Despite the ongoing efforts of the RIAA and others, music piracy is far from dead. For most – and there numbers are growing – stream ripping is the piracy platform of choice. By Russ Crupnick of MusicWatch We are nearly a generation past the time when consumers bought stand-alone burners…
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Want Streaming Success? Try These Int’l Trigger Cities [Chartmetorics]
As the global music economy continues to transform, it’s important to take a look at the various factors which feed into a song’s success, particularly when it comes to that song’s geographic origin. In this in-depth piece, we explore the concept of ‘trigger cities,’ and how streaming popularity often begins…
UnitedMasters Names Instagram Exec To Lead Next Gen Indie Music Company
Lauren Wirtzer-Seawood, former Head of Music Partnerships at Instagram, has been appointed the first ever President of Brooklyn-based indie music startup UnitedMasters. In this new role, Wirtzer-Seawood will guide UnitedMasters toward its goal of operationalizing independence and enabling musicians to augment their creative and economic potential. A 20-year music industry…
Why Your Visual Aesthetics, Style, And Presentation Need To Be Taken Seriously
Like it or not, people have a tendency to judge a book by its cover, doubly so when it’s a performer on stage. For this reason, it is essential that artists, in addition to making sure their performance abilities are top-notch, take time to perfect their visual style and overall…
Was PledgeMusic Lining Their Own Pockets?
In this latest chapter in the saga of the still-smoldering wreckage that is PledgeMusic, Mario Putzar examines some of the underlying causes that led up to the platform’s current state of crisis, many of them eerily similar to another music direct-to-fan platform (now also defunct), Sellaband. ____________________________ Op-ed by Mario…
Spotify Tests Social Listening
Spotify is testng a new feature that enables users to collaborate with friends and listen to music together. Tentatively called Called Social Listening, the feature allows a users to control a friends music so everyone could listen together. Users must scan a unique code or link to listen to the…
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Quality Speakers • Using An EPK • Networking • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, contributors offered advice on purchasing gear, four ways you should use an electronic press kit, the ten rules of networking and more. Martin Smith | Top 5 Best-Selling Albums Of All Time Rachelle Wilber | Where Do You Find Good Quality Speakers For Your Favorite Music?…
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8 Surprising Statistics Shaping The Music Industry
Brant David McLaughlin of Music Industry Insights breaks down eight music industry statistics, revealing some unexpected areas of growth, as well as. some indicators as to where the industry as a whole might be headed moving forward. ______________________________ Guest post by Brant David McLaughlin from the MidemBlog Across this last…
BUSINESS OF INDIE: Beggars Expands in US • Oh Boy Signs Waldon • Daptone’s 100th • Verve Promotes • More
In this week’s Business Of Indie, Beggars Music Group expands US operations, John Prines Oh Boy Records signs Kelsey Waldon. Daptone releases 100th 45, Verve label group promotes execs and more. Like Hypebot’s More News section, The Business Of Indie is nestled under its own Indie tab at the top…