Digital music marketing pioneer and Universal Music Group SVP of Global Streaming Marketing Jay Frank, age 47, has died after a battle with cancer. “Jay leaves an immense legacy." Sir Lucian Grainge, the chairman and CEO of UMG, said in a statement. "He was a creative and tireless leader who…
Category archives: Music industry
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y and Indie Music
This week, we once again had a whole host of valuable tips and ideas for the industry’s do-it-yourselfers, including a look at what data metrics can do for you, how to have difficult conversations with your bandmates, which types of social media postings cultivate the most engagement, and much more!…
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Broadcast Tech • Soundtrack To Sleep • Make Your Music Stand Out • More
On MusicThinkTank this week, our contributors shared articles on new broadcast tech that’s reshaping the live music experience, how to get a better night’s sleep through the power of playlists, what it takes to make your music stand out from the crowd, and more! Jordan Calvano | APPIX Broadcast Tech…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this flip back through the past week’s music industry news, we look at Bandsintown’s launch of its first-ever predictive touring charts, Tencent’s new paywall (with more to come), which musicians have the most fans on Facebook, and more. Bandsintown Launches First-Ever Predictive Touring Charts For Established and Emerging Artists…
Touring Industry To Tackle Mental Health with Non-Profit ‘Tour Support’ Intiative
Tour Support, a new nonprofit program to provide mental health support to artists, crews and vendors in the music touring industry. Live Nation, Friends at Work and WME are launch partners as are artists including John Legend, Steve Aoki, MARINA, Grace VanderWaal and Rick Springfield. Tour Support is a new…
A2IM Opens Libera Independent Music Award Submissions
A2IM 2020 Libera Awards for the best in independent music submissions are now open. The deadline to submit is January 31, 2020. Click here for an updated list of categories and submission guidelines. A2IM Members receive a discounted price for submissions. Offer code is available on the Special Offers page….
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
In some of the most often perused pieces from Hypebot this week, we looked at how Generation Z is redefining the music business, some of the best YouTube channels for promoting you music, a list of the RIAA’s most ‘notorious’ copyright offenders, and more! Music Business Is Being Re-Defined By…
Why You Should Focus on Booking Local Gigs
We all want to move on to big regional, national, or even international tours. But, it’s a mistake to rush into touring too quickly and skip out on booking local gigs. I have always been a believer in starting your career in a central place, like your hometown or a…
Apple Music Has Team Of People Writing Down Song Lyrics
Apple is known for its attention to detail, but this revelation takes that to a whole new level. Instead of using less-than-perfect lyric services to provide lyrics alongside its music streams, Apple Music has "a team of people listening to music and transcribing the lyrics." The full quote from a…
Five Vectors Raises $1M To Connect New Artists with Gaming
Five Vectors, a start-up that works with emerging artists to produce music for gaming audiences has raised $1 million in seed funding, led by BITKRAFT Esports Ventures. BITKRAFT has been on a spree of investments in esports-related projects this year including Strafe’s esports hub, Ready’s esports platform, Tonk Tonk Games’…