Month: November 2015

Sony/ATV Music Publishing Cuts “Unprecedented” Direct Deal With Pandora [NYSE: P]

Pandora (NYSE:P) and music publishing giant Sony/ATV Music today announced a multi-year catalog licensing agreement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the direct publishing deal creates business benefits. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/05/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music, Brooks's, Florida Georgia Line, Friends in Low Places, Garth Brooks, Inc., royalties, songwriter, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group

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How To Successfully Crowdfund: 7 Stats from 100,000 Crowdfunding Campaigns On Indiegogo

Crowdfunding has certainly become an extremely popular means of raising money for projects, but some campaigns are more successful than others. Here we look at seven different crowdfunding stats from. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/05/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Amicus, Android (operating system), ArtistShare, Berklee College of Music, Brad Damphousse, Crowd funding, Indiegogo, kickstarter, PledgeMusic, Slava Rubin

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Pre-order A New Edition Of Donald Passman’s ‘All You Need to Know About the Music Business’ – SAVE 40%

"All You Need to Know About the Music Business" by Donald S. Passman is often called “the industry bible,” and rightfully so. A new edition will be released next week and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/05/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 3D printing, 6IX, Berklee College of Music, Blue Note Jazz Club, GameStop, Hypebot, IPhone, Never Miss a Beat, pre-order, Recruitment, SimplyHired.com, Sony

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Facebook Amps Up Music Discovery, Sharing With “Stories”

Facebook has tried and mostly failed at making music a part of its hugely popular platform. Acknowledging that "there are few things people love more than music, Facebook today announced. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/05/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Google Play, IOS, IPhone, iTunes, Spotify, Streaming media, User-generated content

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Forbes’ Top Earning Women In Music 2015 [Taylor Swift Is Not #1!]

A new musicians top 10 earnings list is out, and this time its the women of music who got the once over from Forbes' army of calculator jockeys. Love 'em or. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/05/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ariana Grande, Axis powers, Boyz II Men, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Las Vegas, Lionel Richie, Mariah Carey, Planet Hollywood

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Pearl Jam Continues Effort To Offset Their Carbon Footprint

Pearl Jam will perform before nearly half-a-million fans on its tour of Latin America, which kicks off on November 4, 2015 in Santiago, Chile and wraps up on November 28. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/05/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Buenos Aires, Chile, Coast, Latin America, Mexico City, Peru, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, São Paulo, United States

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Facebook By The Numbers: Video Views Pass 8 Billion Daily, Monthly Users Rise To 1.55 Billion

Facebook beat analyst expectations posting record revenues of $4.5 billion and a net profit of $896 million. But the real news for the music industry were rising user stats and burgeoning. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/05/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Altria, Currency, Facebook, Free cash flow, India, Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, revenue, social media, United States

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Land Of The Free, Home Of The Rave

While the days of Woodstock and Lilith Fair may be behind us, the U.S. has no shortage of other festivals to offer the modern music fan who may be seeking to. Continue reading

admin on 11/05/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: EDM, music, rave

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THU. NEWS BRIEF: Big Facebook Stats • Aldean Back On Spotify • Triple J, Beats 1 Takeover • New SFXE Suit • More

Thursday 11.5.2015 Music Business News From Around The Web Dear YouTube, Facebook logs 8 billion video views daily. Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE

Bruce Houghton on 11/05/2015 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Facebook, music, Spotify

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Country Music Awards 2015 – A Complete List Of Winners

The road to country music stardom may no longer be a one lane highway. A more diverse group were nominated for the 2015 Country Music Association awards, and the big winner. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/05/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Brad Paisley, Chris Stapleton, Country Music Association Awards, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Juno Award for Artist of the Year, Kenny Chesney, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally

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How To Future-Proof Your Album Artwork

Low resolution album artwork is instantly noticeable, and as the size of displays continue to improve the standard for what equates to "high-quality" is being continuously upped. Here we look. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/04/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 4K resolution, Apple Inc., Arcade Fire, Atlanta, Back-On, Bando (sport), Napster, Pixel, record label, YouTube

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