Grooveshark: Self-Made Artist, Long-Tail Legend Birdmonster CHOOSES to Sign a Record Deal

March 17, 2008

In an interesting turn, one of the most successful (relatively speaking) self-made, unsigned artists, Birdmonster signs a record label deal with Fader, as in the magazine turned A&R. Chris Anderson of The Long Tail fame has a great interview with him in which he asks a number of interesting questions, especially considering on his last [...]

Grooveshark Helps Elliot Spitzer's Mistress Sell Her Mp3s

March 12, 2008

Ashley Alexandra Dupré or better known as Elliot Spitzer’s (Client 9) for-hire prostitute has had her profiles leaked on the internet, and thanks to Grooveshark, we can help sell her tracks … Grooveshark Turns Scandal Into Opportunity If Monica has taught us anything, it’s that fame of any kind can launch careers, so let’s hope [...]

Grooveshark: Help Fix Album Art in iTunes

February 19, 2008

One of my biggest complaints about files that aren’t tagged correctly is that they don’t carry the correct album art. iTunes has a built-in system, but often it has trouble when songs are missing apostrophes or slightly mis-spelled, and over time, your library becomes cluttered with random tracks that have no album art and just [...]

Startup: Grooveshark Hooks Up The University of Florida for Valentine's Day

February 14, 2008

Part of our Grooveshark groups project, we have all been divided up into kick-ass teams of 5 or so, and we’re finally now enacting all of our 3 week long projects. For Valentine’s Day, we’re giving UF students free $10 in music, conveniently contained in a Valentine’s Day card, which will be taped to the [...]

Grooveshark: The Check is in the Mail

February 14, 2008

With Moneyshark rolling out, our labels are finally starting to get paid (remember “everbody gets paid?“). We’ve crafted up some slick packets that will be going out in the coming weeks, and we’ll be rolling out Moneyshark to labels as the product is tested and debugged. 2008 will be the year of Grooveshark.

Grooveshark: Moneyshark is Coming

February 13, 2008

The long awaited, much anticipated label analytics engine for Grooveshark is coming. Moneyshark.

Grooveshark: Record Label/Unsigned Artists Easy Licensing Form

February 12, 2008

Things are really starting to pickup in 2008, and in our label relations department, we have a LOT of work to do. There are approximately 3,000 record labels in the world, and Grooveshark wants to license all of them! Of these 3,000 labels, there are hundreds of thousands of un-signed artists which we are also [...]

Startup: Mowser releases mp3 music download and search for mobile devices

February 5, 2008

Mowser has released an mp3 music download service for mobile phones today. The product is built on the technology behind Seeqpod, which is turning out, it’s working with a lot of partners to disseminate its information. Seeing that they were recently sued by Warner Music, this might be an attempt by them to bring more [...]

Startup: Grooveshark Artist Skin for Girl Talk

February 1, 2008

Girl Talk performed in Gainesville Wednesday, and also in Orlando Thursday, so we’re celebrating by skinning the entire site for the Girl Talk performances. Vishal did a great job on the skin, and it really embodies everything Girl Talk is about, like drinking, hot girls, and mashups. Girl Talk is one of the fore-runners in [...]

Listen: Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am

January 31, 2008

Ingrid Michaelson’s song can be quite addicting, I try to only listen to it a couple times a day so I don’t wear it out, but it’s just so damned addicting. I’ve uploaded the clip here so you can hear it, and also have the Grooveshark page if you’re interested in downloading/streaming it for free: [...]