March 11th, 2013

BandPage Helps Any Musician Get Richer By Selling One-Of-A-Kind Experiences To Top Fans

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Whales are big spenders, the ones that prop up casinos and social games. In music, whales are bands’ rabid fans. BandPage’s new “Experiences” feature lets artists sell them seats on stage, unique merch, or even a trip to the bowling alley with the band. The shift from MP3s to streaming means monetizing the long tail that earns musicians cents not dollars, but BandPage Experiences could keep them… → Read More

November 13th, 2012

BandPage Connect Lets Musicians Keep Their Online Profiles In Sync, Starting With WordPress And 12 More

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It sucks being in a band. No, no, playing music and the groupies seem great, but updating all your web presences one by one with your new songs or videos must be a drag. BandPage Connect wants to make it as easy as Guitar Hero. The musician profile platform now lets you update your BandPage, and any site or app tapped into the Connect API auto-syncs, including WordPress and a dozen other sites. → Read More

July 24th, 2012

BandPage Unshackles From Facebook, Now Helps 500K Musicians Build Synced Sites and Widgets Too

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With $19 million in funding but the Timeline redesign cratering its traffic, BandPage needed to diversify beyond Facebook. So today it launches BandPage Everywhere to let musicians build websites and embeddable widgets as well as Facebook Page apps. Rather than inefficiently trying to sync content, the half million artists hosted by BandPage can now upload streaming music, photos, videos, or tour… → Read More

August 31st, 2011

Facebook ‘BandPage’ Creator RootMusic Raises $16 Million

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RootMusic, the company behind BandPage, a platform that helps musicians make the most of their Facebook presence, has raised a Series B round of funding to the tune of $16 million after raising $2.3 million earlier this year.

The financing round was led by GGV Capital with new investor Northgate Capital and existing backer Mohr Davidow Ventures participating. → Read More