Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
On Sunday, June 4th Andrew Leib (of Red Light Management) and I are hosting a day-long workshop called What Does a Manager Do and How To Get One. I will be interviewing 6 top-level managers, one on one, to discuss what they do on a daily basis, what they look for in potential clients and […]
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Pemberton Music Festival organizers and Huka Entertainment won’t escape their financial obligations just by filing bankruptcy. Last week, concertgoers who had purchased tickets to the Pemberton Music Festival got terrible news. Not only was the event suddenly cancelled, but ticketholders wouldn’t receive automatic refunds. Fans who wanted refunds would have to fill out a form […]
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For Ja Rule and Billy McFarland, seven lawsuits and infuriated unpaid employees aren’t enough. They’ll still go ahead with Fyre Festival 2018, despite a new FBI investigation. For those new to the Fyre Festival debacle, let’s do a quick recap. Promised as a luxury music festival for rich young millennials, the event quickly descended into […]
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Last week, Extratorrent was completely ripped down and declared dead. Now, admins have resurrected the entire site, including all of its trackers and historical data. Last week, the entire extratorrents.cc site was taken offline. The owner posted a farewell to users, and went home. In the process, one of the world’s largest torrent trackers was […]
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Spotify keeps purchasing content to solidify its global music streaming lead. To help improve its music discovery process, Spotify purchased Paris-based machine learning startup Niland. The announcement on their blog reads, “We are pleased to welcome Paris-based machine learning startup Niland to the Spotify family. Niland has changed the game for how AI technology can […]
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For those with massive amounts of time (and no job), Live Nation has the perfect pass for you. It’s an all-you-can-eat, $800 ticket to more than 90 music festivals worldwide. Once upon a time, there were a few great music festivals. Now, there are hundreds of them, large and small, worldwide. And most of them […]
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Investors now ask themselves: Will Spotify ever become profitable? Probably not. Is music streaming profitable? Better yet, will an IPO help Spotify finally make sustainable revenue after ten long, arduous years? Or will they face a similar Snapchat-like fate? To gear up for their long-awaited IPO, the Swedish streamer has built an office in New […]
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What happens when you support the Pemberton Festival? Just like the Fyre Festival, your money goes bye-bye. Several weeks ago, the Pemberton Music Festival announced its 2017 lineup. Confirmed artists included MUSE, Chance the Rapper, and A Tribe Called Quest, among others. Yet, following the news of the festival’s cancellation, fans are justifiably upset. Yesterday, […]
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Accidentally taking too much Ativan may have pushed Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell to commit suicide. Shortly after midnight on Thursday, police officers found Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell lying unresponsive in the bathroom with a band around his neck. Cornell’s wife had previously called on a friend to check on her husband. He passed away at 52 years […]
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Is grunge cursed? May 18th, 2017. Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden and grunge pioneer, kills himself unexpectedly. Cornell was found dead in the bathroom of his MGM Grand hotel, with a strap around his neck. He was 52. December 3, 2015. Scott Weiland, singer of Stone Temple Pilots, found dead in his tour bus. […]
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