As we flip back through another eventful week of music industry news, we look at an infographic of musicians killed by guns since the 1950s, Trump’s ‘Freedom Kids’ lawsuit against the candidate, the impact of Pokémon GO on Pandora, and more. Musicians Killed By Guns 1950 – 2016 [INFOGRAPHIC] Live…
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Projecting Trends: Augmented Reality, Advertising, and Music
As part of a ‘Projecting Trends’ series, this article examines the impact of Pokémon Go and Snapchat as they move toward making augmented reality increasingly mainstream, and the broader effect this will have on the music industry as a result. __________________________________ Guest Post by Bas Grasmayer on Synchblog Our new…
Do Modern Artists Really Need Record Labels?
Do artists operating in today’s music economy really need record labels to succeed, or can they simply rely on administrative royalty collection services like Kobalt? The answer may depend on how established the artist already is. _____________________________ Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Here’s a very interesting video…
3 Things You Should Know About The Average Facebook User
Facebook’s latest algorithm shift has placed greater emphasis on users friends and family rather than other pages and organizations. This article helps artists understand the average Facebook users habits such that they can be better marketed to. ____________________________________ Guest post by Ashley Carlisle of Hootsuite With the latest Facebook algorithm…
Music Publishing News Roundup 7.19.16: Songwriters Move To Exclude Sony • Music Dealers Implodes • Sony/ATV Claims Top Spot
The National Music Publishers’ Association and the Nashville Songwriters Association have moved to exclude Sony Music Entertainment from participating in the Copyright Royalty Board’s proceeding to determine mechanical royalty rates for a variety of services. The NMPA/NSAI argue that because Sony is neither a licensor (i.e. music publishers) nor a…
The 5 Things You Pay Too Much For As A Musician
For most musicians, profit margins are already pretty slim, meaning they can’t typically afford to shell out a lot of unnecessary cash when purchasing gear. Here we look at some items on which far too many musicians will overspend. ____________________________ Guest Post by Jesse Sterling Harrison on the Sonicbids Blog…
3 Tips For Expanding Your Career Beyond Music
While it’s certainly a fun and rewarding experience, limiting yourself to just being a musician means that you can miss out on other exciting entrepreneurial opportunities which can present themselves during the course of your involvement with the music industry. __________________________________ In this new post on MusicThinkTank, Nick Gross explores…
Live Nation Reports Strong Earnings, Stock Soars
Over the last few quarters, Live Nation has started to feel like a solid business driven less by the touring whims of major artists and more by solid growth across three divisions – concerts, advertising, and ticketing. That Live Nation can achieve this amplifies Robert Sillerman’s failures at SFX. _________________________________________________…
FRI. BRIEF: Live Nation, Amazon Report Record Quarters • SFX Maneuvers • VKontakte • Leadership Music • More
FRIDAY 7.29.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Live Nation’s increasing strength makes the job of resurrecting SFX that much more difficult. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Music Dealers Founder Responds To Site’s Demise, Unpaid Artists
Earlier today, we reported that synch licensing site Music Dealers had shut down leaving many artists that made music available through the site upaid. Now, Eric Sheinkop, the founder who raised more than $9 million to fund Music Dealers but has since left to co-found shopping startup desirelist, has responded…