Once you’ve finished creating your music, its time to develop a strategy for how you want to release it. With so many digital distributors out, it picking one can be a difficult choice, something made more complicated by the decision of whether you want to pay an upfront fee, or…
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Sound Royalties, GLAD Empire Partner To Fund Indie Artists
Sound Royalties has announced an alliance with music distributor GLAD Empire. Sound Royalties’ financial solutions offers artists the freedom to maintain their independent careers, retain ownership of their content, and receive cash advances to create new videos and promote their product. GLAD Empire focuses on digital distribution and monetization of…
Why We Need More (Quality) Music Journalism
In this piece James Shotwell argues that, as music industry becomes increasingly crowded with artists, the need for more music journalists grows, and that social media’s ability to fill this void is sorely lacking in the quality department. ___________________________ Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Music journalism matters more…
Ben Kweller Returns After 5 Years Battling Depression
After a five-year hiatus following what he describes as a ‘near death’ incident, indie rocker Ben Kweller has returned to the music scene with a new album and a new tour. Kweller described his near date with destiny in a recent tour announcement, explaining how he and his family nearly…
Eminem Is Only Artist w/ 7 Albums Passing 1B Spotify Streams
Eminem has become the first artist with seven albums surpassing the 1 billion streams mark on Spotify. The milestone comes as his 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP hits the billion stream mark. Less than five months after its release, Eminem’s latest, ‘Kamikaze,’ has passed 500,000 in traditional sales in…
Why Spotify Is Actually A Win For Artists, Listeners
While Spotify has been a fairly polarizing company in the music industry since its inception, with many in the business feeling that it’s financial practices are less than fair, this piece looks at how the platform (and its new ‘block’ feature) is actually beneficial to both artists and consumers. _________________________________…
‘Gangnam Style’ Hitmaker PSY Goes Indie
PSY, the hitmaker behind “Gangnam Style,” has announced the launch his own entertainment company, P NATION. PSY left YG Entertainment in May of 2018 following eight years with the label, rumors that the 41-year-old might branch out on his own began to surface. Thursday, PSY confirmed the rumors were true…
PledgeMusic Co-Founder Benji Rogers Offers Help As Late Payment Problems Widen
Artist after artist is coming forward to share their stories of late payments and non-payments after their campaign with PledgeMusic had finished. From Jesus Jones to Fastball and beyond, indie and major label artists at all levels and of all types are affected by the payment problems. PledgeMusic issued a…
PledgeMusic Issues Statement On Late Payments To Artists With Vague Promise To Do Better In 90 Days
PledgeMusic has issued a statement attempting to calm the fears of the growing number of artists who are experiencing late payment or non-payment after their crowdfunding campaigns were completed. “It is our expectation that payments will be brought current within the next 90 days’” the company said in a statement….
Jay-Z, Meek Mill Launch Criminal Justice Reform Alliance
Jay-Z and Meek Mill have partnered with some notable sports team owners to launch The Reform Alliance, a new organization committed to criminal justice reform in the United States. REFORM is backed by a bi-partisan and diverse group of sports, entertainment and business leaders, including Mill and Shawn Jay-Z Carter,…