Going on tour may have a road-trippy feel to it, but being on tour also requires a significant amount of both physical and mental rigor, and it’s important to take care of your body. That said, it’s also important not to waste all of your hard-earned tour funds on expensive…
Category archives: DIY
WMG, Dubset Partner To Offer Legal DJ Mixes
Dubset, the music marketplace and rights management database for DJs and artists, has inked a deal with Warner Music Group (WMG). Warner is the latest major label to partner with the platform whose aim it is to equip DJs with new mix and remix distribution and monetization opportunities. Sony signed…
Artists Are Increasingly Rejecting Record Deals
Some record executives are starting to sweat, as the music industry morphs into one where the climate is significantly more favorable towards a DIY way of doing business and many artists are eschewing traditional label deals in favor of doing things their own way. _______________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski…
2019: The State Of Sampling
In this piece, the team at Tracklib took a deep dive into the state of sampling in 2019, breaking down who’s sampling what, the rationale behind it, what the preferred software (and hardware) is, plus some of the past year’s most prominent sampling moments. __________________________________ Guest post by Oskar of…
Orchard Co-Founder Scott Cohen Joins WMG As Chief Innovation Officer
[UPDATED] Scott Cohen, co-founder of The Orchard, has joined Warner Music Group in the newly created position of Chief Innovation Officer, Recorded Music. Cohen exited the Sony owned indie distributor earlier this year. The move has been rumored for weeks. Cohen is charged with helping to chart a long-term course…
Kobalt Is Raising Another $100 Million Funding Round
Music services and music publishing company Kobalt is raising a new round of funding that could top $100 million. The new funding comes just a year after Kobalt closed a round that valued the company at $800 million. Kobalt founder and CEO Willard Ahdritz has confirmed the round, without divulging…
CD Baby EU DIY Musician Conference Returns To BerkIee Valencia Campus Next Month
CD Baby is returning to the Berklee College of Music campus in Valencia, Spain for the European edition of its popular DIY Musician Conference. To be held on April 6-7, the conference is designed to impact self-managed artists’ careers through actionable ideas and advice. The DIY Musician conference has been…
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Put Your Best Tweet Forward: 2019 Edition
Twitter can loud and crowded, so getting a handle on how to be heard (sometimes literally as a musician) above the din is key to marketing success on the social media platform. Here we look at best practices 2019. _____________________________ Guest post by Victoria Morris, Interactive Marketing at The Orchard….
100 Million Use Paid Music Streaming Services In US [MusicWatch]
Fresh off the release of RIAA revenue numbers MusicWatch shared its year-end numbers assessing the size of the US streaming market and how music listening is evolving. Among the internet using population 13 and older MusicWatch reported a record 165 million streamers in 4Q, based on listening at least one…