Here we look at how Swedish pop star Robyn succeeded in selling out over half of Madison Square Garden in just two days through some clever marketing techniques combining her Events Landing Page with her Instagram story.

The growth of the digital age has been coupled with the shrinking of our collective attention spans, something which a new study of our Spotify listening habits has corroborated.

Spotify stock was up 2.31% to $132.70 in pre-market trading on Wednesday, after hitting an all time of $120.49 on Tuesday. The streamer's apparent recovery began on Tuesday afternoon, with the stock rising 2.37% and closing at $129.70.

WEDNESDAY 11.21.18

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The Recording Academy, whose members determine the Grammy Awards, has announced a new "community driven" membership model, as part of an an effort to increase diversity and build a more relevant organization. But could new professional recommendation and peer review requirements have the opposite effect, turning Academy membership and The Grammys into an insider's game?

When it comes to social media marketing, Facebook is no longer the cool kid on the block, and has in many ways become a social media pariah. All that aside, it remains the most widely used social media platform on the planet and, with the right strategy, can still be a useful marketing tool.

As with so many aspects of marketing, event invite subject lines need to be carefully tailored in order to make a potential attendee feel excited and as though they're being personally catered to.

Enacted on October 11, the Music Modernization Act will have vast impact on the music business and how it is conducted in the US. Here we look at exactly what sort of changes this new legislation will bring about.

Just under 50,000 have already signed a Change.org petition calling for Maroon 5 to drop out of performing as part of  the Superbowl halftime show in February. The band are rumored to have accepted the gig even after Rihanna turned it down in support of former NFL player Colin Kaepernick and other players.

While in days of old stadium shows were dominated by rock stars like The Rolling Stones and The Who, these rock performers are beginning to percolate out, making way for the new titans of pop.

TUESDAY 11.20.18

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Taylor Swift has once again used her power to help hundreds of other musicians.  Universal Music Group will share profits from the sale of Spotify stock with artists that have not recouped their advances.  While this almost unprecedented payment promise will match Sony's Spotify payments, the real person to thank for UMG's largesse is Swift.

In this 2nd edition of our continously updated Business Of Indie compendium of independent  music news, we share stories on Taylor Swift's exit from indie Big Machine to UMG, Glassnote's switch from UMG to AWAL (Do they cancel each other out?), changes in Recording Academy membership to increase diversity and much more. As always, you'll find it under our INDIE tab here. 

Being on social media is important for artists, but using it effectively is another matter, and clumsy posting can often do more harm than good. Here we look at twelve important questions to ask yourself before you post on any social media.

While radio stations have provided compensation to songwriters and music publishers, they have never never paid record labels, artists, or producers, something which, Richard James Burgess of A2IM believes, it's high time to change.