LIT’s Ajay and Jeremy Popoff On Being A Musician During The Shutdown
Ajay and Jeremy Popoff from the rock band LIT join Music Biz Weekly podcast co-hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert to discuss how they are dealing with the COVID shutdown.. Continue reading
QUICK HITS: Strictly Confidential •Royalty Network • Concord • Ingrooves
Brussels-based independent music publisher Strictly Confidential has announced some key renewal deals. Balthazar, Soap&Skin and Nada Surf have extended their long-term music publishing deals, while Sohnarr, the new project from former. Continue reading
Alessia Cara, Shawn Mendes Top Juno Award Winners [FULL LIST]
Canadian Alessia Cara took top honors at the Juno Awards this week with her 2019 release “The Pains of Growing” winning the award for album of the year. The multi-platinum. Continue reading
Spotify says Fans 2.2x More Likely To Save, Playlist After Paid ‘Marquee’ Release Marketing
Spotify has opened its Marquee paid new release marketing program to all artists and labels in beta and offered stats as to how the streamer says it is working. How. Continue reading
Today’s Top Independent Spotify Playlist Curators: A List
Much is made of official Spotify curated playlists and the importance of getting your music on them, but there are also a number of independent playlists with broad reach and. Continue reading
UMG’s Spinnup Expands DIY Music Distribution, A&R To Japan
UMG has expanded its DIY music distribution service Spinnup to Japan. In addition to an array of Tunecore like features, Spinup promises to put artists “in front of the biggest. Continue reading
rightsHUB Adds Gracenote, DJ Monitor, BMAT, Soundmouse, Yacast Music Recognition, Jaxsta Integration
rightsHUB has added integrations with major music recognition services to its music rights data and asset management platform that enable users to register songs in a single upload. The integration. Continue reading
2000 Black Artists, Labels, Producers To Support On Bandcamp Today Commission Free
Just in time to inform your Juneteenth music purchases, a fan-generated list of black artists, producers, and labels on Bandcamp has grown past 2000 entries. Today on Juneteenth 2020 from midnight. Continue reading
Bandcamp Waves Juneteenth Commissions, Bjork, Many Other Indies Joins In
Today, June 19th from midnight to midnight PDT and every Juneteenth hereafter Bandcamp has pledged to donate 100% of its share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Bandcamp is. Continue reading
Top Indies Secretly, Ghostly International Merge
Two top independent music groups Secretly and Ghostly International have merged operations. Under the deal, record label Ghostly International and publisher Ghostly Songs are now Secretly affiliates, with Ghostly Songs administered through. Continue reading
BTS Anoits Live Streaming with $20M, 756K Fan Show
BTS’s Bang Bang Con live-streamed concert drew an audience of more than 750,000 people from 107 countries, making it by far the biggest paid ticket virtual concert to date. The. Continue reading
