With income related to live performances accounting for 60-80% of most musicians incomes, it has never been more important to build and sustain a touring career. Grassroots Touring, a new course authored by music industry veteran Bruce Houghton, is designed to teach just that. Houghton is the editor of Hypebot…
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How To Write A Song In One Day
When embarking on the delicate process of songwriting, it can be tempting to hold off on committing to anything until the right inspiration strikes, but there is significant evidence that it may in fact be more beneficial to simply power through. Here we look at how you can train yourself…
TikTok: What Is It?
While many unfamiliar with the platform may be quick to dismiss TikTok as yet another frivolous video sharing platform, the reality is that TikTok can be an amazing opportunity for artists to expand their fanbase. _______________________________ Guest post by Randi Zimmerman of the Symphonic Blog If you haven’t heard about…
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Austria’s Cobra Agency Forms a Latin JV With Basic Music, 5B Artists
Austria’s Cobra Agency has announced its international expansion into Latin America through the formation of a joint venture. Cobra Agency Latin America is a new strategic alliance between Cobra Agency, Mexico’s Basicmusic, and 5B Artists + Media. Righ…
Spotify Adds 40,000 New Tracks Every Day [That’s Not A Typo]
During an earnings call Monday, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek shared that the streamer now offers 60 million tracks. The catalog continues to grow by a whopping 40,000 tracks every day, according to Ek. Podcasts Additionally, more than 50,000 podcasts have been submitted to Spotify through Spotify for Podcasters, enabling listeners…
8 Great Music Video Techniques Anyone Can Use
There’s no limit to the approaches and techniques artists can apply to create original music, but in this piece we revisit some particularly effective and often low-budget ideas that have been utilized in the past, that any artist could borrow today. ______________________ Guest post by Gideon Waxman of Soundfly’s Flypaper…
How Not To Get Caught In The Set It And Forget It Trap
Too many artists forget to change bios, links, call to actions, photos after an album, tour and other milestones and events. On this week’s Music Biz Weekly podcast Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert discuss some tips we learned from speaking with YouTube, like setting up your video name, description, keywords…
Tunecore Distribution Payments To Artists Up 21%, Stream And Downloads Rise 83%
TuneCore artists earned $83 million in the first quarter of 2019, a 21% increase over the same period last year. Total streams and downloads of music by TuneCore’s 250,000 worldwide artists hit 199.3 billion in the past year, a 83% increase over 2017. This latest tally brings Tunecore’s total distributed…
What Artists Can Learn From The Success Of Beyoncé’s ‘Homecoming’ Special [Video]
While few can ever hope to compare to level of talent and success that Beyoncé has achieved, there are some valuable takeaways from her recent Netflix documentary ‘Homecoming’ that all artists can learn from. ________________________ Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Beyoncé is a once in a generation talent,…