Record Deal Advances Skyrocketing (If You’re A Hip Hop Artist)

In the recent past, the contraction of the music industry took record company's advances with it, to the point where artists would often opt out of record deals altogether. It. Continue reading

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4 Amazing Tech Tools For Making Music

Regardless of genre of style of music, technology has advanced to the point where artists now have a greater variety of better than ever tools at their fingertips than ever. Continue reading

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Your Band Is Your Brand

Whether band or solo artist, how you market yourself to the public is a major component of achieving success, and your artist "brand" is what your fans will come to. Continue reading

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Meme Delivers Fleetwood Mac Hit 41 Years After Release

Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" has entered the Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart at #14, that's 41 years after it was first released as a single from their hit album Rumours. It's all thanks. Continue reading

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London Calling: What the US Can Learn From The UK About Defending Local Music And Arts Communities

[UPDATED] The UK has earned a reputation as a musical powerhouse, churning out globally renowned groundbreaking artists, bands and DJs. But how? – with the backing of the government. At a time. Continue reading

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WED. BRIEF: YouTube Shooting Details • Spotify Stock Debuts • Live Nation Stock Falls • More

WEDNESDAY 4.4.18 Music Business News From Around The Web  Updated continuously under our More News tab

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Spotify Ends Solid First Trading Day At $26.7B Valuation

Spotify stock ended its first day as a public company with a valuation of $26.7 billion.  The stock closed at $149.95 as more than 3o million shares traded hands at. Continue reading

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What Analysts Are Saying About Spotify

[UPDATE 2, Spotify is madeits stock available to the public for the first time today in an unusual direct offering. While still an unprofitable company, Spotify has bested tech giants. Continue reading

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How Musicians Can Use Pandora AMP, Next Big Sound To Build An Audience

In this piece Chris Robley of CDBaby details how artists can utilize the tools and data provided by both Pandora's Artist Marketing Platform as well as Next Big Sound to. Continue reading

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What Smart Speakers Mean For Music, The Music Industry [Stuart Dredge]

Stuart Dredge explores how the new hardware category of the smart speakers is transforming the music landscape and what the technology's rise could mean for the future of music and. Continue reading

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