One of the past decade’s more prolific and influential songwriters, Nick Cave of The Birthday Party and Bad Seeds fame here shares the nine primary bedevilments which stand in the way of songwriting and creative flow, as well as looking at how best to overcome them. __________________________ In this most…
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5 Ways To Build Relationships With Bloggers, Journalists
Inundated as they are with pitches, music, and countless musicians trying to capture their attention, the idea of developing a meaningful relationship with music bloggers or journalists may seem like an unrealistic goal, and while it is challenging, there are few practices that can increase your odds of connecting with…
DistroKid Links With Audible Magic To Verify Music Authenticity, Launches DistroLock
DistroKid has joined a growing list of music distributors and services using Audible Magic to fight unauthorized content by verifying the authenticity of both tracks and artists before it is distributed. CD Baby and The Orchard, both of whom have been tagged by Spotify and Apple Music as preferred partners…
Should Copyright Protect Music Created By Artificial Intelligence?
As technology develops to the point where AI is capable of creating original music, questions are being raised as to whether this computer generated music, and the people behind the code that make it possible, should be granted the same legal protections as more traditionally created music. _________________________________ Guest post…
Beatstars Has Paid Out $50 Million To Producers
BeatStars has paid out more than $50 million to the producers who license and sell their work on the marketplace, the startup announced today. The site boasts has more than 340,000 active sellers, and its tracks have been used on a number of major hits, including Lil Nas X "Old…
Everything A Site Requires To Premiere A Song Or Video
Pitching songs to bloggers and other gatekeepers is hard enough on its own, and unfortunately its the just the first step. If you really want to make a splash with your latest release, it’s important that you go by the following steps. ____________________________ Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix…
10 Important Career Lessons From Bipolar, Schizophrenic Music Journalist
In this wake of mental health awareness month, this powerful piece by music journalist Kiana Fitzgerald details her experience in the US music community, and offers us ten valuable lessons she’s learned during that time. _______________________________ Guest post by Kiana Fitzgerald of AWAL In honor of mental health awareness month,…
Radiohead Releases ‘OK Computer’ Outtakes After Hack, Proceeds To Climate Activists Extinction Rebellion
Radiohead have released 18 hours of outtakes and material from its OK Computer era on Bandcamp days after it was leaked online. Proceed from the limited 18 day sale will go to climate change activists Extinction Rebellion. "Someone stole Thom’s minidisk archive from around the time of OK Computer, and…
Bandwear Offers Help To PledgeMusic Artists Including Questionable Staggered Payout System
Merchandiser Bandwear is expanding its music crowdfunding service with an offer to help artists affected by the demise of PledgeMusic. The merchandiser will rebuild their campaigns and online stores at no cost, along an offer of discounted manufacturing and fulfillment. Other artists can also launch a crowdfunding campaign on Bandwear…
Sofar Sounds Raises Huge Amount Of Money, But Artists Don’t See Much Of It
Sofar Sounds, a service which specializes in setting up artists with shows, particular house concerts, has had a pretty successful financial track record, putting on over 600 shows a month and bringing in an impressive amount of revenue – unfortunately, not much of that money seems to be ending up…