What Do Superbowl Performances Do For Artists? Sales Jump 1597%
Being a halftime performer at the Super Bowl directly translates directly into impressive music sales, according to Nielsson Soundscan. “Regardless of the performer’s age or whether the songs are ‘oldies. Continue reading
Richard Marx Demonstrates The Fine Art Of Brand Self-Destruction
By Timothy Geigner of Techdirt. A year ago, Mike [Masnick] presented at Midem, discussing how being more open, honest and awesome to the public and to your fans is a. Continue reading
Why Music Supervisors Don’t Listen To Your Music
By music branding and marketing specialist Andy Lykens. Get a paper and pen. Just do it, it’ll totally be worth it. I’m about to blow your mind. Quick – tell. Continue reading
Association For Electronic Music Launches Led By Ben Turner & Kurosh Nasseri
On Monday at midem the newly formed Association for Electronic Music announced its launch as an industry trade group. Led by EDM industry figures Ben Turner and Kurosh Nasseri, the. Continue reading
Ticketmaster Finally Ditches Much Hated CAPTCHA
If you are like most people, you are aggrivated by trying to puzzle out the squiggly lines used to separate humans from spam bots on websites. Known as CAPTCHA, the. Continue reading
New Estimates Put Gangnam Style Music Video Revenue At $4 Million
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. If someone had told us in 2011 that in 2012 a portly South Korean rapper would take the world by storm, delighting clubgoers and. Continue reading
New Major Music, Film And Literary Agency Resolution Launches
Veteran talent agent and former chairman and chief executive of International Creative Management alum has officially launched his long-rumored talent and literary agency, Resolution. Berg, who spent nearly 30 years. Continue reading
The Week In Music Commentary
Upward Spiral 18: Lyrics Freaks and Streaming Programmers feat. Emily White (WVAU) Midem: U2 Manager Paul McGuinness: "I Don’t Want To Engage In Google Bashing, But…" Andy Lykens Explains Why. Continue reading