This new edition of the Business Of Indie includes news from India’s growing independent music scene, the AIR Awards indie label nominees, AWAL’s partnership with Cold Water Kids and a whole lot more. Like Hypebot’s More News section, The Business Of Indie is nestled under its own Indie tab at…
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Setting Realistic Goals For Your Music Promotion: Musician’s Guide
While cultivating a huge audience is typically the end goal of your music promotion efforts, having that as your only milestone can be discouraging, and overall detrimental to the furthering of your music business career. Here we look at how to set more attainable goals for your music promotion. _____________________________…
7 Steps To Mapping Out Your Music Release Campaign
While it’s important to focus on crafting the perfect batch of songs for your next release, it’s also essential to develop a plan for how exactly you intend to unleash your music on the public, otherwise you’ll find yourself in possession of a collection of songs that are all dressed…
Rolling Stone Launches Music Charts That Are Updated Daily
Rolling Stone has launched five music charts powered by analytics firm Alpha Data, formerly known as BuzzAngle Music, which the magazine acquired last year. The debut comes almost two months later than originally planned. Taking a stab at the iconic Billboard charts that its hopes to dethrone, Rolling Stone says…
Downtown Music’s Roberto Neri To Chair UK Publishers Assoc.
Robert Neri, the Executive VP of Downtown Music Publishing, has been named chair of UK trade organization the Music Publishers Association. Neri, who has been a director on the MPA board since 2015, will replace Universal Music Group executive Jackie Alway, who served as chair for four years and will…
Metadata For Musicians: What It Is, Why It’s So Vital
Given its critical role in providing info that impacts how your music is stored, sorted, and identified, if your metadata isn’t in order, your music simply isn’t ready for public release. Here we break down exactly what metadata is, and why need to get it in order before dropping new…
Spotify Is Shutting Down Direct Distribution: What Artists Need To Know Now
Spotify announced yesterday that it is closing down its free direct upload system after less than a year, and forcing all artists to find an outside distributors within 30 days if they want their music available on the top streaming service. Here’s what artists need to know to avoid problems…
You Shouldn’t Go On Tour Unless You’ve Done These 3 Things
While the prospect of touring is hugely exciting for new bands, they may be unaware of the grueling realities of life on the road. That said, if you’re determined to hit the pavement and bestow your music on the masses, at least make sure you’ve first done these three things….
Creating A Music Industry That’s Safer For Women
The music industry, like so many others, is distressingly male dominated meaning that, in addition to making it harder for female artists and producers to break out, systemic issues of objectification, discrimination, and sexual assault are pervasive throughout all aspects of the business. Here we look at some ways to…
Chartmetrics: Artist Cross-Platform Performance, Ranks, Scores
Here we look at a detailed breakdown of how to do an instantaneous side-by-side comparison of bands and artists’ general performance through the utilization of Chartmetric’s massive data warehouse. ______________________________ Guest post by Josh Hayes of Chartmetric Update as of 2019/06/22: Cross-Platform Performance now also includes Apple Music as a…