Looking for a quick way to jazz up your computer and share some of your amazing music taste? Well if you’re a member on last.fm and scrobbling your tunes, a sweet screensaver is just a download away. If you’re not a member on last.fm, it’s definitely worth a try! To get a sweet desktop screensaver based…
If you’ve been on Facebook lately and seen all the Spotify posts about what people are listening to, you know that sharing tracks is a really natural social thing to do. Well, before all this business with Facebook Music and Spotify, some people over at last.fm already knew this. In fact, they’ve been helping people…
By now, you have probably either accepted the new look of Facebook, albeit grudgingly, or moved on to Google+ or something else. Either way, you will want to know what all this new stuff is so you can properly praise it or complain about it. So, this week social media vocabulary is giving a name to…
Not only is Katy Perry probably on cloud nine after her haul at the VMA’s on Sunday, her recent distinction as the only woman and only one of two artist’s (Michael Jackson) to ever have 5 number one singles from one album, must have her feeling pretty good. Not only that, she has the perfect picture…
“Social Media makes marketing fun again!” exclaimed Kelly Batke, (the brunette) and Communications Manager at Faronics Vancouver, BC. Wow Kelly, we can’t agree more! Take a Salty Waffle social media class and learn how you can make marketing fun too!
An author on wikispaces wrote an article about a game that can be planed at a workshop to teach people about social media. Here is an explanation of how to do it!Props: Instructions (You have to know how to play, in order to play!) A pack of cards: These cards can be created by you or…
Part I, Part III With social media, managing and controlling your band and music is easier than ever. In the past, musicians relied on record labels to take care of the business side of music and propel their career into stardom. Record companies provided the resources necessary for mass-production of albums in order for their musicians…
Part I, Part II, Part III The music industry has gone through a Michael Jackson-like transformation since digital music overpowered analog as the primary source of music consumption in the 2000’s. Record labels have suffered the most from this digital music revolution. Annual album sales have been cut in half over the last decade (dropping from $14.6…
Part II, Part III In honor of Independence Day, it’s time to celebrate the growing independence that has occurred for musical artists in the music industry over the past few years. Artists are no longer bound down by the restrictions and expectations set by their record labels. Of course there are several factors that have lead…
The entertainment industry is a very tough and cut-throat industry to make it in. In order to make it in the music industry it often comes down to survival of the fittest. Gaining profits out of the music business can be an ever more challenging task that requires time and money. Kickstarter is an online…