Blues Music Awards go virtual this Sunday, June 6
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats, Bobby Rush, Shemekia Copeland, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, and Keb’ Mo’ are among the nominees for the 42nd annual Blues Music Awards, which will take place. Continue reading
Music and podcasts are competing for ear space (Mark Mulligan)
Consumption of media was up during lockdown, but will that trend continue and how will music fare compacted to podcasts? By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry Blog. Continue reading
Music video production could be a thing of the past thanks to AI-generated videos
For artists, the job of creating and editing music videos can be time-consuming, and often expensive process. Thanks to companies like Rotor Videos, however, which provide AI-generated videos, this manual. Continue reading
New Bandcamp Fridays and Juneteenth fundraiser announced
Bandcamp has announced a new string of first Fridays designed to help indie artists and labels along with a special Juneteenth promotion that will raise money for the NAACP. On. Continue reading
Mental health orgs for music industry professionals
As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re looking at several organizations focused on providing mental health support for musicians and other industry professionals, in a field where mental health. Continue reading
These acronyms protect your music rights
Anyone even vaguely familiar with the legal/publishing side of the music industry is doubtless aware of just how chock full of acronyms it is, but what do they all mean?. Continue reading
Florida concert tickets are $18 if you are vaccinated, $999.99 if you’re not
Tickets for a June 26th St Petersburg, Florida show with Teenage Bottlerocket, MakeWar and Rutterkin come with an unusual caveat. “Discounted” tickets are available for $18 in advance, $20 day. Continue reading
TikTok Radio: the new station in town could be a real gamechanger
Fred Jacobs breaks down the arrival of the newest SiriusXM “radio station” and why it holds the potential to be a game-changer for the radio and the music industry as. Continue reading
Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Live music is back! • BTS • New Spotify Play-Count Feature • more
Episode #43 of the “Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business” podcast with Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart Episode is live. Episode #43 Highlights Special guest intro by. Continue reading
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Last week in music industry commentary
From our commentary section this week, we heard the thoughts and opinions of music industry professionals on the need to prioritize mental health in the music business, why musicians need. Continue reading