This book excerpt explores the challenge of properly communicating feelings and emotions with listeners through one’s lyrics, and looks at how a songwriter can structure their work in such a way as to clearly get their intended message across without excessive exposition. ____________________________ Guest Post excerpted from Songwriting: Get Your…
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How To Communicate Effectively With Your Fans: Tips From Trent Reznor, Songkick, PledgeMusic And More
In today’s music world, the artist/fan connection matters more than ever, but with so many avenues of communication, artists must be able to effectively find ways to engage with fans in settings ranging from social media to backstage at a show. ________________________________ Guest Post by Oliver Cox on PledgeMusic Let’s…
The Juno Awards – Full List Of Winners Include Justin Bieber, The Weeknd
Justin Bieber and The Weeknd were among this year’s big winners at Canada’s Juno Awards held this weekend in Calgary. The full list of winners: Rap Recording of the Year: If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – Drake Fan Choice Award: Justin Bieber Album of the Year: Beauty Behind…
"Gonna Take You Higher" – Cannabis Chain Bids To Rename NFL’s Mile High Stadium
Cannabis becoming big business will inevitably lead to some strange bed fellows; and if a beer company can own the naming rights to a sports stadium why can’t a chain of legal marijuana dispensaries? We’ll find out what the NFL thinks of that soon. ____________________________________________ Native Roots, Colorado’s largest cannabis…
MON. BRIEFING: Tidal Lawsuit Details • Industry Unites Behind DMCA Reform • UMG, Ole Shift Some Songs To SESAC • More
Monday 4.4.2016 Music Business News From Around The Web What do you think of streaming music exclusives? Tell us on our new Anchor channel. Updated continuously under Hypebot’s More News tab.
ACM Awards 2016 – A Complete List Of Winners
The 2016 ACM Awards were following the pattern set by the CMAs with Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town logging major winds. But the nights biggest award, Entertainer of the Year, went to a first-timer, Jason Aldean. 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards Nominees & Winners Entertainer of…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of Hypebot’s most well received articles this week included an introvert’s guide to self-promotion, a look at six organizations designed to help indie artists, an infographic on how to best keep your social media updated, and more. 6 Organizations That Give Indie Musicians Grants, Crash Pads, More Self-Promotion: An…
This Week In Music Commentary
This week in the opinionated and insightful world of music commentary, we hear how Generation Z’s use of social media impacts music marketing, why it’s important for songwriting to not be too complex, and look at the delicate balance between art and commerce. US Is One Of Just 4 Countries…
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y And Indie Music
It’s a tough world out there for indie artists, but we’re doing everything we can to make it that much easier, with advice on how to draw in a crowd when playing a new city for the first time, how and when you should update your social media, how you…
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Flute And The Toothed Beast • On-Demand Music • Frugality On Tour • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, we looked at the rise of on-demand music, heard why it’s important to keep your songwriting simple, how you can to save money on tour and more. Jonathan Sardis | The Tale Of The Flute And The Toothed Beast Anne Kings | On-Demand Music Content At…