First, Spotify is The Coolest Thing to Happen To Music For Music Fans. I spent the last two days basking in the coolness of this thing called Spotify.  It is, without a doubt, the coolest thing to ever happen to music.  Easy to use, seamless synchronization between desktop and mobile (iPhone, iPad). And tons of [...]

Spotify is changing how fans listen to your music. Get your music on Spotify now: here's how.

Today, iTunes is the go-to source for fans to purchase music. So, how do you get your music up on iTunes? Answer: go through one of the sites that does all of the work for you. They have negotiated deals with Apple and made getting you music on iTunes easy. They also put your music up on Amazon, eMusic, Rhapsody, Napster, and the other important sites fans go to to purchase music. Here are the 7 Music Sites That Do It For You

I stopped by the CMJ trade show booth of Fargo Tube and talked to Frank Connor, the CEO about the latest site for selling your music, Fargo Tube. Simply put, it is a simple-to-use, one-stop-shopping point of contact between your band and your fans with built-in social media features (and more coming) designed to make selling your music easy and efficient. I thought the concept looked pretty interesting and what I thought set it apart from other similar sites was its ease of use and that you are promoting your URL rather than the site's to your fans.

Apple notified labels recently that it plans to triple the length of music previews on the iTune Store from 30 to 90 seconds.