For the last Music Biz Weekly Podcast of 2018, co-hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert look back at 2018, comment on industry shifts that excited and disappointed them and look ahead to 2019.
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Google Wins FCC Approval to Keep Developing Radar-Based Hand Sensor
Project Soli can operate at higher power levels than currently allowed.
Zoe Keating Shares Spotify, Streaming Earnings 2018
Cellist and composer Zoe Keating has won legions of fans with recordings and performances that use live sampling to create a rhythmically and sonically dense, almost otherworldly sound. To her fellow independent artists, she’s also an inspiration and a thought leader. _______________________________ Snowmelt (EP) by Zoe Keating The centerpiece of…
Google Is Planning a Huge $1 Billion Campus in New York
Google says the expansion will enable it to add 7,000 employees in New York, in what it is calling its “Global Business Organization.”
How To Use Shopify And Single Music To Sell Direct To Fans
[UPDATED] Driving fans to an artist’s site only to redirect them elsewhere to purchase a download or t-shirt means lost revenue and a chance to capture valuable fan and marketing data. The reams of a growing number of major and indie artists are building their own __________________________ Guest post from…
Streaming Services Hold Key To Music’s Diversity [Op-Ed]
Johan Svanberg of indie distributor Record Union looks at the need for music streaming services to become more diverse and egalitarian; not only where gender and ethnicity are concerned, but also in terms of creation and ownership. The answer, he believes, is to make streaming platforms a more hospitable and…
Google Not The Only Large Search Engine You Ought To Know About
While the vast majority of us rely on Google for our searching needs, we’re also aware of a few other engines like Bing and Yahoo, as well as some other outliers. One major search engine artists over look when focusing on making their music discoverable, however, is the Russian search…
How Analytics Make All The Difference In A&R, Marketing
In this piece Chaz Jenkins explains why implementing a broader approach to analytics is key to an effective marketing strategy, and why only looking at past data simply doesn’t provide enough information. ____________________________ Guest post by Chaz Jenkins of ChartMetric On my first day in a new role a few…
These Are the 10 Highest Paying Jobs at Google
Using Glassdoor salary data, we’ve compiled a list of the top 10 highest paying jobs at Google, and what duties help to snag those salaries.
YouTube Rolls Out Its Merchandise Feature to Creators in Europe
Merch Spring’s coming to Europe. Over the summer, in an effort to keep its agitated content creator community away from Patreon, Twitch, and Instagram/Snapchat, YouTube unveiled several ‘new’ (i.e., outright copied) features. Twitch’s Channel Membershi…