FestWorld Magazine, billed as the world’s first print magazine devoted exclusively to music festivals and music festival fans, is set to launch on March 9, 2019. The quarterly magazine will travel and food, fashion, art, and music, and will will be available at airports and music festivals globally. Each issue…
Category archives: Live & Touring
The Ticketing Tides Are Turning For The Secondary Market
The secondary ticketing market has been a problematic feature of the music industry for ages, with online technology transforming it into a multi-billion industry. Now, however, the ticketing industry is on the cusp of a massive transformation which could disrupt things for the secondary ticketing market. ________________________ Guest post by…
What Happens When You Fake Social Media Numbers
There have been a number of stories released in the past week covering a fake LA hard rock band created by a one Jared Threatin who purchased massive numbers of followers, views, and Facebook attendees only to, unsurprisingly, have the "real" tour go up in flames. _____________________________ This was written…
5 Common Mistakes Made By Artists
As an artist striving for success, you’re doubtless putting in countless hours of blood, sweat, and tears, but even working as hard as you do, it’s easy to make career derailing mistakes. Here we look at five of the most common ones. ____________________________ Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo of the…
Threatin’s Fake News, Fake Fans and Fake Reality
The rise of the streaming age has brought with it an unsurprising uptick in artists attempting to game social media and streaming platforms in a less-than-honest approach to finding success in the music business. The "band" Threatin’s faked fanbase and resulting failed tour has become perhaps the most extreme instances…
Personal Managers Hall Of Fame Calls For Nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for consideration of individuals as 2019 Inductees into the Personal Managers Hall Of Fame. Established by the National Conference of Personal Managers Inc. (NCOPM), the Personal Managers Hall Of Fame celebrates illustrious careers in entertainment, music, sports and talent management. Inductees will be selected by…
How To Keep The Cost Of Shirts Low Without Sacrificing Merch Quality
While musical integrity is often (as it should be) an artist’s number one priority, musicians still need to make money, and there’s no reason that same integrity can’t extend through to the merchandise they sell. While higher quality merch may typically mean higher production costs, there are ways around such…
Modern Touring: New School Tricks With Old School Hustle
Here we explore how both forward thinking entrepreneurial artists and music tech companies like Bandsintown are pushing the envelope on how they market themselves in order to launch successful tours. _____________________ Guest post from AWAL “I don’t like the VIP section. I prefer the mosh pit.” You won’t find Fabrice…
Cleveland’s Stella’s Music Club Launches Indie Record Label
Cleveland’s Stella’s Music Club has announced plans to launch their own record label Stella’s Records, sourcing music from artists and bands who perform at the nightclub. The label, launched in partnership with Cleveland-based recording studio Superior Sound Studios with producer Jim Wirt, who relocated from Los Angeles and sound engineer…
Paradigm Adds Kenny Chesney In Dale Morris Acquisition
Dale Morris & Associates, the artist-driven in-house touring arm of Morris Higham Management, has been acquired by Paradigm Talent Agency. Under the terms of the deal, Morris & Associates executives Mike Betterton and Nate Ritches will move over to Paradigm along with the rest of the company’s roster, which includes…