Ticketfly, the independent ticket company that Eventbrite acquired for $200 million from Pandora in 2017, has now been absorbed within the Eventbrite platform. The main Ticketfly.com URL now redirects to Eventbrite.com. "You can still purchase tickets to all of the best upcoming shows at your favorite venues on Eventbrite.com or…
Category archives: Music industry
How To Use Bandsintown To Reach Your Fans For Free
As the world’s most popular concert discovery app, Bandsintown delivers info on live shows to more than 100 million music fans each month. Impressive numbers, but the burning question is how do you reach your fans? Fans "track" artists on Bandsintown much as they follow them on social media or…
Indie Video Series BalconyTV Rebrands As BALCONY!
After a short hiatus, Orchard/Sony-owned BalconyTV has resurfaced under the moniker BALCONY! and a new format that continues to expose independent artists with a focus on The Orchard’s vast roster. We’ll let Colleen Sweeney of The Orchard’s Daily Rind blog tell the rest of the BALCONY! story: For those of…
How To Successfully Pull Off An Influencer Marketing Campaign In The Music Business
While many may think of influencer marketing as a fringe industry reserved for celebrity elites, it has in fact permeated into the mainstream including, perhaps not surprisingly, the music business. In this piece, we break down how to successfully run an influencer marketing campaign as a music industry insider. ___________________________…
Pandora Mobile iOS, Android Apps Get A Major Overhaul
Pandora has announced redesigned mobile apps for iOS and Android that add more personalization and discovery for users across all tiers of service. The new features are available to free ad-supported, Pandora Plus, and Pandora Premium users. New features launching today include: For You: a personalized, dynamically-updating discovery feed that…
Anonymous Survey To Measure Music Industry Bias, Harassment: TAKE THE SURVEY NOW!
An anonymous global survey hopes to provide an honest look at gender bias and sexual harassment in the music industry. The survey sponsors are encouraging people to share their experiences anonymously. InChorus Group and Shesaid·so have partnered to launch the survey, with the key findings to be announced at Shesaid·so’s…
JUNO Awards Opens 2020 Submissions
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) has announced that submissions for the 2020 JUNO Awards are open. To be considered for nomination for the 2020 JUNO Awards, releases must meet these criteria: National music release dates must fall between the eligibility period of September 1, 2018 and…
How To Select The Perfect Music Analytics Tool
[UPDATED] As music marketing becomes more and more data-driven, an increasing number of companies are popping up and promising they have the analytics tool to make it all work for you. But with such an abundance of options, picking can be difficult. Here we look at how to choose the…
Everything Wrong With The Music Business According To The Black Keys [Video]
During their recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of acclaimed duo The Black Keys dished on everything wrong with the modern music industry, dispensing some hard-to-swallow pills on what life in music today is really like. ________________________ Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix During…
TikTok Bans LGBTQ Content. Is It Time For A Boycott?
Lil Nas X came out as gay on social media. But TikTok, the app that helped make his "Old Town Road" a summer mega-hit, would now ban the announcement in many countries. Popular short-form video-sharing app TikTok has updated its moderation settings to effectively ban content depicting gay people or…