The awkward middle child between the reliable LP and the flashy single, the EP is often overlooked and misunderstood, particularly as the digital age reshapes our music consumption habits. Here we give the EP some much deserved attention, looking at the format’s history and how EPs are used by artists…
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SoundExchange Ups Anjula Singh To EVP
SoundExchange has promoted Anjula Singh to Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Singh will add overall strategy and will assist in day to day management in addition to her current duties as CFO. Singh has served as SoundExchange’s Chief Financial Officer, overseeing SoundExchange’s financial, human resources, and facilities management…
Tribe Of Noise Acquires Free Music Archive
Musician community and services company Tribe of Noise has acquired the Free Music Archive (FMA), an open music platform curated by artists. The FMA site went into maintenance-mode over the weekend as part of the move transferring the repertoire, data and code. Both services offer curated music to media makers…
THU. BRIEF: Rapino Refutes Anti-Trust Claims • Women Of EQL • Speeding Cars • Bandsintown For Artists • More
THURSDAY 9.19.19
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KAABOO Bought Through Virgin Fest Affiliate — Branding Will Remain Unchanged
The KAABOO festival brand has been acquired by Virgin Fest. Jason Felts will lead the festival next year. Virgin Fest is the music festival arm of Richard Branson’s multi-national conglomerate, Virgin Group Ltd. Virgin Fest founder and CEO Jason Felts …
Fender Play Foundation Launches With Help From Avril Lavigne, Chris Stapleton, Pete Wentz
Legendary guitar maker Fender has launched of the Fender Play Foundation, a new charity designed to provide resources and music education opportunities to young people. Avril Lavigne, Chris Stapleton, Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco, Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, Ashley McBryde and Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt…
Viberate Is Working To Give Artists Control, Standardize Key Music Data
As in many corners of the music industry, the data surrounding live music is a bit of a mess. But it’s a mess which the startup Vibrate is hoping to fix by creating a standardized system for the entire global ecosystem of live music. Similar to IMDb, the company would…
Bandsintown For Artists Launches with Free Geo-Targeted Messaging To Fans and, More
Bandsintown Manager has relaunched as Bandsintown For Artists. The revamped platform adds free geo-targeted messaging to fans and other improvements that build upon concert discovery platform Bandsintown’s ongoing commitment to enhance the connection between artists and fans through live music. Starting today, Bandsintown for Artists is available free to the…
All The World’s A Vertical Stage – Particularly On Instagram
In an exploration of how much the ubiquity of smartphones has impact our media consumption, Fred Jacobs looks at the recently constructed Samsung KX stage, a vertically stacked contraption taylored specifically for its view-ability via smartphone. ______________________________ Guest post by Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media Strategies If you took Communications…
WED. BRIEF: $700M Endeavor IPO • Spotify VP Vogel Speaks • Hilton + iHeart • Amazon Music HD • More
WEDNESDAY 9.18.19
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