This week on MusicThinkTank, we looked at a musician’s guide to moving to LA, how to successfully promote your music, how you can make your artists prosper as a manager, and more. Cherie Nelson | Survival Of The Smartest: A Musician’s Guide To Moving To LA Anne Kings | Vinyl…
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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Rhapsody/Napster unveil their first ever virtual reality music app, Rage Against the Machine offer tantalizing hints of a new project in the works, major labels are making more from streaming than we thought, and much more as we pay a final visit to the week that was in music industry…
12 Really Bad Ideas Raised At The Copyright Office’s DMCA Roundtable Discussions
With a copyright reform bill anticipated in the near future, the Copyright Office has been holding a series of roundtable talks which it will use to support its alterations to copyright law. Unfortunately, many of the ideas raised thus far are more than a little troubling. _______________________________ Guest Post by…
Why Album Art Is Critical For Success In 2016
Although the commercial decline of the physical album means that fewer listeners are getting the full visual experience when they consume an artist’s music, the following article suggests that album art has in fact become more important than ever, and makes huge difference when it comes to selling music. ____________________________________…
Chance The Rapper’s "Coloring Book" Debuts #8 With No Label And Streaming Only On Apple Music
Do artists need labels anymore? Are exclusives a good thing? Those questions and more are being asked by artists and managers this week after Chance The Rapper became the first artist to debut an Apple Music exclusive streaming-only album high on the Billboard 200; and he did it without a…
UPDATE: Glenn Peoples Exits Billboard Magazine For Pandora
UPDATED: One of Billboard’s most insightful voices, long time contributor and Senior Editorial Analyst Glenn Peoples, has exited the trade magazine for Pandora. ________________________________________________ Glenn Peoples has exited Billboard Magazine for a position at Pandora, Hypebot has learned. Exactly what position Peoples has taken at Pandora is unclear; but one…
Band Management: How To Make Your Artists Truly Successful
Whether you’re a new artist, or a seasoned veteran of the industry, a good manager is key to achieving career success. Here we look at several key practices for any artist manager seeking to make their client’s career prosper. __________________________________ In this recent article from MusicThinkTank, Rachelle Wilber offers four…
Kesha Capitulates, Sony ‘Allows’ Her To Perform On TV
From our Beware Of The Contracts You Sign Dept.- Who knew that a label could stop an artist from performing on TV? Until Kesha and her team gave Sony assurances that she would not use a Billboard Music Awards slot as a platform to discuss litigation, she was off the…
Universal Music Group Relaunches Verve Label Group, Danny Bennett Named Head
Universal Music Group announced that they are relaunching the Verve Label Group and appointed veteran manager and film & television producer (and Tony’s son) Danny Bennett as the group’s President and CEO. _________________________________________ The newly relaunched Verve Label Group will be comprised of Verve and UMG’s U.S. classical music labels…
FRI. BRIEFING: Live Nation Buys YouTube MCN INDMUSIC • Rhapsody VR App • Music Biz Adds Data Portal • More
FRIDAY 5.20.2016 Music Business News From Around The Web Grab you camera before its too late: Live Nation buys a YouTube MCN and unprofitable Rhapsody invests in virtual reality. Updated continuously under our More News tab.