Commentators in the music industry this week gave voice to their opinions on Pandora’s eventual fate, how streaming revenue could overcome income from live performance, and how and why blockchain tech is fundamentally flawed. Sirius XM’s $480 Million Pandora Investment Just Prolongs The Inevitable [Bobby Owsinski] Streaming Revenue Could Surpass…
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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Our compilation of helpful tips and advice for DIY and indie artists this week cover how to utilize direct-response marketing, how artists can make money off of YouTube, what Disney can teach unsigned bands, and much, much more. Which Social Platforms Are Marketers Using The Most In 2017? Using Direct-Response…
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Getting Verified • Concert Tips • Complete SEO Checklist • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, we explored getting verified on Shazam, how to behave responsibly at live shows, a complete search engine optimization checklist for musicians, and more. Shivani Patel | Tips For Getting Verified On Shazam And Accessing Analytics Kara Masterson | Responsible Rock N Roll: 4 Tips For Your…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In our weekly scroll back through the week’s biggest music industry news, we check on just how deep Pandora’s financial hole is, Major Label’s continued issuance of bogus YouTube takedowns, Spotify’s surpassing of 140 million users, and much, much more. Pandora’s Financial Hole: How Deep Is It? Grammys (Finally) Shift…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week the most popular and often read articles on Hypebot covered Believe Digital’s interest from major players as it tries to sell, Apple’s failure to catch up with Spotify, the ten fundamentals for finding success in today’s music industry, and more! Believe Digital Actively Seeks Sale, Major Players Show…
Is Remix Culture’s Future Mobile-First?
In our gradual transition from desktops to a more mobile-focused music industry, remix culture is also changing. In a lead up to C/O Pop Convention 2017, Bas Grasmayer provides a look at some of the industry innovators leading the way in mobile remixing. _______________________ Guest post from Medium by Bas…
FRI. BRIEF: Spotify: Users Rise, As Do Losses • Musical.ly Gets Original • Pirate Bay Ruling Fallout • More
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11 Most Expensive Albums Ever Produced
While the vast majority of artists are forced to record their music on a budget, we here look at eleven different instances in the history of recorded music when record labels spared no expense funding an artist album, although the return on such investments was not always proportionate. ___________________________ Guest…
Major Label Issues Yet Another Bogus YouTube Takedown
Yet another victim in the seemly endless stream of bogus takedowns off of YouTube percipitated by a major label (this time Universal Music Group), the band The Dandy Warhols recently had the video for their single yanked from YouTube. ___________________________ Guest post by Mike Masnick of Techdirt We’re constantly hearing…
What Unsigned Bands Can Learn From Disney
Here we look at what artists looking to make it in the music industry can learn from a solidly established corporate behemoth like Disney, and how Disney’s ability to tell and re-tell a story in a way that is compelling to, and brings in a new audience can be applied…