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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music

It’s a harsh world out there in the music biz, but our tips and ideas for the independent artist out there will hopefully make things a little easier, with advice on how to sell more music merchandise, why word of mouth marketing is key to live music and how to…

Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Independent Radio/Blogs • Small Streamers And Unsigned Artists • Music Website Essentials • More

This week on MusicThinkTank, our valued contributors shared articles on the challenge independent music blogs and radio stations face in staying afloat, whether the proliferation of independent streaming platforms could be hurtful to unsigned artists, eight must-haves for your music website. Tracey Arbon | How Do Indie Music Blogs And…

REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this perusal back through the past week’s music industry news, we revisit some of the week’s news highlights, including PledgeMusic’s continued failure to pay artists, Spotify’s legal complications with its India launch, YouTube’s most watched videos of all time, and more. Gimme Radio: Building A Fan Driven Music Streaming…

TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

Hypebot’s most popular articles this week touched on The Beatles’ modern day streaming success, ASCAP’s lawsuit of venues for their failure to pay out, how many artists don’t properly understand their record deal, and more. What Beatles 2018 Success Says About Streaming’s Future [Mark Mulligan] ASCAP Sues 13 Venues For…

Why Spotify Cares About India And Why it May Not Deliver

Spotify launched in India this week, despite a court action and very public dispute between the streamer and Warner Music,. MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan looks a why India matters so much to Spotify and why it may end up being disappointed. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry…

Behind The Curtain Of The New Balance X BEGINNERS Campaign (Part II)

In this second half of a two-part series, we further explore how more developing bands are getting access exciting synch licensing opportunities, thanks to a recent collaboration between New Balance Shoes and up-and-coming AWAL artist BEGINNERS. ____________________________ Guest post from AWAL [READ PART I: Behind The Curtain Of The New…

Playing To Strangers: Why Marketing To People Who Haven’t Heard You Is The Most Profitable

In this piece Amber Horsburgh breaks down some interesting streaming statistics suggesting that, contrary to many conventional marketing theories, marketing to listeners who have never heard your music can be a more profitable approach than trying to cultivate a rapid central fanbase. ______________________________ Guest post by Amber Horsburgh. Amber writes…

SiriusXM Adds 10 Emerging Artists ‘Discovery’ Channels

SiriusXM has added 100 new commercial-free Xtra Channels available exclusively to subscribers on the SiriusXM app, web player and connected devices, including 10 that are designed to showcase new and emerging artists. These music channels also feature skip-ahead functionality. Many of the new SiriusXM channels are variations of classic formats….

AM BRIEF: 3rd Year Of Double-Digit US Industry Growth • SiriusXM Drives Liberty Revenue • Record Store Day • More

FRIDAY 3.1.19
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