Sometimes it can be hard to convey everything you want about your music through the album alone – luckily this creates the perfect opportunity to release commentary, giving fans insight into your creative process while keeping them engaged in the music. ____________________________ Guest post by Hugh McIntyre of the Symphonic…
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Apple Music Strengthens Its Publishing Division By Poaching a Key Google & YouTube Executive
Last year, under its then-new Head of Music, Oliver Schusser, Apple Music quietly unveiled a new global publishing business. The company promoted Elena Segal – previously Legal Director of iTunes International – to the role of Global Director of Music …
6 Techniques For Optimizing Your Instagram Page
As should be obvious to everyone by now, Instagram has become one of the most valuable social media tools available to artists, particularly when it comes to making big announcements or keeping in touch with fans. Here we look at six ways you can take your Instagram presence to the…
Spotify, Pandora Beat Apple Music In Brand Intimacy Survey
Music takes center stage in MBLM’s Brand Intimacy 2019 Study with Spotify, Pandora and Apple Music all landing in the in the top 5. Brand Intimacy is defined "as the emotional science that measures the bonds we form with the brands we use and love." U.S. Top 10 Most Intimate…
Tunecore Distribution Payments To Artists Up 21%, Stream And Downloads Rise 83%
TuneCore artists earned $83 million in the first quarter of 2019, a 21% increase over the same period last year. Total streams and downloads of music by TuneCore’s 250,000 worldwide artists hit 199.3 billion in the past year, a 83% increase over 2017. This latest tally brings Tunecore’s total distributed…
Apple Music execs JJ Corsini and Chris Hovsepian join Universal in senior Artist Development roles
Both exec join UMG as Senior Vice President, Artist Development
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Has Spotify Regained #1 Spot In US Subscriptions?
Last month the headline was that Apple Music had unofficially surpassed Spotify in U.S. paid subscribers. But new data suggests that Spotify may have pulled ahead in this neck and neck race for streaming supremacy. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) has released a research report estimating that Spotify added 3…
Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Is Available On Spotify, Apple Music Exactly Three Years After It Was Released
Three years to the day after it was released, Beyonce’ has made her 2016 Grammy-winning album Lemonade available on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services. The album was previously only available for purchase and as an exclusive stream on Tidal. The release comes days after her release of a…
Amazon, YouTube Just Launched Free Music Services But Neither Is A ‘Spotify Killer’
Amazon and YouTube each just launched free music streamers. Like Spotify’s free tier, both offer free ad-supported music. But despite the media hype, their goals are very different than Spotify. Spotify’s free tier offers on demand access to 40 million tracks across almost every platform imaginable. Whereas YouTube and Amazon…