YouTube Shorts is now as popular as TikTok and a long-form video, earnings gateway
YouTube announced that its TikTok rival YouTube Shorts is now watched by over 1.5 billion logged-in users monthly. By comparison, TikTok announced 1 billion monthly users last September and has. Continue reading
The Digital Media Association on the value of accurate music metadata
Garrett Levin from the Digital Media Association joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast to discuss copyrights, streaming services, and the importance of making sure. Continue reading
How Seven Kingdoms has crowdfunded every release (and you can too)
Floridian metal band Seven Kingdoms has made a career out of fan-backed releases, but that level of support didn’t happen overnight. by James Shotwell of Haulix We live in an. Continue reading
What musicians need to know about Spotify Marquee
Now, artists that qualify, can use Spotify Marquee to get their music recommended to new listeners. Here’s how… by Brian Hazard of Passive Promotion This changes everything. Over the course. Continue reading
2022 Polaris Music Prize nominees revealed: Orville Peck, Chiiild, PUP & more
Here is the list of 2022’s nominees for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Music Prize including music by Chiiild, PUP, Orville Peck, and more. from Celebrity Access Canada’s prestigious Polaris Music Prize,. Continue reading
Founder Richard Gottehrer shares the Orchard’s indie origin story
Imagine a time without high-speed internet, no cell phones, no iPods or iTunes, no Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or even MySpace; back when Amazon only sold books. This was the world. Continue reading
He built Spotify For Artists and ran Music at Twitch. Now SoundCloud has hired Tracy Chan to reshape its Creator platform
SoundCloud has named Tracy Chan as SVP of Creator to will oversee the SoundCloud Creator ecosystem globally, including tools, services, and other offerings. “No one has built, launched and scaled. Continue reading
How to develop, share your story as an anchor to your music marketing
Expressing what makes you unique, what you’ve experienced, and what your goals are is a great marketing strategy to help connect you with your fans. Keep reading to figure out. Continue reading
Goldman Sachs predicts the Music Business will grow to epic proportions
Despite war, rising gas prices, sagging economies, supply chain issues and everything else that has consumers feeling pinched, global investment bank Goldman Sachs predicts good times ahead for the music business. Not. Continue reading
Madonna to perform live for World Of Women NFT Project
The World Of Women (WOW) NFT project has announced that Madonna will be performing at their NYC Party on June 23 in celebration of pride month. WoW is an inclusive NFT. Continue reading
How to tell the difference between good and bad feedback
Believe it or not, not every bit of criticism you may receive is going to be constructive. But how can you tell? Here’s how to tell the difference between good. Continue reading
