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Since news of Prince passing, celebrities have been tweeting tributes to the artist. Below are some celebrity responses to the shocking news… Several other musicians also paid their tributes. Madonna tweeted ”He Changed The World!! A True Visionary. What a loss. I’m Devastated.This is Not A Love Song.” Whoopi Goldberg also tweeted saying ”This is what it […]
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Prince Rogers Nelson. Widely known as Prince, was a legendary American singer and songwriters amongst many other things in the music industry. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States on June 7th 1958 and passed today (April 21st). The legendary pop icon came from a musical family with both parents in the music industry […]
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The first time I saw Guster was the Summer of 2002 at the A. Finkl and Sons steel mill parking lot in Chicago opening for John Mayer. A. Finkl and Sons concert history started (and ended) with this show. Guster were not ones to let this moment go unnoticed. These guys have some of the […]
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The following comes from Joel Eckels who is the house engineer at the respected Hollywood music venue, The Hotel Cafe. The Hotel Cafe has been a home and incubator for singer/songwriters like Joshua Radin, Ingrid Michaelson, Sara Bareilles, Meiko, Anna Nalick, Katy Perry, Cary Brothers, The Milk Carton Kids, and Adele, to name a few. It […]
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I’m still just winding down from the chaos of SXSW. I haven’t even opened my business cards container to follow up with everyone I met and even though the festival concluded just 2 weeks ago it feels like a blur. A rose tinted blur lubricated with Bud Light (why, Bud you ask?), but a blur […]
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I. Total number of streams versus total number of downloads (2015) II. Total revenues from streaming versus total revenues from downloads (2015). Methodology. Sources: Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Nielsen data for 2015, supplied to Digital Music News. Nielsen data finalized and supplied to DMN in January of 2016; RIAA data furnished earlier this month. […]
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Streaming kills piracy, right? Maybe it’s not that simple. Over the past ten years, the music industry has profoundly transformed to the point of becoming unrecognizable. The traditional business structure has been replaced by a profound digital disruption, one that has provoked major shifts in the way music fans discover, consume and pay for music. And throughout that roiling […]
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Want to crash your crowdfunding campaign overnight? Then follow these 12 easy steps. Earlier this year, Indiegogo executive Udayan Sinha shared crowdfunding tips to a packed audience at the NAMM conference in Anaheim, CA. That included a number of critical errors that always seem to destroy otherwise great campaigns. What are these errors? According to Sinha, these are […]
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Advertising remains a key lifeline for piracy sites. Now, the UK Intellectual Property Office is stepping up its efforts to curb advertising on copyright infringing hubs. Pirate sites cater to millions of people, but those people don’t pay the bills. Instead, most piracy revenue is drawn from on-site advertisers, which often includes well-known consumer brands […]
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The first time I heard Terra Naomi was at the Ho Ho Hotel Cafe Holiday bash in 2010. The annual holiday celebration in Hollywood brings together singer/songwriters who are a part of the Hotel Cafe family who get up and play a couple songs each. I was new to LA and the Hotel Cafe was […]
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