Sound Royalties has announced an alliance with music distributor GLAD Empire. Sound Royalties’ financial solutions offers artists the freedom to maintain their independent careers, retain ownership of their content, and receive cash advances to create new videos and promote their product. GLAD Empire focuses on digital distribution and monetization of…
Category archives: Indie Labels
Ben Kweller Returns After 5 Years Battling Depression
After a five-year hiatus following what he describes as a ‘near death’ incident, indie rocker Ben Kweller has returned to the music scene with a new album and a new tour. Kweller described his near date with destiny in a recent tour announcement, explaining how he and his family nearly…
‘Gangnam Style’ Hitmaker PSY Goes Indie
PSY, the hitmaker behind “Gangnam Style,” has announced the launch his own entertainment company, P NATION. PSY left YG Entertainment in May of 2018 following eight years with the label, rumors that the 41-year-old might branch out on his own began to surface. Thursday, PSY confirmed the rumors were true…
PledgeMusic Co-Founder Benji Rogers Offers Help As Late Payment Problems Widen
Artist after artist is coming forward to share their stories of late payments and non-payments after their campaign with PledgeMusic had finished. From Jesus Jones to Fastball and beyond, indie and major label artists at all levels and of all types are affected by the payment problems. PledgeMusic issued a…
Indie Label Tru Thoughts Celebrates 20 Years of Innovative Vinyl Releases
Brighton label Tru Thoughts is celebrating two decades of innovative vinyl releases this year. From downtempo instrumentals to heavy club tracks, through reggae, dub and hip hop to folk, jazz and soul-influenced singers and songwriters, the label really has done it all. “As we celebrate 20 years of the label…
Dreamville Sessions: The Album Cycle Reimagined
Here Jake Udell explores how one artist is reinventing the traditional album cycle by using a marketing a strategy which goes past building anticipation, instead using the groundwork of fan loyalty to propel the release. ______________________ Guest post by Jake Udell of Art of Manager Study all the time, listen…
Why Subscriptions Matter To Musicians [Jack Udell]
As subscription based services begin to occupy an increasingly large section of the market, artists are wondering how they can better get in on the action. Here we look at why a subscriber base would be so valuable to artists, and some of the challenges in creating an artist-specific subscription…
Folk Alliance Announces 2020 Conference Move, 2019 Registration Still Available
Folk Alliance International has announced the dates and location of its 2020 conference, just a few weeks before its 2019 gathering in Montreal. The 2020 edition is headed to New Orleans at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel on Canal Street Jan. 22-26. The 2020 conference theme is “The Story of…
Arcade Fire, 200+ Musicians Sign Letter In Support Of Indigenous People’s Pipeline Fight
Arcade Fire, Tanya Tagaq and more than 200 Canadian musicians and industry professionals have signed an open letter supporting the Indigenous people of northern British Columbia’s fight against the construction of a natural gas pipeline. Arcade Fire, Destroyer, Stars, Peaches, Tokyo Police Club, Tanya Tagaq, Owen Pallett, U.S. Girls, Fucked…
PledgeMusic Payment Problems Continue, Lefsetz Weighs In
Late payments to artists after their campaigns are completed on PledgeMusic continue 8 months after they began. Now powerful music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz has weighed in, after a call from veteran manager Ron Stone. "If you don’t have the money, you shouldn’t be taking new clients,"wirtes Lefsetz. Hypebot first…