While the term "music career" typically evokes the image of a center stage musician, the industry holds a much greater variety of job options outside of performance, and indeed many of them are far more lucrative, as well as more stable. ________________________________ Guest post from Berklee Online’s TakeNote When you…
Category archives: Music industry
Everything You Need To Know About Using Google Analytics
One of the greatest advantages offered by social media marketing is the ability to measure and quantify your online impact. Unfortunately, as an artist or musician, it can sometimes be difficult to determine which aspects of this feedback are actually of value. Here we look at how to utilize Google…
TUE. BRIEF: VMA Winners • Festicket Adds Event Genius, Ticket Arena • YouTube Music ‘Released’ • More
TUESDAY 8.27.19
Music Business News From Around The Web
Updated continuously under the More News tab
Save the Music, MTV, Pharrell Launch EDM Grant Program Named After Producer J Dilla
Non-profit Save the Music and MTV have announced a unique program supporting electronic music production to develop students’ creative and technical talents that reflect how music is being made today. Founded in 1997, Save The Music partners with school districts and raises funds to restore music programs in public schools….
6 Marketing Strategies For Getting Your Music On Playlists
In the age of on-demand streaming, a crowded marketplace has made getting your music discovered quite a challenge. Luckily, playlisting has become such a dominant part of music consumption that many artists are able to tweak the system in order to land their music on both algorithmically generated and user…
5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Getting Signed
Changed though the industry might be, signing to a respected label can open the door to opportunities that would otherwise be much further out of reach. That said, rushing into a deal without reading the fine print or negotiating can cause problems down the road. Here, one artists shares five…
What Every Music Business Employer Is Looking For
Cultivating a successful career in the music business is more difficult than many other industries, and while experience and talent are certainly helpful assets when it comes to getting an employers attention, there’s one quality they’re looking for in potential hires that trumps all others. ___________________________ Guest post by James…
Converting Weather Into Music With Dark Sky, Spotify For Tycho
In a unique algorithmic twist, Tycho recently teamed up with Lee Martin to craft an app which employs the user’s local weather forecast in order to create custom weather-based playlist. Here Martin walks us through the process of the app’s creation, and how it works. __________________________________ Guest post by Lee…
ADA Worldwide Partners With Incubus on Global Distribution Deal
WMG owned distributor and label services provider ADA has partnered with multi-platinum band Incubus and the band’s own label of the same name. ADA will support the Los Angeles-based label across sales and distribution on a global scale, along with a full suite of label services in the US, including…
This Week In Music Commentary
This week, commentary inside the music industry looked at the sustainability of a streaming based income, why it’s important for songwriters to embrace authenticity over trends, what merch sales are truly worth in the modern music economy, and more. Streaming Income: How Sustainable Is It? Why Songwriters Need To Embrace…