Spotify Shares Most “Emoji-ed” Artists

Spotify has over two billion user-generated playlists of which over 35 million have at least one emoji in their titles. The top ten most emoji-ed artists:

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Complete Guide To Marketing Your Music Online

The sheer variety of options when it comes to marketing your music online can make the prospect seem overwhelming to some artists, as they try to determine what's worth the. Continue reading

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Mac DeMarco Encourages Concert Goers To Pirate His Music

Following in the footsteps of other low-key pro-piracy artists like Ed Sheeran, Mac DeMarco made a somewhat surprising on-stage announcement at his recent Coachella performance encouraging fans to download his. Continue reading

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Live Nation 1M $20 Concert Ticket Sale Now Open To All

After a one day AT&T presale, Live nation made 1 million $20 tickets to major summer concerts available to the general public today.  No additional ticketing fees will be added.

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TUE BRIEF: Feds Fund Arts, PBS • Twitter, Live Nation To Stream Concerts • Indies Talk Music Tech • More

TUESDAY 5.2.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Twitter's live streaming are an extension of it's "now" brand, but is this how we want to watch concerts? Updated under. Continue reading

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Metallica Replaces Tribute Band’s Stolen Gear

One always wonders what the real bands think of other musicians getting up on stage and paying "tribute" by doing note by note and often move for move reenactments of. Continue reading

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Why Spotify Wants Blockchain & How All The Music Industry’s Blockchain Dreams Can Come True

[UPDATED] During the course of its recent acquisition spree, Spotify bought Blockchain company Mediachain Labs, hoping that the company would be able to solve some of its wayward copyright issues.. Continue reading

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How To Get Music Bloggers To Respond To Your Email

Constantly bombarded with emails from artists confident their music is the next big thing, it can often be difficult to get music bloggers to offer up any kind of reply. Continue reading

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Today, We Salute Working Class Musicians Everywhere

May 1st is May Day.  In addition to being a day that celebrates spring, it is also International Workers Day, to honor laborers and the working classes – a group. Continue reading

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5 Things Congress Can Do To Curb Mass Filings Of “Address Unknown” NOIs

Owing to a loophole in the Copyright Act, streaming services like Pandora, Spotify, and Google are able to avoid paying royalties to songwriters and publisher by filing "address unknown" notices. Continue reading

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$100 Million Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Fyre Festival: “Closer To Hunger Games Than Coachella”

A major lawsuit was filed against the aborted Fyre Festival Sunday in U.S. District Court by attorney Mark Geragos, The suit, filed on behalf of plaintiff and concert goer Daniel. Continue reading

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