and campaign that spans across all of MTV’s television channels and web presences

via hypebot.com

A good sign by the once huge music video channel that they’re putting some of their focus back into music again

Relaunched Myspace Is a Success as Music Service — But As a Social Network? We’ll See

The redesigned Myspace finally opened up to the public Tuesday. A year and a half in the works, the site is both a social network and a music discovery destination.

via billboard.biz

I’m on it, people I know are on it but there’s talk that the new MySpace might be just a pretty looking white elephant. What do you think?

Why You Should Give Yourself Permission to Screw Up

So how can you motivate yourself to approach new challenges with confidence and energy, without fear of making mistakes?  The answer is simple, though perhaps a little counterintuitive:  Give yourself permission to screw-up.

via 99u.com

This is an article that I can directly relate to. How about you? Do you give yourself permission to screw up?