Record Store Day 2016: What Was Hot, What Was Not
How did your your Record Store Day 2106 purchases stack up against the rest of the country? This year, Star Wars: The Force Awakens “March of the Resistance” was the. Continue reading
An Independent Release Is #1 Album In U.S.
Independent labels have a reason to celebrate. The Lumineers' "Cleopatra" tops the Billboard 200 chart this week. It sold 125,000 equivalent album units, including 108,000 traditional albums, on an indie. Continue reading
Today Is Record Store Day – Unplug And Go Buy Something
Today, Saturday April 16th is Record Store Day – a celebration of all that is good about indie record stores and indie music. Despite vinyl sales these stores are struggling. Continue reading
3 Important Independent Music Business Trends
Rather than play by the rules and stick to industry conventions, it has become important for those operating independently within the music business to pursue trends which will allow them greater. Continue reading
Analyst Mark Mulligan Dives Into IFPI’s Global Music Report 2016 And Surfaces Several Surprising Takeaways
Yesterday the IFPI released its Global Music Report 2016 show the first real growth for the music industry in 20 years driven largely by explosive growth in streaming. Here top. Continue reading
3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Announce A Release Date
When prepping for the launch of a new album, announcing a release date for your fans may seem like the smart marketing move to make, but doing so can often do more. Continue reading
Global Music Revenue Up 3.2% As Digital Passes Physical, Streaming Explodes – IFPI Global Music Report 2016
After 20 years of almost constant decline, global music industry revenue was up 3.2% last year, according to a report released today by the trade association IFPI. Leading the shift. Continue reading
State Of The Music Industry By The Numbers [CHART]
The IFPI released their Global Music Music Report 2016 today. In addition to showing the first industry growth in 20 years and the explosion of streaming, it also contains some. Continue reading
Adam Watts On Art, Commerce, New Album [INTERVIEW]
In this interview singer-songwriter and entertainment industry veteran Adam Watts shares his thoughts on the creativity, the balance between branding and maintaining one's integrity, and the future of his artist development. Continue reading
I Took a Record Label to #SXSW Last Year
Here we hear the recounting of one label (and its five artists') journey to SXSW, what they did right and was valuable about the experience and, just so you can avoid. Continue reading
Singles Club: The Label Where Physical Meets Digital [INTERVIEW]
In this interview Chris Muccioli and Jeffrey Silverstein discuss their record label Singles Club, which releases exclusively singles and works to bridge the divide between physical and digital music through. Continue reading
