South by Southwest Conference and Festivals has announced further additions to their Keynote and Featured Speaker lineup for the March 8-17 event. Keynotes announced today include award-winning filmmaker PJ Raval and a keynote conversation between Spotify chief content officer Dawn Ostroff, Gimlet co-founder Matt Lieber and Anchor co-founder Michael Mignano….
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Gracenote Partners With Muzooka For Photos, Artist Assets
Gracenote is now using Muzooka’s unified artist asset management platform to help deliver the latest photos and more. Gracenote is a leading provider of music metadata to many top music platforms and electronics devices. With the Muzooka partnership, when an artist or manager updates a photo on the Muzooka platform,…
Proven Ideas To Sell More Music Merchandise [INFOGRAPHIC]
Merchandise sales is one of the top income streams for most musicians, when its done well. The folks at RushOrderTees often remind their clients that great merch accomplishes many things. For the band, it generates revenue and serves as promotional material. For fans, it provides a piece of memorabilia they…
De La Soul Cries Foul On Digital Royalty Split
Indie Tommy Boy is finally preparing to release its De La Soul catalog to the streamline services and the band is crying foul. "The music WILL be released digitally. After 30 long years of good music and paying their debt to Hip Hop, De La Soul unfortunately, will not taste…
This May Not End Well… Top UMG Top Suitors Are A Streaming Service and A Private Equity Firm
If history is any guide, this may not end well… The two top suitors eyeing a $20 – $25 billion bid for a 50% stake in Universal Music Group are US investment firm KKR and China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group. The news comes as UMG parent Vivendi interviews firms to…
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CD Baby Announces Global Expansion plus UK, Canada, Columbia, Singapore Hires
CD Baby is continuing to expand globally with hires in Canada, Latin America, East Asia/Pacific, and the UK and EU. CD Baby is also adding local Artist Support Centers around the world, starting with the UK in the coming months. These centers will give specific advice in local languages tailored…
3 Weeks After PledgeMusic Suspended Campaigns, Hundreds Of Artists Still Unpaid
On Wednesday February 6th, PledgeMusic sent an email to all artists with active crowdfunding campaigns suspending them immediately. The move same after months of late payments and non-payments to artists. Three weeks later, all campaigns remain suspended and hundreds of artist’s left unpaid. The crowdfunding platforms last update, which contained…
9 Simple Reasons To go To SXSW 2019 [Kosha Dillz]
SXSW can be overwhelming, but not so for indie rapper Kosha Dillz, who is prepping for his 12th SXSW. Planned properly, SXSW launches Kosha’s year. Read and learn, grasshoppers. _________________________________ By indie rapper and music marketer extraordinaire Kosha Dillz This year will be my 12 year at SXSW and 11th…
ASCAP Sues 13 Venues For Playing Music Without Paying
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) has filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 13 music venues for “unauthorized public performance of its members’ copyrighted musical works.” The PRO represents 700,000 independent songwriters, composers and music publishers and “ensures its members can earn a living from their art by licensing…