Live & Ticketing

Music Companies Led By Secretly Canadian Call Growing Indiana Boycott “Misguided”

Negative reaction to the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act (IRFRA), which many view as discriminatory against gays, continues to grow, with Wilco and others cancelling concerts there. But a group. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/01/2015 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Asthmatic Kitty, Bill Clinton, Compact disc, Dead Oceans, Freedom of religion, Indiana, Indiana General Assembly, LGBT, Mike Pence, Religious Freedom Restoration Act

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Bandposters: Design, Print, And Ship Promo Posters In 90 Seconds Or Less

Bandposters is made for artists, managers, labels, and promoters to design, print, and ship posters directly to venues and other locations all in 90 seconds or less. With a newly. Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 03/31/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AdFreak, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Scene7, Adobe Systems, Alt key, Amazon S3, Artist, Drag and drop, User experience

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Fender Accelerator Tour Launches Providing Emerging Artists With Transportation, Gear, And Promo Support

Fender is removing the headache and hassle of touring on an emerging artist's budget by providing musicians with gear, transportation, and tour support as part of it's newly launched Fender Accelerator Tour.

Nia R Jones on 03/27/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Glastonbury Festival Responds To Anti-Kanye Petition

You know the music festival world is changing when Billy Joel is playing Bonnaroo and Paul McCartney is headlining Lollapalooza. So you'd think it would not be a surprise when. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/26/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (5)

Tags: Beck, Beyoncé Knowles, Emily Eavis, Foo Fighters, Glastonbury Festival, Jay-Z, Kanye West, south by southwest, Twitter, United Kingdom

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Impractical Advice For A Better Music Career

WARNING!!! This article may shock and offend you, but give you much needed advice for advancing your music career.

Matt Gibson on 03/26/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

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Should A Music Manager Also Be An Agent? Lawsuit To Decide Reinstated

Artist managers, who have been challenging California laws which preventing them from booking the artists they represent, will now get their day in court.

Bruce Houghton on 03/23/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alabama, American Farm Bureau Federation, American Society of Composers, Amicus curiae, Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Artist, Authors and Publishers, California, Supreme Court of the United States, United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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Virtual Reality Concerts: Music TV Network REVOLT Partners With Jaunt

Virtual reality is the hyped to be the breakthrough technology of 2015. Now, TV network Revolt has partnered with hardware and software company Jaunt to bring the VR experience to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/23/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: AccuWeather, Associated Press, DirecTV, Mobile app, The Weather Channel, Time Warner Cable, Verizon Communications, Verizon FiOS, WeatherBug, WeatherNation TV

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Ticketfly Acquires Northern Tickets, Passes $1 Billion In Sales

Ticketfly is among a handful of companies threatening Ticketmaster's dominance. Today they took the fight north of the border, acquiring Northern Tickets.

Bruce Houghton on 03/20/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2015 Pan American Games, Artist, Canada, Far-right politics, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (Canada), Pro-war rhetoric, Spotify, Toronto, Ukrainian Canadian Congress, United States

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The United Sates Of Events: America’s Top Concert Going Cities By Genre

Ticketing and event platform Eventbrite, has released a list of America’s top event-going cities and the United States of Events, a visualization of the event-going trends in America's largest 25 cities.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/19/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AT&T, AT&T U-verse, Austin, Chicago, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Nebraska, New York City, Omaha, Saint Patrick's Day, San Francisco, Texas

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