Indie Music

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

Guest Post on 11/17/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Artist, Brighton, Chief technology officer, Hypebot, JavaScript, Madonna (entertainer), music industry, PledgeMusic, ReverbNation, Seymour Stein

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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

Bruce Houghton on 11/16/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ad hoc, Alibaba Group, Alibaba Pictures, Ariel Winter, BMG Rights Management, Janet Jackson, Kylie Jenner, Kylie Minogue, London, Snapchat

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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.

Bruce Houghton on 11/10/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2 Chainz discography, 2010s in music, American Association of Independent Music, Andy Rourke, AT&T U-verse, Do it yourself, Erykah Badu, independent music, music industry, Record Store Day

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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

Guest Post on 11/09/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (10)

Tags: Adam Lambert, Amazon.com, Apple Inc., CD Baby, London, music industry, Nigeria, PledgeMusic, record label, Spotify

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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

Guest Post on 11/04/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Academy Awards, Bandcamp, Chet Faker, direct to fan, Forza Horizon 3, Fred V & Grafix, Independent record label, London, record label, Sam Smith

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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.

Bruce Houghton on 11/03/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2 Cowboys, 2012 San Diego State Aztecs football team, 501(c) organization, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of Independent Music, Boise, Boise State University, Brett Rypien, College Football Playoff, Idaho, Mountain West Conference

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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.

Bruce Houghton on 11/01/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alfred Nobel, Bob Dylan, Digital distribution, iTunes, Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel Prize in Literature, Sam Smith, Sara Danius, Stockholm, Swedish Academy

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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

Bruce Houghton on 11/01/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Active rock, Adam Holzman (keyboardist), Adult Swim, Africa, album, It Happens, Max Martin, Roc Nation, Tiwa Savage, Twitter

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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

Guest Post on 10/31/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: 2016, Apple Inc., Average revenue per user, Brexit, European Single Market, European Union, iTunes, Spotify, Theresa May, United Kingdom, United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

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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

Guest Post on 10/31/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Air instrument, Alternative metal, Arena rock, Atlantic Records, Barcelona, Battle of Bands, BMG Rights Management, Hard rock, Rock music, Warner Music Group

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