Despite numerous advancements in payment tech, it can still take ages for songwriters to see a penny of their earned revenue, and so AWAL, AMRA and Kobalt are teaming up to do something about it. _________________________ Guest post from AWAL You can Venmo your friend money before you finish this…
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Spotify Reveals How The ‘Fans Also Like’ Feature Works: ‘the second-most important piece of data’
"Fans Also Like" appears on Spotify artist page filled with a list of related artists. Those same artists also surface on their peers’ FAL lists. Spotify has now shared how this ‘second-most important piece of data’ works and its importance in the streamer’s data driven ecosystem. "Artist similarity is probably…
Inside Bandzoogle’s New Music Crowdfunding Platform with Dave Cool [Music Biz Weekly Podcast]
Dave Cool from Bandzoogle sits down with Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast this week to discuss Bandzoogle’s new no fee crowdfunding feature. Dave also offers updates on many of the recent enhancements to the Bandzoogle platform. Built by musicians for musicians, Bandzoogle is an…
Spotify Says It Overpaid Songwriters And Wants Money Back
In it’s latest spat with music publishers, Spotify says they owe the streamer for overpayments. Last year’s US Copyright Royalty Board rate change included a retroactive cut in the minimum payment that the streamer makes on student and family plans along with a graduated 44% increase in payments to songwriters…
Publishing Lawsuit Against Pandora From Wixen Music Raises Questions Regarding Lyric Licensing
Pandora is facing down a long-expected lawsuit from Wixen Music Publishing over the streaming platform’s alleged infringing of lyrics in songs represented by Wixen. This could be bad news for Pandora, what was made aware of the problem in early 2018 and has thus far failed to take corrective action….
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This Week In Music Commentary
This week commentators in the music industry speculated on whether classical could be the next big genre for steaming, how to integrate a celebration of Pride Month into your music industry career, how Spotify’s new cryptocurrency could theoretically be used to pay artists directly. Is Classical Music Streaming’s Next Big…
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music
Our tips and advice for the independent self-starters out there this week covered whether or not its mastering your music to match different digital platforms, five out-of-the-box promotion ideas for your next album you might not have tried, why indie venues on the chopping block need to be saved. Is…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Before moving on to another full week of music industry happenings, we revisit some notable articles from the past seven days, including a look at how Gen. Z is consuming music, why Spotify users are angry over the platform’s latest updates, how one major MP3 ripping site has been shuttered,…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week, some of our most popular and regularly perused articles on Hypebot explored Spotify’s "digital predator" designation by a top radio consultant, five reasons you might not actually want that record deal of your dreams, PledgeMusic’s ongoing pursuit of a sale, and more! Spotify Dubbed Digital Predator By Top…