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Category archives: Indie Labels
QUICK HITS: AWAL Promotes 2 • Empire +1 Records • FADER Label • Spirit Music Group
AWAL Promotes Two: Aaron Bogucki has been upped to Vice President, Marketing at AWAL based in the UK. Over the past 18 months, Bogucki has been building up AWAL’s global digital marketing and creative content team and forging strategic partnerships with third-party tech platforms. Bogucki joined AWAL in February 2018…
CD Baby, Dash Go Expand Into India
CD Baby has expanded into India, the world’s 15th largest recorded music market, according to the IFPI. The news arrives on the heels of recent expansion into China, Canada, Columbia, Southeast Asia, and the UK over the last 16 months. The indie music distributor also announced a notable Indian music…
Stem Offers Free Analysis Of Label, Distribution Offers
Music industry consultancy Stem has launched Stem Check, a new free service to help musicians understand the ins and outs of any record label or distribution offers. Artists can meet face-to-face with a Stem finance specialists to analyze the pros & cons of the deal. "Did you recently get an…
Future Classic Launches ‘Wilder’ Label with Tom Windish, Continues New Artist Residency Program
Australia and LA-based indie label, management, and artist services company Future Classic has launched Wilder, a joint venture record label with veteran Paradigm agent Tom Windish. Windish, who is known for his ability to "discover" talent early in their career, says that the new label will be singles focused and…
WNYC-FM Is Latest Public Radio Station To Slash Music
WNYC-FM, one of New York City’s top non-commercial radio stations, is canceling most music programming in favor of news and talk. Disturbingly, other public radio stations are making similar moves or shifting music programming to less listened to time slots and secondary HD channels. It’s a trend that has independent…
BUSINESS OF INDIE: AIM Distro Report • 2 Chainz Goes Indie • Bubba Sparxxx + Symphonic • More
In this new edition of the Business Of Indie, indie trade association AIM issues a major report on the state of independent music distribution, rapper 2 Chainz signs an indie deal, Bubba Sparxxx partners with Symphonic for a new label and much more. Like Hypebot’s More News section, The Business…
Publishers Are Driving A Full Stack Music Revolution [MIDiA’s Mark Mulligan]
As the value of music publishing catalogs have multiplied, so have the ways in which forward-thinking companies like Downtown, Round Hill, Kobalt, ole/Anthem, Primary Wave and Create Group monetized those catalogs, says MiDiA entertainment industry analyst Mark Mulligan. _____________________________ By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA from the Music Industry Blog Music…
Rock Hall Of Fame 2020 Nominees Include 12 First-timers
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for its Rock Hall Class of 2020. 16 artists are shortlisted and of those nine are first-time nominees. Pat Benatar, Dave Matthews Band, The Doobie Brothers, Motörhead, The Notorious B.I.G., Soundgarden, T. Rex, Thin Lizzy and Whitney Houston are…
A2IM Opens Libera Independent Music Award Submissions
A2IM 2020 Libera Awards for the best in independent music submissions are now open. The deadline to submit is January 31, 2020. Click here for an updated list of categories and submission guidelines. A2IM Members receive a discounted price for submissions. Offer code is available on the Special Offers page….