In this flip back through the past week’s music industry news, we look at Bandsintown’s launch of its first-ever predictive touring charts, Tencent’s new paywall (with more to come), which musicians have the most fans on Facebook, and more. Bandsintown Launches First-Ever Predictive Touring Charts For Established and Emerging Artists…
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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
In some of the most often perused pieces from Hypebot this week, we looked at how Generation Z is redefining the music business, some of the best YouTube channels for promoting you music, a list of the RIAA’s most ‘notorious’ copyright offenders, and more! Music Business Is Being Re-Defined By…
How To Get Your Music To Stand Out From The Crowd
With many barriers to entry lowered or entirely smashed down, creating music and making it available to the public has become a complete cake walk. Needless to say, this has led to a crowded marketplace, and getting anyone to take notice of said music has become harder than ever. Here…
How To Be A Better Singer
When it comes to improving your abilities as a singer, one of the best things you can do is seek some form of professional instruction or tutelage. While raw talent can certainly help to an extent, overextending yourself without proper training can damage your voice and bring your career to…
This Week In Music Commentary
Commentators inside the industry this week voiced their opinions on the trends that are transforming music marketing, the harsh economic realities of streaming, and just how much ‘verification’ is worth to an artist on social media. 5 Trends Reshaping Music Marketing [Keith Jopling, MIDiA] How My Ears And The World…
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music
Our tips and tricks for music business self-starters this week dug into how artists can increase the open rates on their emails, what you can do to maintain the fans you made on your last tour, some of the most common advertising mistakes artists make (and how to avoid them),…
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Promote Your Music • Streaming Service Payouts • Performance Rut • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, our contributors shared articles on how to grow you fanbase, the mysterious ways in which streaming platforms calculate their pay per stream, how to get yourself out of a performance rut, and more! Mark Tim | How To Promote Your Music And Grow Your Fan Base…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
As we look back in on another busy week of music industry events, we review TIDAL’s executive staffing changes, the return of ‘vintage sound’ in music and why it’s happening, pop’s continued industry supremacy, and much more! TIDAL Ups Tony Gervino, Elliott Wilson To Executive Roles 11 Favorite Blogs For…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week, some of most often perused articles from the past week included a look at calls for a TikTok boycott in the wake of the company’s banning of LGBTQ content, everything that’s wrong with the music business according to The Black Keys, how to choose the perfect music analytics…
What Streaming Services Pay Per Stream
Even to industry insiders, determining what exactly each streaming service pays out per stream can be a confusing and complex process, with each platform having its own unique formula for calculating what an artist actually earns. Here we break down some of the numbers in a more digestible format. _____________________________…