When it comes to radio, the music industry is still primarily based on reporting. This means that mistakes and inaccuracies happen all the time. My vision is to have a transparent music industry based on monitoring, instead of reporting, so that in t…
Category archives: Information For Musicians
3 Years Ago, The Ghost Inside’s Drummer Lost His Leg In a Bus Accident. Now, He’s Back Playing Double-Kick Drums at Nearly 100%
After a near-fatal bus crash in 2015 cost The Ghost Inside drummer Andrew Tkaczyk his leg, he never thought he would play the drums again. Tkaczyk suffered head trauma, broken bones, and a shoulder injury that has required intense therapy to overcome….
Now You Can Change Your Apple Music Profile Photo — Here’s How
Apple is very slowly making changes to its Apple Music for Artists service to make it more useful for artists — and on par with customization that other streaming services offer. Apple Music artists can now upload and change the bio and profile photos …
What Streaming Music Services Really Pay — According to David Crosby
Again — as real artists have shown — don’t expect to make much on streaming music services. Least of all on YouTube. Here at Digital Music News, we’ve covered real artist payouts from streaming music services before. And, let’s face it – unless you’r…
Patreon Enters Crisis Mode as Contributions Unexpectedly Tank
There’s some seriously bad news for anyone reliant upon Patreon donations. Patreon has long served as a creative alternative to traditional crowd-sourcing platforms. It’s also offered a welcomed change from YouTube’s bottom-scraping …
Spotify + Patreon — Label = A Brand-New Success Model
Spotify isn’t signing artists, and neither is Patreon. Which is exactly the point. If you aren’t a die-hard Amanda Palmer fan, you probably didn’t even notice. But since smashing Kickstarter records in 2012, Palmer has effectively bu…
YouTube Introduces ‘Copyright Match’ to Address Rampant Plagiarism Problems
It’s no mystery to anyone who has spent time on the site that YouTube has a plagiarism problem. The company knows it too, which is why Google introduced Content ID back in 2007. Content ID has had a rocky history, though, which may account for the newe…
So You’ve Landed on a Spotify Playlist. Now What?
Spotify playlists can jump-start a career. But you’d better feed the beast right, or your slot could be short-lived. Last time we checked, there were more than 2 billion playlists on Spotify alone, with roughly 2 million new ones are added every…
Mastodon’s Guitarist Says It’s Nearly Impossible for Bands to Survive Financially Anymore
It’s becoming extremely difficult for musicians to make a living these days —even successful and award-winning bands such as Mastodon. Mastodon’s guitarist, Bill Kelliher, recently gave an interview on the music podcast “Let There Be …
YouTube’s Head of Music: “We’re Not Discussing the Value Gap”
Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s Head of Music, says that advertising revenues through Google are growing, while subscription revenues will be on par with Spotify and Apple Music. YouTube’s user base is exponentially larger than that of Apple Music, S…