For musicians, buying instruments or gear can be a stressful experience, with so many different factors to consider it can be easy to end up making an expensive purchase that you later regret. Here we go over some tips for first time equipment purchasers that can help prevent buyers remorse….
Category archives: Live & Touring
ArtistGrowth, Pinnacle Partner To Bring Financial Services, Capital To Touring Artists
ArtistGrowth, a mobile artist management platform, and Pinnacle Financial Partners have announced a strategic partnership and equity investment designed to broaden the financial services and capital available to touring entertainers. Details of Pinnacle’s investment were not disclosed. ArtistGrowth launched in 2013 with a $2 million seed investment from industry veterans…
Ticketmaster Accused Of Scalping Its Own Tickets
Secondary ticketers have fired a new salvo in their ongoing legal battle with Ticketmaster, saying in a court filed counter-complaint that the ticketing giant secretly provided the tools, including ticket bots, necessary for select scalpers to get tickets. Ticketmaster has been battling secondary ticketing firms Prestige Entertainment and Renaissance Ventures…
Songkick Adds Free Concert Analytics, Users Pass 150M
Concert discovery app Songkick has announced the addition of free artist specific fan and gig analytics, alongside some impressive new user, concert listing and SEO stats of their own. Songkick distributes concert information to Google, Spotify, Facebook, Pandora, Shazam and other music and web services. A particualrly interesting stat: On…
100+ Festivals Join Keychange Pledge To Tackle Gender Inequality In The Music Industry
Vanessa Reed of the PRS Foundation has announced that the organization’s initiative to commit to a 50/50 music industry gender balance by the year 2022 has been joined by more than one hundred music related festivals. _________________________ From Keychange Vanessa Reed, CEO of PRS Foundation appeared live on CNN on…
Bandsintown Adds Int’l Partners, 35% Users Now Outside Of North America
Concert discovery and marketing app Bandsintown has announced key partnerships in Japan and France to further expand its international reach. 35% of Bandsintown’s 130 million monthly active users are currently from outside of North America. Globally, Bandsintown serves 42 million registered users and 450,000 touring artists. A new partnership with…
An Open Letter To Venues, Talent Buyers
In this open letter to music venues, Evan Zwisler details the ways in which performance spaces should be more upfront about their business operations, and how they should bands and artists before, after, and during the show. _________________________ Guest post by Evan Zwisler from Soundfly’s Flypaper blog Dear Venues, You…
BandsInTown Adds Events Landing Page For Social Sharing
Concert discovery and marketing app BandsInTown has added free Events Landing Pages to its BandsInTown manager platform that are shareable on social media via a custom shortlink. _________________________________ Bandsintown has launched new Events Landing Pages that display all an artist’s tour dates and are shareable on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter…
BandsInTown Adds Events Landing Page For Social Sharing
Concert discovery and marketing app BandsInTown has added free Events Landing Pages to its BandsInTown manager platform that are shareable on social media via a custom shortlink. _________________________________ Bandsintown has launched new Events Landing Pages that display all an artist’s tour dates and are shareable on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter…
¡Viva Latino! Spotify Takes Another Playlist On Tour
Spotify has announced that it will be taking its popular ¡Viva Latino! playlist on the road. The tour, produced in partnership with Cardenas Marketing Network (CMN), will feature performances by Daddy Yankee, Jowell y Randy, Bad Bunny, Becky G and Natti Natasha and is set to kick off at Chicago’s…