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20 Twitter Tip and Tricks To Simplify Your Life Online

Twitter can be an excellent resource to help artists new and existing fans and strengthen their brand online. But 11 years in, Twitter is still confusing, as well. Here we. Continue reading

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Tags: 2010 FIFA World Cup, A-list, Donald Trump, Facebook, Hootsuite, Instagram, public relations, social media, Twitter, Uniform Resource Locator

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Mark Eisenberg Exits SoundExchange For SoundCloud

SoundCloud has hired veteran music exec Mark Eisenberg as Senior Vice President, Content Partnerships at the streaming music service.

Bruce Houghton on 05/14/2018 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Africa, Bryson Tiller, DJ Khaled, French Montana, MTN Group, Music Ally, Nigeria, Sony, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group

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Warner Music Quietly Launches Free Tunecore Competitor

Warner Music Group has quietly launched a digital music distribution service that is a direct competitor to Tunecore, CDBaby and DistroKid. Level Music, which WMG has never announced it's involvement. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/13/2018 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Amazon Echo, Amazon Music, Amazon.com, Amazoncom, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Google Play, iTunes, Spotify, Streaming media

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music

We have a host of valuable tips for the independent, do it yourself artists among us this week, including advice on using community to propel your success, how to get. Continue reading

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Tags: Albany (London), Apple Inc., Artist, Independent record label, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Market share, music industry, record label, revenue, Streaming media

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How To Make The Power Of Community The Key To Music Industry Success

While the music industry is often described as a cutthroat dog-eat-dog world (and this certainly can be the case) there is much to be said for the power of community,. Continue reading

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Tags: Ace Ventura Eating, Advertising, Amazoncom, American Broadcasting Company, Bass Player (magazine), CD Baby, Facebook, music industry, social media, Twitter

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5 Techniques For Marketing Music To New Fans

For artists trying to make it on their own, cultivating and grow a fanbase is perhaps the greatest challenge they face, and learning how to get your music into the. Continue reading

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Tags: Abuja, Actor, Advertising, All Progressives Congress, Andrea Constand v. William H. Cosby, Facebook, GamePro, Jr., music video, social media, YouTube

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Songtrust Now Administers 150K Songwriters, 1M Copyrights, 20K Music Publishers

Songtrust announced that is now administers 50,000 songwriters, 20,000 music publishers and more than 1,000,000 copyrights. That's up from 100,000 songwriters and 15,000 publishers just over a year ago.

Bruce Houghton on 05/11/2018 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Blockchain (database), CD Baby, copyright, Intellectual property, MediaNet, music industry, Music licensing, Music publisher (popular music), Performance rights organisation, Songtrust

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After Getting Dropped By Your Record Label…

While getting picked up by a label can seem for many artists like the be all and end all, the honeymoon phase following a signing doesn't always last. Here we. Continue reading

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Tags: Alex Garland, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Facebook, film, Google Play, iTunes, RSS, The Film Daily, Twitter, YouTube

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Full Music Modernization Act Introduced In U.S. Senate

A bipartisan group of U.S. led by US Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) have introduced The Music Modernization Act, a major music reform package similar to legislation which recently passed recently. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/11/2018 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: '60s on 6, Adriana Lima, Alexander McQueen, American Society of Composers, Android (operating system), Authors and Publishers, Bob Goodlatte, Calendar year, Chief financial officer, Common stock, Darrell Issa, Pandora Radio, Royalty payment, Sirius XM Holdings, SoundExchange, Subscription business model

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How To Market Music Using Facebook Ads [Brian Hazard]

Indie musician and music marketer Brian Hazard shares his process and experience as a veteran user of Facebook ads; including what sort of results he's seen more than $5000 dollars. Continue reading

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Tags: Augmented reality, Discover (magazine), Do it yourself, Facebook, Facebook Platform, Instagram, IOS, Snapchat, Spotify, YouTube

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