With music consumption habits changing so much in recent years and showing no signs of stopping, the techniques for promoting must also adapt. Here we look at the importance of diversifying how to promote your music. __________________________ Guest post by Patrick McGuire from the TuneCore Blog It’s a complicated time…
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Irving Azoff Calls Out ‘Liar’ Cohen, YouTube Over Payments
YouTube Global Head Of Music Lyor Cohen is making the media rounds touting the launch of YouTube Music as the dawning of new day for music discovery and promising bigger payments to artists and labels. But Irving Azoff, super-manager and founder of the Global Rights, is not buying the hype….
Irving Azoff Calls Out ‘Liar’ Cohen, YouTube Over Payments
YouTube Global Head Of Music Lyor Cohen is making the media rounds touting the launch of YouTube Music as the dawning of new day for music discovery and promising bigger payments to artists and labels. But Irving Azoff, super-manager and founder of the Global Rights, is not buying the hype….
Pandora Adds Personalized Playlists With A Twist
Pandora rolls out personalized playlists to all Premium users today. Like Spotify and others, Pandora’s individualized playlists begin with machine learning to match taste and mood, but then blend in selections from their proprietary Music Genome and curation team. _______________________________________ After a March tease, Pandora Premium users can now access…
100% Indie Artist Shares How He Got 2 Billion Streams [VIDEO]
Paul Cardell is a poster boy for the modern music industry. This truly independent artist – he owns all of his own publishing and masters – is a three time No. 1 Billboard New Age chart topper with more than 2 billion lifetime digital streams of his catalog of over…
YouTube Music begins its ascent: ‘The potential prize here is huge’
YouTube Music arrives in the US, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea
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YouTube Music Is Rolling Out Now
YouTube’s long promised new entry into the subscription music streaming wars, YouTube Music, is live. About Noon ET today, Google announced that they had started rolling out early access to the new service in the US, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. We have access and will be taking…
R. Kelly Streams Increase After Spotify Ban
A week after Spotify made R. Kelly the poster boy for its "Hate Content and Hurtful Conduct" policy, total streams of his music actually went up slightly. Last week, Spotify removed the R&B singer’s music from its official playlists, citing its new policy. Before Spotify’s May 10th announcement, R. Kelly…
Amuse Raises $15.5M For Next Gen. Record Label, Free Music Distribution
[UPDATED] Next-generation record label and music distributor Amuse has raised a $15.5 million Series A round co-led by Lakestar and Raine.The company was founded in Stockholm by execs from Spotify, Universal Music and Warner Music. Using Amuse, artists can distribute their music for free to major services including Apple Music,…
Deezer Offers 99¢ For 3 Months Streaming, Users Pass 14M
Deezer is offering its Premium+ streaming music service to U.S. users for three months for $.99. Not well known in the States, Deezer is a top tier competitor to Spotify in France and other European markets. The music streamer now boasts 14 million monthly active users and 53 million tracks….