Inside The Taylor Swift Anti-Piracy Battle: Regulatory Filing Reveals UMG’s Massive Effort To Block Pirates
Few musicians or labels are fans of music piracy. But with Taylor Swift's decision to keep her music anticipated album '1989' off streaming music services, UMG, her label's distributor, became. Continue reading
How Long Should A Teaser Video Be?
Teaser videos can be a popular way for artists and bands to promote their new material, but when it comes to the length of these previews, there are several different. Continue reading
3 Tips for Building Relationships with Hip-Hop Bloggers
Building relationships with hip-hop bloggers and editors is an essential part of your music career. Bloggers can help get you in front of your audience and add credibility to your. Continue reading
5 Things Which Separate Career Musicians From Hobby Musicians
While many call themselves musicians, the level of seriousness with which they treat their craft varies greatly. Here we look at five different factors which help to distinguish career musicians. Continue reading
Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Embraces Indie Rock, Does Right By Copyright
Although the second track, "Hold Up," from Beyonce's latest album Lemonade may at first seem to be brazenly ripping off preexisting tracks, closer inspection reveals that she seems to be. Continue reading
TUE. BRIEFING: YouTube Defends Content ID • Apple Turns Concert Promoter • MTV Rediscovers Music • More
Tuesday 4.26.2016 Music Business News From Around The Web YouTube Content ID is far from perfect, but does anyone have a better system. Is Facebook's ID platform an improvement? Updated. Continue reading
Prince Sells 3 Million Tracks, 650K Albums In Just 4 Days
In the 4 day period April 21-24, following Prince's untimely passing, he sold 654,861 albums and had track sales of more than 3 million, according to new stats from Buzz Angle. Continue reading
Spotify Slams Tidal, Streaming Exclusives As “Bad For Fans”
With Beyonce the latest exclusive score for TIDAL and Apple writing checks for music from Drake and others, Spotify is hitting back hard on windowing as bad for the music. Continue reading
Future Of Music Coalition CEO Casey Rae On The Value Of Universal Data Standards [INTERVIEW]
In this interview, the people at Songspace sat down with Future Of Music Coalition CEO Casey Rae to discuss his take on the value of data standards and transparency in streaming, and his. Continue reading
