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…
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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…
Fans Want To Understand An Artist’s Creative Process
What we consume as the final product of an artist’s creative effort typically fails to communicate the process and often struggle that goes into it. Here we explore the value of sharing the creative process, and how it helps fans gain greater understanding of not just the music, but the…
5 Tips For Preparing To Release New Music [Podcast]
In this new episode of the Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert discuss an article that Jay wrote for Soultracks.com, 5 Basic Tips: Preparing to Release New Music. "Let’s assume that you’ve recorded great music. Pick a focus track. Ask people you trust which song it should…