There have been a number of stories released in the past week covering a fake LA hard rock band created by a one Jared Threatin who purchased massive numbers of followers, views, and Facebook attendees only to, unsurprisingly, have the "real" tour go up in flames. _____________________________ This was written…
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5 Common Mistakes Made By Artists
As an artist striving for success, you’re doubtless putting in countless hours of blood, sweat, and tears, but even working as hard as you do, it’s easy to make career derailing mistakes. Here we look at five of the most common ones. ____________________________ Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo of the…
Google Not The Only Large Search Engine You Ought To Know About
While the vast majority of us rely on Google for our searching needs, we’re also aware of a few other engines like Bing and Yahoo, as well as some other outliers. One major search engine artists over look when focusing on making their music discoverable, however, is the Russian search…
Spotify’s Vanja Primorac Joins UTA As Music Innovations Exec
Talent and entertainment agency, United Talent Agency has hired from Spotify executive Vanja Primorac as an executive focused on Music Innovations. In this newly created role, she will identify and create marketing, distribution, and platform partnership deals for UTA’s client roster. “UTA is taking a holistic approach to their artist…
Personal Managers Hall Of Fame Calls For Nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for consideration of individuals as 2019 Inductees into the Personal Managers Hall Of Fame. Established by the National Conference of Personal Managers Inc. (NCOPM), the Personal Managers Hall Of Fame celebrates illustrious careers in entertainment, music, sports and talent management. Inductees will be selected by…
Facebook’s Jess Keeley-Carter Joins WMG As SVP Global Digital Marketing
Warner Music Group has named Jess Keeley-Carter as SVP of Global Digital Marketing, Recorded Music. Keeley-Carter was previously at Facebook, where she oversaw Label Partnerships for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She previously worked for eight years for Universal Music Groups, as Global Digital Business Manager based in the…
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FRIDAY 11.30.18
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Lizzo, Kim Petras, Karen Brooks On Music’s Gender Gap [VIDEO]
Kim Petras and Lizzo have a short but informative discussion with Karen Brooks, a Grammy Award-winner who has a No. 1 single on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart about the need for equality in the recording studio and music industry at large. ____________________ Sponsored by Uber and Billboard
Qobuz Sets Early 2019 US Launch with Hi-Res Streams, Downloads, Additional Content
Qobuz, which bills itself as the world’s only certified hi-res streaming and download service, will launch in the US in early 2019. 40 million tracks will be available in “lossless” quality (FLAC 16-Bit/44.1 kHz, similar to CD quality) and in 320kbps MP3 quality along with extensive meta-data and additional content….
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THURSDAY 11.29.18
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