Industry of the Week 
Q & A: Marc Weinstein of Amoeba Music(1)
Amoeba Music, an indie record store chain in sunny California, is enjoying great success and phenomenal sales despite the hardships that the music industry is facing. Arguably the largest and most prosperous indie record business, Amoeba began in Berkeley in 1990 and expanded to two more stores in Hollywood and San Francisco. The [...]
Josh Dziabiak and Lynsie Camuso of ShowClix
Innovative firms within the music industry are redefining how artists conduct business. More and more companies focus on fair business practices and excellent customer service as a way to better serve the artist or client. ShowClix is one of many companies with an eye on doing just that. American Songwriter took a moment with [...]
Jack DeYoung and Evan Rocha of Grooveshark
Grooveshark is revolutionizing the way we all find and enjoy music. In addition to a free streaming media player, Grooveshark has cultivated countless widgets and social aspects of their digital music service. They didn’t stop there, either. Grooveshark Artist is an incredible tool providing endless analytics to artists about the demographics of their listening audience. [...]
“Futurehit.DNA” Author Jay Frank
Jay Frank is currently the SVP of Music Strategy for Country Music Television, a division of MTV Networks. At CMT, he oversees the implementation of music across all platforms, including TV, web, mobile and VOD. The new synergy he is developing is changing the face of country music as he identifies future country hits through [...]
More in this category:
- Jeff Price, CEO of TuneCore
- Tim Smith, CEO of MyWerx
- Chris Woods, EVP of TuneSat
- Shane German, Artist Manager For SoundExchange
- Tina Shafer, Director of NYSC
- Kella Stephenson, Financial Planner
- Industry Profile: Joe Lamond, CEO of NAMM
- INDUSTRY OF THE WEEK: Bradley Collins
- INDUSTRY OF THE WEEK: Jeff Wyatt Wilson
- INDUSTRY OF THE WEEK: Jon Berger of ASCAP
