For our do-it-yourself, independent readers this week, we’re offering advice on how targeting can help you grow your fanbase, instances when it’s better to turn a gig down, six things you really don’t need to be successful as a musician, and much more. TARGETING: Your Daily Key To Growing Your…
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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Grow Your Instagram Following • Get Reckless • Make Yourself Irreplaceable • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, we explored how to grow your instagram following, how to make yourself an irreplaceable musician, four must haves for any concert, and more Lauren Gill | 6 Tips For Musicians: Rapidly Grow Your Instagram Following Brash | BRASH! Magazine Blog – Time To Get Pretty Reckless…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this revisitation of the past week’s music industry news, we look back at why the Ke$ha/Dr. Luke lawsuit highlights so much of what is wrong with the industry, Spotify’s new cartoon series, Led Zeppelin’s mass of legal fees in the wake of the ‘Stairway’ case, and more. Liv Buli’s…
The Kesha-Dr. Luke Lawsuit Exemplifies Everything That Is Wrong With The Music Industry
Ke$ha’s decision to drop her California lawsuit in order to continue making music does not indicate that her allegations were in any way false, as she continues to pursue said claims via the New York court system, meanwhile the lawsuit does serve to highlight many problems within the music industry….
Apple Music In 114 Countries, But At Very Different Costs
As far as geographical spread goes Apple Music seems to be winning the streaming wars, having expanded to 114 different countries. Interestingly, however, it seems Apple is using variable pricing in these different locations, unbeknownst to many artists and publishers. _______________________ Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 If…
THU. BRIEF: Spotify + Gaming • Facebook Tweaks Feed… Again • Drake Conquers Streaming • SeatGeek • More
Friday 8.12.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Is Spotify’s first small step into the world of gaming a harbinger of things to come? Updated continuously under our More News tab
Entrepreneurship In Music: Mideast Tunes
Here Mideast Tunes founder and civil rights activist Esra’a Al-Shafei discusses her new music streaming platform and its goal of promoting social change as well as the work of underground artists from the Middle East and North Africa. _____________________________ Guest Post by Jeremy Young on Soundfly’s Flypaper "We want our…
THU. BRIEF: Surprising Vinyl Stats • De La Soul’s Digital Limbo • Facebook Adds Video Features • More
THURSDAY 8.11.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Surprise! The vinyl resurgence is not exactly driven by who we all thought it was…. Updated continuously under our More News tab
The ‘Value Gap’ In Music Services Could Harm Tech, Music Industry
‘Value gap’ has recently become a popular buzz term in the recording industry when describing the disparity in payouts from various streaming services, and in particular to demonize YouTube. The concept is largely inaccurate, however, and its perpetuation could be harmful to both the music and tech industries. ________________________ Guest…
Are Fans Mad Enough At Frank Ocean That They Won’t Listen To His New Album?
With more than four years having gone by since the sensation of channel ORANGE, Frank Ocean has been teasing a new album for quite some time without releasing it, and fans are getting impatient. Regardless, the tactic seems to be working well for Ocean. ________________________________ Guest Post by Liv Buli…