Latest Industry: Apple, Spotify, Big Hit Entertainment, Pandora, eMusic, Ludlow Music, The Lede Company, More…

Elton John, Ariana Grande, and Taylor Swift ranked among the lowest ‘highest-paid’ artists of 2018. Billboard has released its list of the highest-paid artists in the music industry.  Elton John ($11.4 million), Ariana Grande ($11.36 million), Janet Ja…

Apple Music has over 25m paying subscribers in North America (and more than Spotify)

Apple and Spotify now have comfortably over 50m paying subs in the US and Canada between them
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Latest Industry: Facebook, Apple, MMF, Warner/Chappell, SGAE, YouTube, Drake, AWAL, More…

So, who did Facebook give YOUR information to? Facebook has admitted to providing 61 businesses access to user data, including public profile information, after stating it wouldn’t.  The social network provided users’ personal information t…

Hip$ters: Merlin Is Hitting $500 Million In Annual Indie Label Payouts

  Major labels are still almighty — but indie labels are bringing in some serious business.  Like, $500 million+ in annual business. Major labels still dominate streaming platforms and boast the biggest artists.  But indie labels are gaining incre…

Apple Is Producing a Music-Themed TV Series With Sara Bareilles & J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams and Sara Bareilles are teaming up for a new Apple series from Jessie Nelson, who’s screenwriting credits include I Am Sam, Stepmom and Corrina, Corrina. Online streaming platforms such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Series have become a more p…

Apple Music to shake up charts – with another new global division

New department under Oliver Schusser will ‘enable effective, data-driven conversations with labels and artists’
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Garageband Tutorial: How to Make a Basic Track

If you follow us here at Point Blank, you’ll know the main DAWs we teach with are Ableton Live and Logic Pro. Both are incredibly powerful tools with limitless potential for you to make whatever kind of music you wish. The learning curve can be a little steep, however (which is why our Introduction to […]

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