In this edition of Building Your Dream Team, AWAL breaks down the who, what, when, where, and why of the music industry’s sonic explorer, the producer, looking at what role they perform, why it is that you need one on your team, and how you can go about finding one….
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How To Succeed On Spotify: A Playlisting Professional’s Guide
In theory, streaming should provide all artists with a fair chance of organically building an audience, provided they can game the system. As with any game, however, success depends largely on the skill of the player, and raising your music’s profile on a streaming services requires a carefully implemented strategy….
Motown Records To Launch Musician, Startup Accelerators
Legendary Motown Records is launching two new programs aimed at giving musicians and music-tech startups a serious career boost. The first program, dubbed the Motown Musician Accelerator, will offer individualized coaching, industry introductions and a $20,000 grant to four musicians or musical groups during a 12-week program slated to launch…
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Social Network For Musicians’ Drooble Song Reviews, Reviewed [Brian Hazard]
In this review of the song reviews section of the musician focused social media site Drooble, Brian Hazard of Color Theory provides a detailed breakdown of his experience using the site, kind of user feedback he received on his music, and whether the process as a whole was valuable to…
Women In The Mix – Roundtable Of Women Music Producers [Video]
A recent study from the USC Annenberg’s Music Coalition revealed that only two percent of producers are women, as well as only three percent of mixers and engineers. In this round table, a variety of some of the industry’s top female producers discuss a plan of action for raising women’s…
PledgeMusic’s Noisetrade Acquired By Paste Media Group [OFFICIAL]
UPDATED: Paste has acquired music and book discovery platform Noisetrade from PledgeMusic. Paste Media Group controls Paste magazine and live music sessions site Daytrotter. Update + Free Music This story has been updated to reflect the official announcement and Paste Media Group’s status as an independent company. Also, from the…
‘First On SoundCloud’ Expands With Fan Created Content
Following the success of the “First On SoundCloud” campaigns in the U.S., U.K. and Germany, SoundCloud has announced phase two of its developing artists program. The campaign features fans and their emotional connections to the tracks and creators they discovered first on SoundCloud. Twenty creators will be featured across SoundCloud…
Performance Rights Disputes: What They Are, What Causes Them
For as long as recorded music has existed, so too have wrongful claims of ownership. Either as the result of ignorance or confusion, disputed claims continue to crop up in the recording industry again and again. Here we look at what causes the disputes, and what systems exist to resolve…
Kobalt’s AWAL Expands Artist Marketing Team With VP Hire
AWAL, Kobalt’s red hot label services and recordings company, has hired Thomas Fiss as VP of Strategic Marketing, North America. Based in Los Angeles, Fiss will oversee multichannel marketing, which includes conceptualizing and producing content offerings and partner integrations for AWAL artists with brands, media outlets and others. "We are…