Did Billboard & O Music Awards Get Suckered By Fake YouTube Views?
Last week writers for both Billboard.com and the O Music Awards blog wrote about BAKER, a Harvard man and pop hopeful with 5 million YouTube views who could only get. Continue reading
5 Things Needed To PRE-Prepare ForA Crowd Funding Campaign
Are you looking to create a crowd funding campaign? There are many things that go into preparing the campaign that you should consider. On Music Think Tank, Ariel Hyatt explains. Continue reading
Mike Doughty’s $543.09 Song Dogs/Demons: Conceptual Art For Superfans
Mike Doughty's recent offer of individually unique recordings of the song "Dogs/Demons" delivered on a digital voice recorder for $543.09 can be looked at as both high end superfan merch. Continue reading
UPDATED: Royalties Sirius XM Pays Artists, Labels To Rise 37.5%, SoundExchange Responds
UPDATED: The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has set new statutory royalty rates for satellite radio that will see the percentage of gross revenue paid to artists and labels increase gradually. Continue reading
Arthur Fogel Re-Ups As Live Nation Global Touring Chief
Concert and ticketing giant Live Nation announced today that Arthur Fogel has signed a long-term extension to continue as the Chairman of Global Music and the CEO of Global Touring.. Continue reading
12-12-12 Concert Attracts 19 Million Viewers, Details Of Funds Raised Expected Today
The 12-12-12 Concert, an effort aid those affected by Hurricane Sandy held on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at Madison Square Garden was the most widely distributed live musical event in. Continue reading
Warren Charles iOS Album App Offers Free Music, Pay To Play Games
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. By now, you’re almost certainly familiar with the idea, if not the term, “freemium.” Spotify, with its free and premium versions, brought the concept. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Musician's 30 Minute Daily Strategy for Social Media Marketing A Band Tries to Disappear from the Web Music Distributors Refuse to Join Labels in the Present 8 Tips for Making. Continue reading
The Week In Music Commentary
Alexis Rodich Asks What Can We Learn From the EDM Boom? Rishi Mirchandani Reveals The Opportunity of Streaming Services for Artists Chase Farmer Maintains Music Festivals Are Ripe for Hacking. Continue reading