Meghan Trainor Claims #1 on Billboard Hot 100 Charts for 7th Consecutive Week
No one expected IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) winner Meghan Trainor to dethrone Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj or Iggy Azalea, but that is exactly what she's done for seven weeks. Continue reading
Top 5 Networking ‘Strategies’ That Will Make People Hate You: CMJ Edition
By Kim Kelly on Sonicbids Blog New York City's annual CMJ Music Marathon festival is right around the corner, and I thought this year's music industry conference-slash-festival-slash-shitshow would serve as a handy setting for. Continue reading
7 Quick Reminders To Improve Your CMJ Experience
CMJ is happening right now and you are all probably overwhelmed. It's ok. If you are not there or if you are, you can use these things in every day. Continue reading
Creating a New Genre is a Serious Gamble
by Matthew Ebel from MatthewEbel.com Sometimes it frightens me what my fans give me the courage to attempt. I’m trying to stay calm and collected about this whole High Orbit Saves The Pandas thing,. Continue reading
Berklee City Music Network Conference Presents “American Popular Music III: Innovations in Youth Development”
By Diana Hereld of Pathways in Music The fourth annual Berklee City Music Network Conference (BCMN) will take place at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza November 2-5. Geared toward music. Continue reading
10 Selfish Reasons To Refer
By Eric Barfield from EricBarfield.com 10. It builds loyal customers. Customers will come to you first when they need someone, because they know you'll help them find the right person, even if. Continue reading
Pandora Launches Free Fan Analytics Platform To All Artists
(UPDATE 2) Pandora has opened its long anticipated analytics platform, Pandora AMP, to all artists and managers. The free service provides a detailed view of the audiences of 125,000+ artists. Continue reading
5 Ways Indie Labels & Artists Can Increase Music Monetization
From the INgrooves newsletter. 1. Today, the marketplace is dynamic! Understand how to maximize monetization for all platforms. Two key examples are YouTube and Spotify. YouTube channel maintenance should focus. Continue reading
Personalized Bandcamp Recommendations with BCRecommender
By Yanir Seroussi from BCRecommender I've been a Bandcamp user for a few years now and I love it. I love the fact that they pay out a significant share of the. Continue reading
Rocket Fuel – What can a new Platform add to the world of Crowd-funding?
The Crowd-funding market is pretty well saturated these days, but there's always room for innovation and improvemet, right? The folks at Rocket Fuel seem to think so – and perhaps. Continue reading
