Emerging Artists Fund Launches Its 2nd Year

Help Musicians UK and PledgeMusic are once again teaming up to offer emerging artists a 75k development fund to help DIY artists with drive work towards their long term career. Continue reading

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BMG Deepens Ties With Chinese E-Commerce Giant Alibaba

Think of Alibaba as the Amazon of China, only bigger.  So a tie-in is a big deal for BMG and its growing catalog which includes music from Janet Jackson, blink-182, Scorpions, Kylie. Continue reading

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Indie Music Store Top 100, Top Debuts, Vinyl Sales Charts For Week Ending 11/4/2016

This weekly indie music store sales charts come from The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), a collective of 50 independently owned record stores in 25 states across the U.S. 

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Martin Goldschmidt On Cooking Vinyl’s History, Future [INTERVIEW]

After surviving an impressive thirty years in a decidedly volatile music industry, Cooking Vinyl owner Martin Goldschmidt sat down with the people at PledgeMusic to discuss both the history, and. Continue reading

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Memphis Industries On Running An Independent Label

Topspin's Jim Wallis talks with Matt and Ollie Jacob, brothers and co-founders of London-based indie label Memphis Industries about running a label and how direct-to-fan plays work as an aspect. Continue reading

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Independent Music Store Chart Week Ending 10.28.16

[UPDATED] This weekly chart comes from The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), a collective of 50 independently owned record stores in 25 states throughout the U.S. 

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Ditto Music Adds 7th Global Office In Sweden

Ditto Music is opening their seventh worldwide office in Stockholm Sweden.  Ditto serves as the digital distribution and label services arm of 100,000 artists globally.

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Indie Band Teams With Brewery To Release Album On A Beer Can [VIDEO]

Beer and music have a long history collaboration. Furthering the relationship, indie rockers The Lights Out and Aeronaut Brewing Co. have collaborated to create T.R.I.P., a sci-fi album on a. Continue reading

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Non-Discretionary Pricing: Why Spotify Costs 63% More In UK Than US [Mark Mulligan]

The price of streaming music subscriptions is a contentious ongoing debate within the industry. Is $10 per month too much or too little. Would twice as many people pay if. Continue reading

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Shunned By Radio, Hard Rock Is Still Alive And Well In America

In this piece Glenn Peoples looks at hard rock and metal's roll in the industry, for although the style of music has little to no prevalence on commercial radio, new. Continue reading

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