Paste Magazine Editor In Chief Josh Jackson joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Business Weekly podcast, who discusses Paste’s recent acquisition of Noisetrade. What are Paste’s plans? Will they integrate Noisetrade into Paste and Day…
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Building Your Dream Team: The Music Publisher
In this edition of Building Your Dream Team, AWAL breaks down the who, what, when, where, and why of the music industry’s matchmaking money hunter, the publisher. Here we look at the important role they play in gathering artist revenue, and how why they’ve taken center stage in the legally…
Highlights From ASCAP Expo 2019
ASCAP began its 2019 "I Create Music" Expo with the announcement that total revenues for 2018 topped $1.227 billion, an increase of 7% over the previous year. $1.109 billion in royalties were paid to member songwriters, composers and publishers, up 10% year-over-year. Highlights Atlanta power players including producer Don Cannon…
Workshop: How To Promote You Music On Social Media
While you’re likely using the social media majors like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to promote your music, you may be frustrated with how little it’s done to actually boost your music’s performance. In this free workshop, Bobby Owsinski offers some pointers for musicians and engineers on how they can get…
Tinder Adds ‘Festival Mode’ To Enable Music Fest Hookups
Hookup app Tinder has added “Festival Mode” which effectively connects users at music festivals who are looking to ‘connect.’ The new feature allows users to add badges to their profile to show which music festivals that are attending over the summer. The app then prompts users to make a selection…
PledgeMusic Enters Pre-Administration As Buyer Deliberates
PledgeMusic.com Limited is in pre-administration, the UK version of a pre-bankruptcy, sale or reorganization, sources tell Hypebot. But as we previously reported, there is also still an active potential buyer. A confidential email leaked by DMN, which purports to offers potential buyers a look at PledgeMusic’s assets and financials, only…
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music
This week we have a host of fresh and invaluable tips for the looking to cut their own path in the music biz, with advice on how to contact blogs and playlists, how you can best fully optimize your Instagram page, some common crowdfunding myths that simply aren’t true, and…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
It’s been a busy week in the music industry, so we’re taking a minute to revisit some of the most important news stories from the past seven days including Live Nation’s impressive revenue gains, a new survey illustrating just how important music is to people, the Woostock 50’s insistence that…
Who Are Your Biggest Fans? Quiz Your Instagram Followers To Find Out
As part of a great new feature, Instagram is now offering its users a ‘quiz’ option. Similar to their Question Sticker, this new aspect of the social media platform will allow users to ask multiple choice questions, with up to four answers to choose from. ______________________________ Guest post by Manager,…
Music Sync Is Ripe For Change [Mark Mulligan]
Music sync is ripe for innovation and change, says MIDiA’s Mark Mulligan, after extensive research of the sector, The number of music syncs is higher than ever and more platforms are seeking new music, but the market with a host of structural challenges. _____________________________________ By Mark Mulligan of MIDia and…