A List Of The Best Music Video Festivals Worldwide
Music video festivals can be a great place to find new promotional avenues for your music, alongside inspiration for your next video. Content commissioning platform Radar Creatives share top festivals. Continue reading
FREE Webinar Tomorrow On Booking Corporate, Private Gigs
The live show and ancillary income like merch makes up as much as 80% of the income of most musicians; and some of the most financially rewarding live shows are. Continue reading
Taylor Swift Fans Not Happy About New ‘Buy On’ Ticket Policy
The Taylor Swift team and Ticketmaster have added a new and profitable twist to fan ticketing. Every dollar spent on Taylor Swift merchandise that a fans buys moves them forward. Continue reading
TUE. BRIEF: Billboard’s Top Digital Music Power Players • Sonos To Add Smart Speakers • TuneIn Premieres Indieclectic Radio • More
Tuesday 8.29.17 Music Business News From Across The Web Congrats to Billboard's Digital Power Players. I hope that we can see more gender, ethnic and age diversity on next year's. Continue reading
Taylor Swift Shatters First Day, Single Day Spotify Streaming Records
Following it’s Friday release, Taylor Swift’s new single “Look What You Made Me Do” has shattered Spotify's single day streaming record. The song was streamed 10,129,087 times in the first day, giving her not only the. Continue reading
Pandora Partners With Fitbit Smartwatch As Exclusive Music Streamer
Pandora has partnered with Fitbit as the exclusive music streaming provider for their new smartwatch, Fitbit Ionic. Pandora Plus and Premium listeners can synch their top stations or workout stations. Continue reading
Sounds Great, But Sounds Familiar: Where To Draw The Line With Digital Sampling Of Sound Recordings?
Here Stephen Carlisle breaks down the legal complexities behind digital sampling, looking at what it is, its history, how the Ninth Circuit Court changed everything, and where digital sampling stands. Continue reading
Prevent Failure by Managing Your Expectations [MusicBiz Weekly]
Expectations, do have them? Do have realistic expectations? Do you consider if your expectations can be met? This week on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert. Continue reading
Obsession: 4 DJs, Producers, Share What Keeps Them Up At Night
Obsession is a level of passion that can change how a person creates, performs, and releases music. In this piece four world-touring DJs and producers out of Piknic Électronik share with. Continue reading
Merlin Has Paid Out $1 BILLION To Indie Labels
Merlin, the global digital music rights agency for 20,000 indie labels and distributors from 53 countries, has announced its billionth dollar in distributions, since launching in May of 2008. With. Continue reading
Dubset Makes Sony First Major Label Legalized For Remixing
Often containing samples of multiple pre-existing tracks, remixes and DJ sets have historically been legally difficult for streaming services to allow, but a new deal between rights clearance startup and. Continue reading
