Music crowdsourcing news
Pizza Hut Challenges Fans to ‘Top’ Their Efforts for Super Bowl Ad
Crowdsourcing-friendly superbrand PepsiCo is again utilizing the creativity of its fanbase by offering prizes for the most creative take on the “$10 Song,” the song that they will be using in their pre-game Superbowl advertisement. Six winners, chosen for their…
January 14th Independent Music Scene Documentary Turns to Crowdfunding for Support
Award-winning visual artist Muema has been working on a new documentary film about the electronic music scene. Filming has been completed; however, the project still needs funds for post-production work, so Muema is turning to a crowdfunding platform to help finish…
Help Wanted: Whales Need Translators
This week for Microvolunteering Wednesday you can help Scientific American and Zooniverse with their newly launched crowdsourcing project. They are looking for people to decode new phrases, dialects and meaning of killer and pilot whale songs. A staggering 15,000 whale…
EMI Releases Crowdsouced Remix of Jane’s Addiction’s “Irresistable Force”
It all started when rock band Jane’s Addiction partnered with Indaba Music and Creative Allies to create a remix of the song “Irresistable Force”. The idea was to give the opportunity to Indaba’s online music creating community to remix the…
Getty Images Partners With Indaba to Crowdsource Music For Advertisement
Getty Images has just announced a partnership with Indaba Music to use the website’s community to crowdsource music that will be placed in advertisements, helping the community’s independent musicians getting their songs known and heard worldwide. With advertisements often being…
‘Great Little Place’ Proves To Be Great Little Crowdfunded Platform
It was not too long ago that a little conduit called ‘Great Little Place’ was introduced to Facebook. Now, through the power of crowdsourcing, Great Little Place has become a popular location-focused social networking tool. Co-founder Rich Brown describes the…
The Vaccines Crowdsource Images from Fans to Create New Video
When indie-rock band the Vaccines were developing ideas for their new music video, they decided to ask fans to use Instagram to submit photos of themselves at different festivals with the hashtag #vaccinesvideo. The band then went through the photos…
GoodWorldCreations Combines Crowdfunding and Charity in HelpersUnite.com
GoodWorldCreations, LLC has just launched HelpersUnite.com, a new crowdfunding platform in which entrepreneurs and artists donate a percentage of the funds they raise in the platform to a charity of their choice. Those that don’t have a favorite charity can…
Apps & Oranges Invites The Daily Crowdsource Readers to Discover New Apps
There are so many apps available in the market today that is often difficult to distinguish which ones are better from those that are worse. Sure, there are plenty of app directories ready to be searched and used but many…
All You Need Is Crowdsourcing
Rock legend Paul McCartney has launched a crowdsourcing contest in the hopes of finding a new way to interact with his audience. Inspired by the lyric “send me a postcard, drop me a line”, taken from the classic Beatles track…
Crowdsourcing is Not an Industry, Let’s Stop Calling it One
As I talk with an increasing number of people about crowdsourcing, I continue to hear it referred to as an industry. Crowdsourcing is not an industry. I never cared too much to say anything about it until I started to…
Crowdsourcing An Opera Production
The Opera By You project is a venture which has been using crowdsourcing to develop a fully fledged live opera production. The project, launched last year, has been drawing ideas, melodies, lyrics, and even dialogue from a crowd of online…
Can You Crowdsource Music?
There are many websites and communities that crowdsource creative projects. Most of these platforms focus on graphic design work where companies can go for logos and other creative marketing concepts. ExpressInMusic is setting out to prove that crowdsourcing can also…
Area Now: Crowdsourcing Your Night on the Town
Whether you are simply deciding on what to do, or pouring over entertainment guides and information sites looking for somewhere fun to go, planning a night out can be a difficult task. Thanks to a new website and mobile phone…
Crowdsourcing People’s “Memories”
Using memories and personal accounts has always played a part in building a picture of a point time in human history. A new project headed by media production company Big Shed was launched at his this year’s Radio Without Boundaries…
[Crowd Leader] Ville Miettinen: Crowd Choir – A Lesson in Online Harmony
Sometimes, the web can be a cruel place. Take the recent Friday Song controversy. In March, 13-year-old Rebecca Black made and uploaded an eye-wateringly cheesy music video all about her favorite day of the week. Result: 120 million YouTube hits…
New Media Sharing Site Offers Greater Crowdsourcing Opportunities
Social media is growing exponentially thanks to the likes of Twitter and Facebook. Whilst these two giants have users tallying into the millions, more and more social networking sites are cropping up to take their share of this infinitely sized…
Popstar and Charity Crowdsource Help for NYC Homeless
Pop sensation Lady Gaga has not only established herself as a successful music artist but has also revealed her caring nature. The No.1 chart topping singer’s acts of philanthropy have included donating proceeds from her New York concert to help…
CrowdTogether Facilitates Summer Camp’s 2011 Bandana Crowdsourcing Project
The potential crowdsourcing has for attracting and connecting people with similar interests is ever-growing. With the summer music festival season around the corner, music promoters are developing new and innovative ways to engage audiences and increase ticket sales for 2011….
Crowdsourcing a Rock Concert
On April 2nd, 2011, the Cubs season opener was firing-up the city of Chicago, whilst down the street a whole different breed of fans were preparing for an ultimate showdown of sorts in nearby Park West. With their latest showUMBowl…
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