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…
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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…
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Roland Acquires Open Lab’s Stagelight, Launches Zenbeats
Music creation app Stagelight has been acquired by Roland Corporation. With the help of the music tech giant, the Stagelight team has developed a new music creation app called Roland Zenbeats. The current Stagelight app will be phased out by the end of the year. Roland has a special offer…
95% Of U.S. Latin Music Revenue Comes From Streaming, says RIAA Report
A new RIAA report shows that in the first half of 2019, the U.S. Latin music business continued to grow at a double-digit pace. By mid-year 2019, Latin music revenues grew 13.5% to $232 million at estimated retail value versus the prior year. That builds on three consecutive years of…
MLC Submits $37.25M Bill To Administer Music Modernization Act To Be Paid By Spotify, Apple
The newly appointed Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) has submitted its proposal to the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) outlining the structure of the collective and the funding required to carry out the statutory demands of the Music Modernization Act. The proposed start-up assessment is $37.25 million, with an annual assessment starting…
Darren Hemmings Talks Strategic Marketing, Motive Unknown, More [INTERVIEW]
In this interview from the Soundcharts Blog Darren Hemmings, Managing director of UK-based Darren marketing consultancy company Motive Unknown sat down to discuss his company’s approach to music marketing and achieving the right balance with artist fans. __________________________________ Guest post from theSoundcharts Blog Insiders are coming back online after the…
Amazon Music HD Launches, Spotify Says ‘Users Don’t Care’
[UPDATED] Amazon Music is rolling out an HD music services at an attractive price point aimed at bringing high-quality lossless streaming to the masses. Amazon Music HD will launch in US, UK, Germany, and Japan this week, beating Spotify and Apple Music to HD streaming. Priced at $14.99 per month…
Mobilizing The Army Of Tool Fans
Here we breakdown how OneLive and Single Music helped TOOL land the coveted number one spot on the Billboard 200 following the band’s release of a new album after a 12 year hiatus. _________________________ Guest post from Single On June 6th, Maynard James Keenan of TOOL officially announced a new…