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How to Stay Accountable to Your Musical Resolutions in 2026

While drafting your musical resolutions for 2026, it’s important to think through how to actually stay focused and on track for achieving those goals. Here are six tips to help you keep motivated all year.

Jeremy Young on 12/18/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2026, DIY guide, goals, resolutions

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Bandsintown’s High Notes Reveals the Artists, Genres & Cities That Led Live Music in 2025

Bandsintown’s 2025 High Notes recap is here. Learn which artists, stages, and cities made this year count! Plus, dive into your own personalized recap to discover what powered you through 2025.

Jeremy Young on 12/16/2025 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2025, Bandsintown, data, High Notes, musician, musicians, recap

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What Your Band Merch Says About Your Sense of “Self”

Tajfel and Turner’s 1979 Social Identity Theory explains why fans define themselves by the music they love and hate.

Jeremy Young on 12/16/2025 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: fan base, fans, merch, Promotion

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Facebook Redesign: What Musicians and Creators Should Know

A new Facebook redesign just rolled out. For musicians, creators and marketers, there are major updates to how content is created, discovered, and shared.

Bruce Houghton on 12/12/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: DIY, DIY musicians, music, music business, music industry, musicians, Spotify

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Learn Why Fans Buy Merch So You Can Sell More Than Just Music

Making money performing live is harder than ever. For may musicians selling merch and music can mean the difference between profit and loss. Learn why fans by merch so you can sell more than just music.

Bruce Houghton on 12/11/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: merch, Merch Sales, music, music business, music industry, musician, musicians

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6 New Year’s Resolutions for Musicians in 2026

2026 is right around the corner. Need help figuring out your musical goals for the next year? Here, borrow some of ours.

Jeremy Young on 12/10/2025 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: advice, DIY guide, new years, Resolution, tips

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Bruce Houghton Talks Touring, American Music Fairness Act & More

Bruce Houghton from Bandsintown, Hypebot, the Skyline Artists agency and Berklee joins Michael Bandvold and Jay Gilbert on a new Music Biz Weekly Podcast to talk about touring, the American. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/10/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Top Music Business News Last Week

Top music business news last week included the release of Spotify Wrapped and how musicians can make the most of it, controversial AI firm Suno acquired Songkick, more on per-stream rates, news from Olivia Dean, Lewis Capaldi, Sonica, Tencent Music and more.

Bruce Houghton on 12/06/2025 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

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How To Leverage Year End Streaming Recaps After They’ve Launched

Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay and YouTube Recap 2025 Are Out. Learn how to leverage year end streaming recaps to enhance your music marketing – even if you didn’t update your profiles in advance.

Bruce Houghton on 12/05/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

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