In this edition of the Business Of Indie, Secretly Distribution leaves ADA for AMPED, EMPIRE staffs up before some BIG releases, A2IM announces West coast mixer and much, much more. Like Hypebot’s More News section, The Business Of Indie is nestled under its own Indie tab at the top of…
Category archives: Music industry
5 Ways Five Artists Met Their Managers
One thing many present day successful artists have in common is a great manager behind the scenes, helping to engineer that success. Here we look at the origin stories of five such matches in music. ___________________________ Guest post from AWAL J Cole, the 1975, Chance the Rapper, Rita Ora, and…
Paid Streaming Will Surpass Free This Year [Survey]
Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and other paid music streaming services hare doing a better job of converting free users to paid, according to new figures from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). “Streaming has made it fashionable to pay for music again.” Already more males pay to stream music – 24.3%…
3 Reasons It Pays To Be Selfish About Your Time
While there may be an established mentality in the music industry that, in order to be successful, you must constantly be giving it your all, there is in fact a compelling case to be made for being a little more selfish with your time and energy rather than focusing on…
Secretly Leaves Warner Music’s ADA, Signs With AMPED
Independent music label and distribution company Secretly has parted ways with Warner Music Group’s indie arm ADA, and entered into a US distribution partnership with Florida-based AMPED. AMPED, is part of Alliance Entertainment and it its client labels include AWAL/Kobalt, Believe, Empire, IDOL, Lindsey Stirling, Mad Decent, Merge, mTheory, SM…
Kelsy Karter’s Face Tattoo, And How Just $300 Can Rock The World [Video]
In this piece, Jake Udell breaks down the remarkable story of how his management team were able rocket artist Kelsy Karter to the top of headlines everywhere using $300 and a face tattoo. _________________________________ Guest post by music manager Jake Udell from his blog Art of Manager As you may…
Building Your Dream Team: Managers, Music Management Companies
In this edition of Building Your Dream Team, AWAL breaks down the who, what, when, where, and why of music managers and the music management companies behind them so you don’t have to, so you can make an informed decision about where managers fit into your music career. ________________________ Guest…
Your Spotify Streams Could Be Supporting Fake Artists
A recent study from the BBC revealed a number of fake artists accumulating plays from very much real accounts – something which has recently been revealed to be the result of account hacking. _______________________ Guest post by James Shotwell from Haulix A new report from the BBC finds fake artists…
Getting Press For Your Music Harder Than Ever, But Maybe That’s Not A Bad Thing
New information suggests that indie music publicists have been struggling with a media landscape that’s getting smaller and smaller, making it that much harder get coverage from an ever shrinking pool. Still, as Chris Robley here suggests, as the power of the press decreases, it’s one less gate keeper for…
How to Establish Your Online Presence As An Indie Musician
Look, let’s keep it real, if you are a musician and you don’t have an online presence, you pretty much don’t exist. You need to put yourself out there if you want to make a living in the music industry. How else will people discover your work? Official website You…