I Thought QR Codes Died: Introducing Shazam Visual for Selling Artist Merch…

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They’ve added “Visual Shazam”, allowing users to scan special artist images. Shazam will take users to a special page on the Merchbar app that has exclusive merch items, tickets, and more.

Meghan Trainor and Nick Jonas are the first artists to use Visual Shazam to promote their upcoming tours.

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Edward Aten, Founder and CEO of Merchbar, says:

“…One of the reasons Visual Shazam is so exciting is it allows artists to tie materials to an online destination like Merchbar without marring their artwork with several social handles, website, other promo materials or QR codes. Visual Shazam works like magic to allow one call to action lead to an infinite range of unique experiences for fans – including the ability for simple access and purchase of tour merch from their seats or using merch as a trigger to give fans exclusive content.”

 

Nina Ulloa covers breaking news, tech, and more: @nine_u

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Gee, I Wonder Why People Aren’t Paying for Streaming Music Services…

Why doesn’t Spotify have more paying subscribers?  The reasons are simple: (1) people are already subscribing to way too many other things, and (2) those other ‘things’ make free music way too easy to access.

From a just-published survey from Blackhawk Engagement Solutions (notice music isn’t even on the questionnaire):

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And when it comes to music services, they typically prefer the free stuff

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Source: Industry News

RIAA CEO Makes $1.6 Million. RIAA CEO Can’t Shut Down Grooveshark…

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It’s extremely difficult to feel sorry for the major recording labels, especially when their ‘innovation’ involves cheating their own artists and rewarding failure with massive salaries.  Which brings us to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), a trade group tasked with enforcing copyright for the Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group.

So if that’s their one job, why can’t the RIAA figure out how to shut down Grooveshark for good, even after winning a decisive legal victory earlier this month?  Why didn’t the RIAA spend the entire Memorial Day weekend smashing down doors, terrorizing DNS registrants, chasing rogue developers, and shutting sh*t down in the name of their major label clients?

More importantly, why is the CEO of this organization being rewarded with a $1.63 million salary, while the latest Grooveshark clone surges in popularity?  Did Cary Sherman even check in this weekend?

Here’s what happens when you go to grooveshark.li right now, which is still live after more than a week online, and now a top-ranked global site.

 

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Source: Industry News