South by Southwest Conference and Festivals has announced further additions to their Keynote and Featured Speaker lineup for the March 8-17 event. Keynotes announced today include award-winning filmmaker PJ Raval and a keynote conversation between Spotify chief content officer Dawn Ostroff, Gimlet co-founder Matt Lieber and Anchor co-founder Michael Mignano….
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Gracenote Partners With Muzooka For Photos, Artist Assets
Gracenote is now using Muzooka’s unified artist asset management platform to help deliver the latest photos and more. Gracenote is a leading provider of music metadata to many top music platforms and electronics devices. With the Muzooka partnership, when an artist or manager updates a photo on the Muzooka platform,…
Proven Ideas To Sell More Music Merchandise [INFOGRAPHIC]
Merchandise sales is one of the top income streams for most musicians, when its done well. The folks at RushOrderTees often remind their clients that great merch accomplishes many things. For the band, it generates revenue and serves as promotional material. For fans, it provides a piece of memorabilia they…
Magic Records: Copyright Free Music For Mixing, Monetizing
For those weary of the same tired royalty free music, Magic Records offers an excitingly large catalog of copyright free music in the techno/electronic vein, and is available for use by producers, artists, and mixers. Here we look at how this resource can be utilized. ________________________________ Guest post by Bo…
Did Technology Bring About The Death Of Good Music?
After new research was released suggesting that millennials prefer golden oldies to contemporary pop, Stephen Carlisle did some digging to determine if this was in fact accurate and, if so, what role technology may have played in the "decline" of music’s quality. _____________________________ Guest post by Stephen Carlisle of NOVA…
CD Baby Announces Global Expansion plus UK, Canada, Columbia, Singapore Hires
CD Baby is continuing to expand globally with hires in Canada, Latin America, East Asia/Pacific, and the UK and EU. CD Baby is also adding local Artist Support Centers around the world, starting with the UK in the coming months. These centers will give specific advice in local languages tailored…
Are YOU A Male Ally To Women In The Music Business?
As more allegations of predatory behavior by men in the music business continue to emerge, Chris Robley shares a recent open letter from Joe Crookston to the Arts and Music Community, encouraging men in the music industry to make a commitment to act as true allies to women in the…
3 Weeks After PledgeMusic Suspended Campaigns, Hundreds Of Artists Still Unpaid
On Wednesday February 6th, PledgeMusic sent an email to all artists with active crowdfunding campaigns suspending them immediately. The move same after months of late payments and non-payments to artists. Three weeks later, all campaigns remain suspended and hundreds of artist’s left unpaid. The crowdfunding platforms last update, which contained…
9 Simple Reasons To go To SXSW 2019 [Kosha Dillz]
SXSW can be overwhelming, but not so for indie rapper Kosha Dillz, who is prepping for his 12th SXSW. Planned properly, SXSW launches Kosha’s year. Read and learn, grasshoppers. _________________________________ By indie rapper and music marketer extraordinaire Kosha Dillz This year will be my 12 year at SXSW and 11th…
5 Lessons Learned From Shep Gordon
Talent manager, producer, and film agent Shep Gordon recently released a book titled The Call Me Supermensch, which uses a backstage pass to his life as a framing device for some important lessons about the music and entertainment industry. Here we look at five key takeaways. _______________________________ Guest post by…