Fresh off yesterday’s staff announcements, A2IM is adding a another member to the team. Music industry veteran Chase Varga has been named A2IM Marketing Manager. In 2013, Chase co- founded Engine Driver Presents. In less than three years Engine Driver had produced over 500 events in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, and…
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ASCAP Named Pandora Nicole Carbone-Rogers SVP Events
ASCAP has named Nicole Carbone-Rogers as Senior Vice President of Events. She will be responsible for ASCAP’s awards shows and other events. Previously, Carbon-Rogers was Head of Experiential Marketing & Live Production at Pandora, where she managed 75 events. Carbone-Rogers has also held senior events and marketing positions at Billboard…
5 Collaborative Opportunities Most Musicians Are Missing
With a brand new year comes a whole host of new opportunities for collaborating with your industry peers. Here we look at five such collaborative options you won’t want to miss out on. ______________________________ Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo for the TuneCore Blog When it comes to career growth, I’m…
5 Collaborative Opportunities Most Musicians Are Missing
With a brand new year comes a whole host of new opportunities for collaborating with your industry peers. Here we look at five such collaborative options you won’t want to miss out on. ______________________________ Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo for the TuneCore Blog When it comes to career growth, I’m…
How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams [Emily White]
EXCLUSIVE ADVANCE LOOK: Emily White has deep first hand knowledge of how to build a sustainable music career from her years an an artist manager, consultant and more. She’s shared some of that knowledge from the stages of countless conferences including MIDEM and SXSW and in a Billboard cover story….
BUSINESS OF INDIE: Vinyl At CES • A2IM Reshuffles • Rezonant Scores • eOne • AIM • More
Our latest Business Of Indie roundup includes the resurgence of vinyl at the Consumer Electronic Show, A2IM staff moves, Rezonant publishing’s banner year, a VP hire at eOne, AIM’s inclusivity campaign and much more. Like Hypebot’s More News section, The Business Of Indie is nestled under its own Indie tab…
19 Marketing Predictions From Music Industry Experts
In this piece nineteen different experts in fields ranging from musician to author to podcast host, weigh in with their marketing predications for the music industry in 2019, and what artists can do to prepare for the year. ________________________________ Guest post from Ariel Hyatt Cyber PR Featuring Ari’s Take, DIY…
How Music Can Maximize Your Productivity
We all listen to music for emotional enjoyment, and the psychological benefits have long been known, but in addition to impacting mood, music has also been shown to have the more tangible effect of boosting productivity. _________________________________ In this latest piece from MusicThinkTank, Adelina Benson explores music’s ability to prove…
How Jay-Z, Dr. Dre Focus Group Their Releases
Both hugely accomplished music and entertainment moguls, Jay-Z and Dr. Dre’s success has been propelled by their ability to understand music as a business, and effectively market it to their fans thanks, in part, to focus groups. ________________________ Guest post by Martin Connor of Soundfly’s Flypaper So much of why…
Maximum Rocknroll Will End Print Publication After 36 Years
Punk magazine Maximum Rocknroll is shutting down its print edition later this year after 36 years and more than 400 issues. The San Francisco based publication began life as a radio show in 1977, and in 1982 added a monthly print magazine to cover the burgeoning d.i.y. and indie label…