Songs are getting shorter. The average length of a song on the Billboard Hot 100 fell from 3 minutes and 50 seconds to about 3 minutes and 30 seconds between 2013 and 2018. 6% percent of Hot 100 songs were 2 minutes 30 seconds or shorter in 2018, up from…
Category archives: Publishing & Songwriting
Importance Of Putting Out A Single First, Even In 2019
In this piece, Chris Robley explains why it’s essential for new artists getting their start in the industry to release a standalone single before diving headfirst into dropping a full album or event EP. _____________________ By Chris Robley of CD Baby from the DIY Musician blog If you’ve never released…
Best Of The 2018 Best Of Lists [Glenn Peoples]
In this meta-curated piece, Glenn Peoples selects from the top "Best Of" lists which began rolling out after Thanksgiving to bring us some of the highlights from other writers’ top 2018 music highlights. ___________________________ Guest post by Glenn Peoples from Medium They highlighted the best music of the year. I’m…
SoundExchange Goes Full Klasky
SoundExchange has named Helaine S. Klasky as chief communications officer. As COO she will oversee the global communications, industry relations, and public policy teams on behalf of its 178,000 artists, rights holders and publishers. She was previously the chair of Burson-Marsteller’s U.S. public affairs and crisis practice, the chief communications…
ASCAP Named Pandora Nicole Carbone-Rogers SVP Events
ASCAP has named Nicole Carbone-Rogers as Senior Vice President of Events. She will be responsible for ASCAP’s awards shows and other events. Previously, Carbon-Rogers was Head of Experiential Marketing & Live Production at Pandora, where she managed 75 events. Carbone-Rogers has also held senior events and marketing positions at Billboard…
5 Collaborative Opportunities Most Musicians Are Missing
With a brand new year comes a whole host of new opportunities for collaborating with your industry peers. Here we look at five such collaborative options you won’t want to miss out on. ______________________________ Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo for the TuneCore Blog When it comes to career growth, I’m…
5 Collaborative Opportunities Most Musicians Are Missing
With a brand new year comes a whole host of new opportunities for collaborating with your industry peers. Here we look at five such collaborative options you won’t want to miss out on. ______________________________ Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo for the TuneCore Blog When it comes to career growth, I’m…
How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams [Emily White]
EXCLUSIVE ADVANCE LOOK: Emily White has deep first hand knowledge of how to build a sustainable music career from her years an an artist manager, consultant and more. She’s shared some of that knowledge from the stages of countless conferences including MIDEM and SXSW and in a Billboard cover story….
BUSINESS OF INDIE: Vinyl At CES • A2IM Reshuffles • Rezonant Scores • eOne • AIM • More
Our latest Business Of Indie roundup includes the resurgence of vinyl at the Consumer Electronic Show, A2IM staff moves, Rezonant publishing’s banner year, a VP hire at eOne, AIM’s inclusivity campaign and much more. Like Hypebot’s More News section, The Business Of Indie is nestled under its own Indie tab…
19 Marketing Predictions From Music Industry Experts
In this piece nineteen different experts in fields ranging from musician to author to podcast host, weigh in with their marketing predications for the music industry in 2019, and what artists can do to prepare for the year. ________________________________ Guest post from Ariel Hyatt Cyber PR Featuring Ari’s Take, DIY…