Jessica Sobhraj of Cosynd outlines what the passage of the CASE Act means for independent songwriters and creator and the ease and affordability of filing and resolving copyright disputes. ____________________________ UPDATE: The CASE act overwhelmingly passed the US House of Representatives this week and the bill is headed to the…
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Investors, Labels Queston Spotify’s Future
Just days before Spotify’s Monday earnings report, some label execs and Wall Street analysts are questioning if the steaming giant will ever be profitable, and if not, can it survive? By Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Spotify certainly looks like the big dog on the streaming block, and perhaps it…
How An Artist Grew To 500,000 Monthly Spotify Listeners Without The Use Of Playlists
In this piece, Ari Herstand walks us through the rise of Virginian hip hop artist Lucidious, and how he managed to go from about 150 monthly listeners to 500,00, without relying on playlist placement. ______________________________ Guest post by musician and author Ari Herstand of Ari’s Take Three years ago the…
Pandora Adds Detailed Song Credits As Recording Academy Plots ‘Behind the Record’ Campaign
Pandora has added full detailed song credits to users across all tiers of its service on the web and on new desktop apps for Mac and Windows. Starting today, the first few credits are visible on a song’s Pandora details page. To view the full list of credits, users click…
Artists Can Now Pay To Promote New Releases On Spotify Including To Paid Premium Users
Spotify announced today that artists and labels will be able to buy paid placements across both its paid Premium and free ad-supported tiers to promotes new releases. Dubbed "Brand New Music For You," this US only test marks the first time that Premium Spotify users can be targeted with paid…
Why Streaming Royalties Will Always Stay Too Low To Make A Living Off Of [Video]
Disc Maker’s Tony van Veen details why he believes that streaming services will never pay independent artists enough in royalties for them to make a comfortable living in the way that physical CD sales once did. ____________________________________ Guest post by Tony van Veen of Disc Makers I’m afraid I have…
Bandzoogle Names Dave Cool VP Of Business Development
Musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle has promoted Dave Cool, an 8-year veteran at the company, to Vice President of Business Development. Cool was instrumental in the recent Bandzoogle partnership with CD Baby that led to thousands of musicians’ Host Baby sites migrating to Bandzoogle. In addition to a passion…
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Pandora AMP Turns 5: Artists Using Free Artist Marketing Platform Up 688% In Last Year
Pandora’s free Artist Marketing Platform (AMP) is now five years old and the robust music marketing toolkit has much to celebrate. Artists using the free self-serve platform grew 688% in the last year alone. As of this month, artists have delivered 4.5 billion audio impressions of free messages recorded by…
Improve Your Artist Site Search Ranking with Image Alt Tags
For any artist or band, having a high ranking is incredibly important to maintaining your online presence and being discoverable by your fans. Because of this every slight edge you can gain when it comes to SEO matters, including the implementation of image alt text. ______________________________ Guest post by Bobby…