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Spotify Wrapped 2025

How To Leverage Year End Streaming Recaps After They’ve Launched

Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay and YouTube Recap 2025 Are Out. Learn how to leverage year end streaming recaps to enhance your music marketing – even if you didn’t update your profiles in advance.

Bruce Houghton on 12/05/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How to Throw an Unforgettable Listening Party

Here’s why listening parties have become so popular in recent years and how to throw a listening party your fans will never forget.

Jeremy Young on 12/05/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Facebook Instagram Account Recovery

Meta makes Facebook, Instagram account recovery easier for Musicians & Venues

New centralized Meta Facebook and Instagram support tools, smarter security, and streamlined recovery flows promise less downtime when social media accounts are hacked or locked.

Bruce Houghton on 12/05/2025 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Is Scalability Overrated? Why Artists Should Do Things That Don’t Scale

This OpEd from Carlo Kiksen of The Fanbase Builder suggests that perhaps artists should do things that do not scale.

Jeremy Young on 12/05/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Bandcamp Friday

Bandcamp Fridays returns today as all 2026 dates announced

Today December 5 is the last Bandcamp Friday of 2026. The indie music platform also announced 8 Bandcamp Fridays in 2026. The program, which waives Bandcamp’s revenue share so artists keep 100% of sales, has become one of the most impactful ongoing artist-support initiatives in the industry.

Bruce Houghton on 12/05/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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music business news and live music industry updates

Latest Music Business News & Live Music Industry Updates

We search the web so you don’t have to. Find the latest Music Business News under BUSINESS NEWS & Live Music Industry News under LIVE INDUSTRY NEWS tabs above.

Bruce Houghton on 12/05/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify

Spotify offers ‘context’ to Hypebot’s streamshare payouts post

Spotify reached out to take issue with Hypebot’s reporting on the streamer’s Substack “The Truth About Streaming Payouts.”

Bruce Houghton on 12/04/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Lewis Capaldi Is Back on the Road. We Need to Talk About the Mental Health Toll of Touring

The widely-adored Scottish singer-songwriter is back on tour after a long hiatus due to health issues; his story is becoming increasingly common.

Jeremy Young on 12/04/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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BMAC, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Music Maker Grants

BMAC, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Music Maker Grants: Apply Now!

Applications are open for Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Music Maker Grants and mentorships for emerging Black and BIPOC songwriters and producers. The window to apply closes December 12.

Bruce Houghton on 12/04/2025 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Why the Data Supports Slipknot’s $120 Million Catalog Valuation

How can a $120 million price tag be assigned to the catalog of a band that isn’t exactly a household name outside of its rabid fan base in the nu metal music scene? 

Jeremy Young on 12/04/2025 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Trump pardons Tim Leiweke

Trump Pardons Live Music Exec Leiweke Indicted By His Own DoJ

President Trump has pardoned, Tim Leiweke, the former AEG and Oakview executive. He was charged by Trump’s own Department of Justice with conservancy to restrain trade.

Bruce Houghton on 12/04/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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