With the Beatle’s Abbey Road near the top of the charts 50 years after release, MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan explores how older, physical-focused music fans remain the quickest route to high-value, large-scale revenue, as well as, much and how little has changed in the music industry. __________________________ By Mark Mulligan…
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45 Best YouTube Channels To Promote Your Music
Veteran music marketer consultant Amber Horsburgh graciously shares her list of the 45 Best YouTube channels to promote music to for artists at all levels. "YouTube channel promo is a great way to find new audiences," says Horsburgh, "which in turn builds your own YouTube subscriber base. Especially for official…
Hit Producer, Musician Narada Michael Walden on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast
Narada Michael Walden is an Emmy and multi-Grammy winner including wons for Producer, Album and Song of The Year. This week he visits co-hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on Hypebot’s Music Biz Weekly podcast. Walden has been at the helm of hit music that spans decades. He’s produced hits…
Bandsintown Offers Discounts For 5 Top Artist Services
As part of the launch of its new Bandsintown For Artists platform, which includes free fan messaging, analytics and more, Bandsintown has partnered with a curated group of services and platforms offering special discounts to musicians and their teams and designed to help grow a career in music. The first…
Free 5 City ‘All Access’ Music Career Fairs Begin Tues. sponsored by HoB Music Forward Foundation
The House of Blues Music Forward Foundation begins its second annual series of free music industry-focused career fairs “All Access Fest” in 5 cities starting this Tuesday, Oct. 8. Slated for five U.S. cities – Chicago, Illinois; Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles, California; Orlando, Florida; and New Orleans, Louisiana -…
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Asks Spotify For Apple Complaint Details
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has asked Spotify for information about its anti-competitive complaint against Apple, according to Reuters. Earlier this year, Spotify filed a formal complaint in the EU alleging that Apple was limiting access to its customers through restrict practices and high app store fees. Reuters reported that…
Spotify Adds Siri Voice Control To iOS App, Launched First Apple TV App
Spotify’s much-anticipated addition of Apple Siri voice control officially launched on Monday morning. Users must first download a new update to the Spotify app as well as have the latest version of iOS 13 installed. The Spotify Siri integration for both Premium and free users is compatible with iPhone, iPad,…
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5 Trends Reshaping Music Marketing [Keith Jopling, MIDiA]
Music marketing has never been easy or straightforward and that’s particularly true in this time of fractured media, shifting consumption and an overabundance of new music. MIDiA analyst Keith Jopling found five shifts and a hint of possible solutions that will reshape modern music marketing. _____________________________________ Five Trends Changing Music…