The Clio Music Awards today announced its 2019 call for entries. Part of the Clio Awards, the global creative and ad community’s premier awards show, Clio Music recognizes work spanning artist promotion, music marketing, brand collaborations and the use of music in advertising. The Clio Music honors will be awarded…
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PledgeMusic Pays Fastball 50%, As Others Exit Platform
Last week, Bob Lefsetz brought the plight of the many artists that have not been getting paid on time by PledgeMusic for the last 6 months to a broader audience. Now Fastball, Bob ‘s posters boys for PledgeMusic transgressions, report that they received a little over half of the money…
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Royalty Exchange Passes $50 Million Paid Milestone
Royalty Exchange announced this week that it had paid out over $50 million from 535 royalty transactions in the three years since the company relaunched in 2016. 255 investors participated in the funding. Royalty Exchange is touting the marketplace as a funding source for the musical middle class with 52%…
PledgeMusic: ‘It’s not the Ca$h – it’s the FLOW’ [Martin Atkins]
[UPDATED] Payment problems at PledgeMusic resurfaced this week, and the pain felt by artists left without funds to complete orders from fans is very real and widespread. But musician (Pil, Killing Joke, Ministry, Pigface), author and college professor Martin Atkins argues that Pledge is worth saving. "I want to ring…
BUSINESS OF INDIE: ADA Promotes McGilvray • Downtown Loves Cats • Metal On YouTube • More
Today’s Business Of Indie roundup includes a promotion at ADA, Downtown signing Cats, metal on YouTube, Winter Music Fest details, an impressive CD Baby alliance with Mexico’s SACM and more news from the independent music world. Like Hypebot’s More News section, The Business Of Indie is nestled under its own…
Symphonic Brings Music Industry Sessions To Puerto Rico
Independent music distributor Symphonic will host its first Music Industry Sessions in Puerto Rico next month. The series is aimed at artists, producers, and singer-songwriters from the indie music community. A VIP event, PRO Music Industry Sessions, for established music industry professionals will be held on Friday, February 22nd at…
Sound Royalties, GLAD Empire Partner To Fund Indie Artists
Sound Royalties has announced an alliance with music distributor GLAD Empire. Sound Royalties’ financial solutions offers artists the freedom to maintain their independent careers, retain ownership of their content, and receive cash advances to create new videos and promote their product. GLAD Empire focuses on digital distribution and monetization of…
Ben Kweller Returns After 5 Years Battling Depression
After a five-year hiatus following what he describes as a ‘near death’ incident, indie rocker Ben Kweller has returned to the music scene with a new album and a new tour. Kweller described his near date with destiny in a recent tour announcement, explaining how he and his family nearly…
Eminem Is Only Artist w/ 7 Albums Passing 1B Spotify Streams
Eminem has become the first artist with seven albums surpassing the 1 billion streams mark on Spotify. The milestone comes as his 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP hits the billion stream mark. Less than five months after its release, Eminem’s latest, ‘Kamikaze,’ has passed 500,000 in traditional sales in…