Many artists bemoan the time they must spend on business and marketing, instead of focusing on their artistry and musicianship. While there’s no silver bullet to changing this ratio, there are a number things you can do to make life easier on yourself and have more creative time. _____________________________ Guest…
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Sony Artists, Songwriters Can Now Get Paid More Quickly
Despite many technological advances, getting major labels and publishers to pay out quickly has remained a challenge. It seems that Sony Music and Sony/ATV, however, are making an effort to expedite things for artists and songwriters, offering real-time processing, and a new "cash out" service. ______________________________ Guest post by Bobby…
Flow Festival Asks Artists To Take A Stand For The Environment With Sustainability Rider
The Flow Festival has invited artists to take a stand for the environment with their riders. Created in collaboration with Flow’s sustainability partner Neste, the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel, the Sustainability Rider offers a free-to-use set of clauses that can be added to existing riders, including recycling or…
Warner Music Group Reports Another Solid Quarter
Warner Music Group reported a solid Q3 that mirrors gains throughout the recorded music industry driven by streaming, Total quarterly revenue grew 10.4% with 12.5% growth in streaming revenue. Highlights • Total revenue grew 10.4% or was up 13.4% in constant currency • Digital revenue grew 12.5% or was up…
Tencent In Talks To Acquire Up To 20% Of UMG
Chinese internet giant Tencent is in talks to acquire a stake in Univeral Music Group, both companies have confirmed. Earlier this year, UMG parent Vivendi announced plans to sell as much as 50% of the world’s biggest music group. Under the proposed deal, Tencent would first acquire a 10% stake…
Country Radio’s Gender Gap Continues: Men Top Billboard Chart 9X More Than Women
For three weeks in December of last year, not a single song on the country chart was sung by a women. A Billboard study showed a rapid decline from four songs by women in the Top 20 in December 2015, three in December 2017 and none in December 2018. Where…
Insiders Guide To Pressing Vinyl with CEO Of Disc Makers
Tony van Veen, the CEO of DIY Media joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly podcast. DIY Media is home to Disc Makers, BookBaby and Merchly. At a time when the industry is focused on streaming, Disc Makers has become the top provider of physical goods…
4 Simple Tactics For Reaching Music Tastemakers
While sharing your music has become easier, getting it into the ears of those who matter has become increasingly difficult. Here we look at four steps for how artists can make their music stand out and catch the interest of industry tastemakers. ______________________________ Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix…
15 Social Media Ad Copy Templates For Selling Out Your Event
In order to pop in a potential event-goers social channels, your posts need to both brief and compelling, summarizing the entirety of your event in just a brief sentence and single image. Though this sounds challenging, the good news is you don’t have to do all this compositional work from…
Guide To Creating A Successful Artist Email Newsletter
There are a number of factors that go in to crafting the perfect email newsletter, form making the title engaging enough to catch a reader’s attention to making sure the content is interesting enough that they continue to subscribe. __________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 There’s a…