A record label is a business, and like any business it needs quality employees. For those interested in working in the music industry from behind the scene, we look at seven easy steps for securing yourself a position at a record label. ________________________ In this recent post from MusicThinkTank, Daniel…
Category archives: Indie Labels
Sire Records’ Seymour Stein: Moving On, But Not Slowing Down
After forty-two years in the corporate music world, music industry legend Seymour Stein (notable in part for his discovery of Madonna, The Ramones, and The Talking Heads) is leaving Warner Music Group to return to his roots working in indie music. ________________________ Guest post by William Glanz of SoundExchange Music…
How To Get The Most From Spotify’s New Playlist Pitch Platform
Spotify’s launch of a playlist pitching platform certainly seems like good news, however, if artists want to actually get their music on those powerful Official playlists, there are a few tactics to get the most out of the new tool. _______________________ Guest post via Playlist Push Spotify announced a new…
Ditto Scores Distribution Of New Chance The Rapper Release
[UPDATED] Chance The Rapper has become the poster child for truly independent artists with his hugely successful streaming only releases. So Ditto Music being chosen to handle the worldwide distribution for his new release is a major score for the D.I.Y. distributor. __________________________________ Ditto Music is now the official digital…
Tunecore Adds Facebook, Instagram Monetization
DIY distributor TuneCore has added a new opportunity – Facebook and Instagram monetization. Facebook recently cut licensing deals with all three majors, Merlin and others for music on all its platforms, but this is the first time we’ve heard of funds trickling down to DIY artists. Tunecore artists and labels…
Bringing Together Tour, Radio, Fan-Targeted Advertising [CASE STUDY: Nathaniel Rateliff]
In this piece we look at commercial experiment of sorts, in which Concord Music utilized a triple-headed geo-specific marketing strategy to maximize listener consumption of one of its artists. ___________________________ via the American Association of Independent Music How Concord utilized found.ee to build geo-specific remarketing audiences aligning tour and radio…
8 Free Online Resources To Create An Album Cover
After you’ve dumped blood, sweat, and tears into recording and mixing an album, there still remains the final step of creating album artwork. While this element of the process may not be one artists want to sink a lot of time or energy into, these eight online resources can help…
Polaris Music Prize Short List 2018
Ten albums have been named to the Polaris Music Prize short list for Canadian album of the year. “These 10 titles traverse language and culture and highlight the beauty and richness of Canada’s musical life in 2018,” said Polaris jury foreperson Katherine Duncan. The winner will be announced at its…
Major Labels Demand More Slots On Spotify Playlists
All three major labels are unhappy with the number of song placement they receive on key Spotify playlists and demanding preferential treatment, according to a new report. The displeasure with Spotify is directed at two very different kinds of Spotify playlists, that together drive manyt listening hours, according to the…
Tom Sarig On The Rediscovered Power Of An Indie Label [Podcast]
Here Tom Sarig, music industry veteran and founder of the AntiFragile Music label as well as running the Esther Creative group, discusses the power of the indie label and what it can do help artists in a way majors no longer do. _________________________ Guest post by Andrew Apanov from the…