
64% Of Musicians Are Considering Leaving The Business
A new survey of musicians shows just deep and how widespread the pandemic’s affect on music is. 64% of UK musicians surveyed are thinking about leaving the music business. And. Continue reading
Techstars Music Accelerator 2021 Goes Virtual, Opens Applications
Techstars Music 2021 will run virtually rather than at the usual LA location The accelerator’s $120,000 per startup funding offers will remain the same, as will the program content. Techstars Music. Continue reading

Content Moderation Should Not Be Backdoor To Censorship [OP-ED]
While content moderation based on knowledge sharing has been beneficial to companies with fewer resources and smaller moderation teams than giants like Facebook and YouTube, there are concerns that such. Continue reading

Can My Co-Writer Copy Our Joint Work?
Thanks to a recent legal battle between Melissa Jefferson (aka Lizzo) and several other songwriters, a rarely explored topic has been brought to the forefront: Can a co-writer copy a. Continue reading

How To Invest In Your Music Career Like A Roth IRA
Although a retirement account and a music career may not seem to have much in common, many of the principles behind investing in a Roth IRA and cultivating a career. Continue reading

Instagram Reels An Underwhelming TikTok Knockoff [Video]
The TikTok-like Instagram Reels represents Instagram’s latest version of a proven concept, but while knockoffs like Stories and Filters proved to be relatively functional and successful, Reels seems to so. Continue reading

US On Demand Audio Consumption Stayed Strong Throughout Lockdown
While most of the music industry has taken quite a bludgeoning during the pandemic, new data from Nielsen Music/MRC Data shows that the on-demand streaming corner of the business has. Continue reading

Free Music Tech Virtual Jobs Fair Today
Music Tectonics has organized a one-day virtual job event on its recently launched app today, Thursday, August 27th at 12 pm PT / 2 pm CT / 3 pm ET.. Continue reading

FREE TikTok Webinar Today From Bandsintown
Despite all of the politics and controversy, with 800 million active users worldwide, social short video app TikTok is a place where musician needs to be. Today, Thursday, August 27,. Continue reading

Jay-Z’s TIDAL Pays $7M To Launch VR Concerts With Sensorium
Music streamer TIDAL has purchased of $7 million in tokens issued by global social VR platform Sensorium The deal makes it possible for TIDAL to broadcast immersive virtual reality content,. Continue reading

Two More Live Music Streamers Launch: eMusicLive, Dreamstage
It seems as if every day another ticketed live music streaming service is launching. On Wednesday there were two: Every streaming startup promises something “special,” but when you get under. Continue reading