This week on MusicThinkTank, we looked at music mailing lists, what artists need to succeed in the industry today, and how you can promote your music online. Robert Lanterman | Music Mailing Lists: Yes Or No? George Estrera | 10 Things Artists Must Have To Succeed Today In The Music…
Category archives: More News
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
As we hit the rewind button on another week of music industry news, we look at the perceptible growth in music streaming revenue, Soundcloud’s pick for their new CFO, a projected rise in vinyl sales, and much, much more. Soundcloud Names Former Google Exec As CFO Vinyl Sales Projected To…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
As we hit the rewind button on another week of music industry news, we look at the perceptible growth in music streaming revenue, Soundcloud’s pick for their new CFO, a projected rise in vinyl sales, and much, much more. Soundcloud Names Former Google Exec As CFO Vinyl Sales Projected To…
5 Best Day Jobs For When You’re Starting Your Music Career
Making a living as a musician can be a challenge, and trying to subsist only of your music at the beginning of your career can be next to impossible. That said, there are some day jobs that can not only help you eat while in the early stages, but also…
FRI. BRIEFING: 20 Ways To Release An Album • New Beats Headphones • Google Play Beta • UJO Blockchain • More
As we rework our More News section (more on that here), we’re producing a daily list of links from top music industry, music tech and D.I.Y. news and commentary from around the web. Here is the Friday Briefing: 20 Different Ways to Release an Album: From Beyonce to Frank Ocean…
Is Spotify Punishing Apple Artists?
In an effort to combat the rash of Apple Music exclusives which have been cropping up of late, Spotify has allegedly been manipulating search results so that artists who provided with Apple with such exclusives don’t appear in top rankings, as well as keeping them off its curated playlists. ____________________________…
Musicians Introduce Us To Their Cities: Nashville, TN
In this article a Nashville dweller shares some of her insights on the best locations in the eastern part of Music City, from a series of unique and charming venues to watch or play shows within the city, to other locations such as where to go instrument shopping or eat….
Growth In Music Streaming Revenue [Infographic]
This revealing new chart shows some surprising changes in the music streaming industry over the past few years, while ad-supported streaming seems to be resting at a relatively stagnant $600 million, subscription-based streaming has climbed demonstrably since 2010. ___________________________ This chart originally appeared on Business Insider Related articles U.S. Music…
AM BRIEFING: Blind Melon Sues Over Cover Version • Prince Tribute • Musical.ly Privacy Issues • Lyor Cohen • More
We’re making some changes to our More News tab. (You can read the sordid story behind the forced move here.) In the meantime, here is a short list of important reads from across the web: _____________________________________ Blind Melon song-theft case could test parameters of the cover version (CMU) This one…
Hypebot’s More News Section, Rebel Mouse And A Promise Broken
You’ll notice some experimentation over the next few days in our More News section. Here’s why: For three years, we’ves used the digital bookmarking tool RebelMouse to share music industry and tech news from across the web under a More News tab. RebelMouse has always been free, until 3 weeks…