[UPDATED] Music Biz Weekly podcast co-hosts and music marketers Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert discuss the importance of the college market including college radio, live performances, college media and more. Learn why you should not ignore the college and how you can use them to build your story. _________________________________________
Category archives: Indie Labels
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Hypebot is here to help to help the do-it-yourself independent musician get it done, with helpful tips on songwriting from Lennon and McCartney, how to get fans to purchase more physical products, how and why artists should build a music content pipeline, and much more. 3 Lessons In Songwriting From…
Spotify Exec Confirms Self-Serve Ad Platform, Shares Future Plans and It’s Good News For Musicians, Marketers
Spotify recently launched Ad Studio, a self-serve, targetable audio ad platform, in beta. As we reported, these 15 and 30 second ads play in-stream on Spotify’s free tier, along with an accompanying banner. Now we’re learning more about Spotify’s ad ambitions, which include serving small business and music based data…
The State of Unclaimed U.S. Music Royalties and Licenses
Here we share a presentation by Royalty Claim’s founder Dae Bogan at the recent MIRA Conference where he offered a preview of Royalty Claim’s currently in progress State of Unclaimed Royalties and Music Licenses in the United States to an audience of music industry executives as well as economists, sociologists,…
Today Is The LAST DAY For GRAMMY 2018 Submissions
The deadline for submitting music to the the 60th Grammy Awards is today to Wednesday Aug. 23rd, and for the first time, submissions and voting are online-only. A full list of Grammy 2018 deadlines: ____________________________________________ Key Grammy dates: Eligibility Period: Oct. 1, 2016, to Sept. 30, 2017 Online entry access…
A2IM Calls Out Billboard For "Erroneous" Independent Music Power Players List
Billboard has published its latest Independent Power Player Edition and A2IM, the U.S. indie label sector’s top trade organization, is crying foul over the magazine’s definition of independent, which includes many companies owned or controlled by major labels. "There is no known definition of ‘Independent’ that embraces 100% ownership by…
Should Musicians Even Bother Making Albums Since Almost No One Is Buying Them?
Like it or not, we live in a singles driven music industry. A recent half-year report from Nielsen revealed that album consumption has taken a dramatic hit over the past six months, even for the industry’s stars. So, should you even bother "making" an album? ________________________ Guest post by Bobby…
Deadline To Enter Music For Next Year’s Grammy Awards Nears
A reminder that the new online access to submit music for the 60th Grammy Awards opened last week. If you haven’t entered your music yet, do it soon – that window closes this Wednesday Aug. 23rd. And note, this year the Grammy Awards will be online-only voting for the first…
Indie Because Group Acquires London Records Catalog
Emmanuel de Buretel’s independent French label group Because Music has acquired the majority of the catalog of legendary London Records that includes hits from artists such as Happy Mondays, Fine Young Cannibals, and Orbital. Long a fixture in the UK music scene, London Records was the label home to numerous…
Bandcamp Raised More Than $100,000 For Transgender Law Center
Bandcamp donated its share of each sale on Friday to the Transgender Law Center in a show of support for the trans and gender non-conforming community that totalled more than $100,000. __________________________________ More than 200 artists and labels joined Bandcamp on Friday in showing support of the trans and gender…