By Jeff Price (@TuneCoreJeff), Co-Founder of Audiam and Founder and Former CEO of TuneCore.
For those artists not aware, Pandora has taken the gloves off completely and is out to beat the crap out of you to make more money.
Pandora is an Internet streaming radio service that makes money just like AM/FM radio, through advertising. It's also a publicly traded company. All of its investors and shareholders want to make a lot more then they already have.
Jacobs Media's annual Tech Survey, described as the "largest radio tech survey ever conducted," also gives insight into self-reported media usage across a range of devices, digital options and broadcast services. Particularly noteworthy was an overall slip in both AM/FM radio and TV audiences as well as some interesting observations regarding Pandora.
Twitter Music has been available to the public for two months, but so far it’s been a dud. However, at CyberPR, Jon Ostrow writes on Music Think Tank about why Twitter is still critical for marketing your music. What do you think of Twitter Music? How do you use Twitter to market your music?
In a deal that sources put at $5 million, Samsung has purchased 1 million copies of Jay-Z’s next album, entitled “Magna Carta Holy Grail”. A million Samsung Galaxy smartphone users will receive a free copy on July 4th, 72 hours prior the official release. It's not yet clear that these million copies will count towards Jay-Z's first week positions on Billboard's Nielson Soundscan charts. The rumored $5 per copy price would theoretically allow the business savvy star to qualify, virtually guaranteeing a #1 debut.
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Music Group extended it's global presence today with the acquisition the Gala Records Group, Russia's first privately own label and leading independent music group. The country has been a hotbed of copyright infringement, and Gala is one of the few labels to have successfully battled infringers in local courts.
Wes Davenport is a music marketer, blogger, and publicist based in Nashville, TN. He writes about ways modern musicians can thrive at wesdavenport.com. Follow him on Twitter @wesdavenport for more music industry insights.
How much time do iOS users spend in different kinds of apps? Flurry, a mobile app analytics company, released a report that reveals how music, media, and entertainment apps stack up against the rest. While mobile music apps aren’t isolated from other entertainment apps, there are still strong takeaways for the music business.
Several of China’s major online music websites have shifted from free, to a fee-based model for music downloads. According to Chinese news service Sina, major labels including Universal, Sony, and Warner Music pressured Chinese music sites, including Baidu Music, Cool Music, and Xiami.com to shift to a pay model with a deadline of June 5th.
This week the Future of Music Coalition launched a group of quizzes to test your knowledge of music and money from copyright to compensation. The quizzes range from "Easy" to "Expert" and the answers include helpful explanations. It's all part of their mission to educate musicians about such topics as music revenue streams and new business models.
Photographer Wes Naman got a lot of attention for his "Scotch Tape" portrait series and so, when he decided to embark on a related "Rubber Band" series, he chose to photograph local musicians. Adding a nice touch, each individual portrait has its own blog post on his site featuring a bit of info about the related band and links to their websites. Though it's not a marketing project, it definitely suggests some possibilities for marketing music.
So you’ve been promoting your music and haven’t seen any results...Are you wondering why your efforts aren’t working? You might be only concentrating on social media when you should be promoting in various ways or just spamming people. Check out more reasons why your music self-promotion may not be working on James Moore’s Music Think Tank post.
The National Music Publishers Association shared the results of the it's biannual board election during its annual meeting. All board members will serve a two-year term, effective immediately.
48% of adults in the United Kingdom tune in to audio or radio from an online source on a weekly basis, making for a national audience of approximately 25 million, according to recent market research from AudenceNet.
Just 2 days after Pandora bought a small South Dakota radio station in an attempt to lower the rates it pays for streaming music online, BMI has filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to allow the performing rights organization to negotiate "market driven" rates rather than charge the current stuatory rates. In recent months, Sony ATV and EMI Publishing have pulled their digital rights from BMI and ASCAP to negotiate directly.
“The music industry is a microcosm of what is happening in the U.S. economy at large,” according to Alan Krueger, chairman of the White HouseCouncil of Economic Advisers. “We are increasingly becoming a ‘winner-take-all economy,’ a phenomenon that the music industry has long experienced." For example, the top 1% of performing artists earn 56% of all concert revenue, according to White House. And things are getting worse.
New on Hypebot's Music Industry Jobs Board is a posting for an Assistant Proffesor of Music Technology at Loyola University in New Orleans. You'll also find a music position at Amazon, a job for a videographer and more. Details are here on the Music Industry Jobs Board.
San Francisco's Women's Audio Mission is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Founded by Terri Winston in 2003, Women's Audio Mission offers a welcoming space for girls and women where they can develop professional skills in music and audio production. If you feel such work is important, please consider supporting Women's Audio Mission.
Wonder why you're not as successful as some of the artists we write about on Hypebot? Read this from author, marketing guru, and entrepeur Seth Godin's blog post "Sure, but that's not a plan" -
"We can't help but amplify the stories of Hollywood and Vine, of being plucked out of obscurity, of the seventeen-year-old with talent who yes, indeed, got picked and cashed out. We blog about and talk about the one in a million YouTube viral sensation, the breakthrough that came out of nowhere overnight. But that's not a plan...
Do you understand what a non-exclusive agreement is and what it means when you sign one? It’s important to understand the difference between exclusive and non-exclusive contracts and how the contracts could potentially affect your copyright value and revenue. On Music Think Tank, Andy Lykens explains more about these agreements and what you need to know.
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