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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1 Million $20 Live Nation Summer Concert Tickets On Sale All Week [Full List of Artist & Tours]

Never mind all those May Day labor demonstrations happening globally, Live Nation has declared today National Concert Day and is offering 1 million concert tickets for $20, with no additional. Continue reading

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Fyre Fest Debacle Highlights Difference Between Marketing, Branding

The recent debacle surrounding luxury music festival experience turned disaster Fyre Fest has served to highlight the difference between a successful marketing campaign and actually executing an event that doesn't. Continue reading

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Is It A Hit? Scorecard Tests A Song’s Potential

Former Edison Research VP Deena Hollander is back in the music research business today with the launch of Scorecard, the first product by her new company, Advantage Music Research.

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Exclusive Fyre Music Festival Comes Unraveled, Ja Rule “Heartbroken”

An exclusive music festival on a private island in the Bahamas, promoted to jet-setters on social media by the likes of Kendall Jenner and Emily Ratajkowski, came apart in the. Continue reading

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AM BRIEF: Frye Fest Debacle Updates • $5M Primary Wave, Rough Trade Partnership • Grainge Honored • More

Monday 5.1.17 Music Business News From Around The Web  Making fun of Frye Fest's elite concert goers shouldn't detract from the idiocy of the promoters.  Updated continuously under our More News tab

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