In this piece, Bobby Owsinski breaks down some complex recent streaming data, which highlights the disparity between the royalty rates paid out by major streamers (with YouTube coming up particularly short) as well as the contextual challenge of drawing accurate information from these kinds of data sets. __________________________ Guest post…
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Bandsintown Relaunches Facebook Event Export
Bandsintown and Facebook have partnered to relaunch the popular concert discovery platform’s Facebook Event export feature. Once a day, Facebook scans Bandsintown events and automatically populates the Events tab on artists’ Facebook Page as part of the Facebook Events service. How It Works From Bandsintown Manager Automatic Export Of New…
5 Ways To Create The Greatest Impact Possible With Your Next Music Video
Music videos can be a massive asset when promoting new music, but only if you have an effective launch plan. Here we look at quick tips and essential features to incorporate into your release strategy to maximize your success. ___________________________ Guest post by Stephanie Kurse, Manager, Video Services at The…
A2IM Announces First Ever SXSW Showcase
A2IM has announced their first ever showcase at this year’s SXSW featuring six acts from the rosters of U.S, based independent labels. " While planning the lineup, the most important goal was to have the acts best represent our unique and diverse membership, said Patrick Ferrell, Head of Label Relations…
Music Think Tank: Call For Submissions
Thank you for your committed readership and the insightful content that many of you have shared. Without your contributions, our sister blog Music Think Tank would not exist. If you have something to say about the music industry, please consider contributing a post to MTT! Thank you in advance for…
Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings Acquires Atlas Music, Publisher For Brandi Carlile
Ithaca Holdings, the media holding company led by manager and music entrepreneur Scooter Braun (Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande) has acquired prominent music publisher Atlas Music. Founded in 2013 by Richard Stumpf, Atlas represents a significant music catalog that includes hits by Drake, Demi Lovato, Madonna, Ed Sheeran, and John Legend….
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Music Streaming Rates 2018: Per Stream Rates Drop and YouTube’s Value Gap Is Very Real
[UPDATED] 2018 saw music streaming come into its own as the dominant source of recording music revenue. But as streaming volumes swelled, the YouTube value gap and its pitifully small payout percentage became even more apparent. _________________________________ Guest post by David Lowery of The Trichordist Here we go again. To…
Musiio Raises $1M To Bring Spotify-Like AI To Other Music Services, Labels, Publishers
Musiio has raised a $1 million seed round to continue development of its use of artificial intelligence (AI) which brings Spotify-like discovery and curation tools to other music services and AI driven A&R tools to labels and other music companies. Singapore’s Wavemaker Partners, US’s Exponential Creativity Ventures and undisclosed angels…
How Does Imagine Dragons Create Memorable Melodies?
We’ve all gotten songs stuck in our heads, or found that, decades after hearing a piece of music, we are able to recall it with full clarity – but what are the qualities which cause some songs to have this staying power, while others simply fade into memory? In this…