8 Common Email Newsletter Mistakes To Avoid

For artists, email newsletters are a great way to both keep in touch with fans and regularly market your content, but they must be handled delicately, as a poorly constructed newsletter can easily drive away fans and potential subscribers. _____________________________ Guest Post by Hugh McIntyre on the Sonicbids Blog Your…

Hear the National, Grizzly Bear Members’ Epic Grateful Dead Cover

Members of the National and Grizzly Bear unite for an ornate cover of the Grateful Dead’s symphonic-prog suite, “Terrapin Station.” The 17-minute all-star epic highlights Day of the Dead, a 59-track Grateful Dead tribute LP also featuring the Flaming Lips, Wilco with Bob Weir, Jenny Lewis, Jim James, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and Mumford & Sons,…

Carrie Underwood Joins Keith Urban’s Australian Tour

Eight years after teaming up for their Love Pain & the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride tour, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood are gearing up for another round of shared shows. This time, they’re heading overseas to Australia, where the two will close out the year playing arenas in Adelaide, Melbourne,…

Watch Stromae Talk New Unisex Fashion Venture, Performing With Kanye

“Stromae is on vacation now,” says Paul Van Haver, the Francophone dance-pop sensation whose gender-bending persona has been shaking up the international music landscape since 2008. Although Van Haver’s firmly declared a break from the spotlight, the star has set his sights on a whole new endeavor; this month sees the launch of his new clothing store, MOSAERT.

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Major Labels Ratchet Up Anti-YouTube Rhetoric As The Begin Difficult Renegotiations

The RIAA and the labels it represents have been ratcheting up their anti-YouTube rhetoric, calling out the popular service for paying "meager" royalties. Never mind that these same labels where the ones who agreed to these terms a few years ago. But now, they seem intent on righting their own…