NY Court Declares No Performance Rights For Flo and Eddie: “POOF” Goes 5 Million Dollars
In the latest look at the ongoing saga of Flo and Eddie and Sirius XM. For a while it looked as though Flo and Eddie were set to receive quite. Continue reading
Hypebot’s ‘Believe It Or Not’ – iTunes Is Still The Most Popular Music Platform In The U.S.
While music download sales are clearly on the decline, don't count them out yet. According to a survey of 10,000 consumers by PayPal and SuperData, iTunes, is still the most. Continue reading
How To Get People To A Show In A Month [Kosha Dillz]
Getting people to a live show – particularly when it is outside of your home town – isn't easy. But indie rapper extraordinaire Kosha Dillz has some strategies that he's. Continue reading
5 Tools For Becoming Your Own Music Publicist
In the modern music industry, there is a certain degree of expectation when it comes to achieving success, an expectation that you will do it yourself, before labels come seeking. Continue reading
Jay Z To Launch Venture Capital Fund
Jay Z has long been a player. In this case, we don't mean cheating on Beyonce. We are referring to his early stage investments in everything from Uber to JetSmarter.. Continue reading
WED. BRIEF: T Bone Skewers Copyright Laws • Jay Z’s Venture Fund • Amazon Goes Country • More
WEDNESDAY 2.22.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Go T Bone! But does the copyright reform that artist's seek stand a chance with Trump and Goodlatte at the helm?. Continue reading
Compare User Growth On Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat [CHART]
Where should you be spending your precious time building an audience on social media? The obvious answer is wherever the fans are. But another major factor is which social media. Continue reading
Bandcamp Grew Fan Signups 4X By Making A Very Simple Change
By any yardstick, Bandcamp is on a roll. Not only is it growing rapidly, as measured by both new artist and label signups and transactions, but the indie music site. Continue reading
Everything I Know About Digital Entrepreneurship, I Learned from YouTube
Here Peter Hollens outlines how YouTube can work as the perfect combination business school and incubator for the eager digital entrepreneur, as it allows artists to learn how to foster. Continue reading
Tom Petty’s MusiCares Speech: “I joined the conspiracy to put black music on the popular white radio.”
On the 10th of February, Tom Petty of Heartbreaker fame was honored as MusiCares® Person of the Year, owing to both his accomplishments as an artist and for his long history. Continue reading
