Month: November 2016

RIAA Certifies 100 Gold and Platinum Awards For October 2016

The RIAA has released its October 2016 list of 32 albums and 68 digital singles certified gold and platinum awards including Kelsea Ballerina, Eminem and Carrie Underwood.

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Tags: Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Country Music Association Awards, Dolly Parton, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Nashville, Tennessee

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Stagehand: Connecting Local Venues and Musicians [Hypebot Readers Get A FREE Premium Account]

In this piece we look at a new service known as Stagehand which offers a way for venues and artists to connect and have better financial and logistical organization.

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Tags: Chicago, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Hypebot, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, music industry, New England Patriots, New York City, San Francisco

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Band Files $30 Million Lawsuit Against Motley Crue After Paying $1 Million To Be Their Opening Act

After you've paid $1 million to get the support slot on the Motley Crue tour, isn't only fair that the road crew for the bad boys of rock refrains from. Continue reading

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Tags: Advertising, Anthony Weiner, Bucket, Jay-Z, KFC, lawsuit, New York, New York City, New York Post, Streaming media

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Optimizing Your Band Website For SEO

For musicians who care about being discoverable online, having a website is critical, but simply building a website will do little to drive traffic to it. Here we review how. Continue reading

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Tags: Google, Google AdWords, Keyword research, Long tail, Search engine optimization, Search engine results page, SEO, Web page, Web search engine, Website

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5 Tips To Help DJs Play Your Music

If you're in the business of making music, there's a good chance you have, at one time or another, tried to get your music into the hands of a DJ, but. Continue reading

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Tags: Ableton, AdWords, Airboy, BMG Rights Management, Dance music, Disc jockey, Electronic dance music, music festival, New York City, The Fader

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THU. BRIEF: Streams Drive UMG Growth • Copyright Battle Looms • HologramUSA • Starset Soars • More

Thursday 11.10.16 Music Business News From Around The Web A Trump administration could undue net neutrality, stall copyright reform and discourage international collaboration and trade. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 11/10/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: AT&T, Federal Communications Commission, HBO, internet, Internet access, Internet service provider, net neutrality, Netflix, Reed Hastings, The Wall Street Journal

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Shazam To Add Concert Dates From Songkick

Fresh off their expanded roll delivering concert dates within the new and improved Pandora app, Songkick scores another victory with a Shazam partnership to deliver show information to the popular. Continue reading

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Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Comparison of on-demand streaming music services, IMessage, IOS 10, iTunes, Pandora Radio, Shazam (service), Spotify, Streaming media

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SXSW Accelerator Deadline Is This Friday

The deadline is looming for the 9th annual SXSW Accelerator Live Pitch competition. An incredible 71% of SXSW Accelerator alumni have gone on to secure a collective $3.1 Billion in funding.

Bruce Houghton on 11/09/2016 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: #Haiti, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Associated Press, Austin, Ballet, Barack Obama, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Book of Plays, Roku, south by southwest, Texas

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Seymour Stein Reveals “Embarrasing” Deal Made with Madonna

In this piece, soon to be 73-year-old music business legend and discoverer of Talking Heads as well The Ramones opens up with marked frankness about his groundbreaking career, as well. Continue reading

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Tags: Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Charles Koppelman, Prince (musician), Purple Rain (film), revenue, Sony Music Entertainment, Stephen Cooper (businessman), Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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RIP Vine: A Guide To Using YouTube & Instagram To Promote Your Events

After three good years of providing us with six second chuckle fests, the shutters are closing on Vine, meaning it's time for DIY artists to turn to old standbys like. Continue reading

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Tags: Azmi v Kirklees Metropolitan BC, Brooklyn, Debra Aho Williamson, Facebook, Google, Instagram, iTunes, Twitter, YouTube

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