Get music heard: 5 areas to focus your marketing
With virtually every artist jockeying for the attention of potential listeners, strategically focusing your marketing efforts is critical to ensuring your music actually gets heard. Here, we look at five. Continue reading
When artist collaborations matter, how to make them happen
For newcomers and industry veterans alike, experimenting with collaboration can go a long way towards expanding your musical horizons and improving your abilities. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix. Continue reading
‘Where’s my money?’ songwriters, publishers ask MLC
Thanks to services claiming their safe harbor under the Music Modernization Act Title I giveaway, The Mechanical Licensing Collective recently came into $424,000,000, but has so far failed to disburse. Continue reading
Why songs today are shorter
While plus or minus three minutes was once the standard for recorded music, (owing in large part to radio play) the songs being released nowadays are much briefer, with many. Continue reading
Do NOT do this when writing an artist bio
An artist’s bio is a huge reflection of your brand and who you are, so you’d think more musicians would be attention to making sure it’s a-list material. Unfortunately, this. Continue reading
Horacio Rodríguez of WK Records on a year of successes
In the waking of the career-stalling impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, mega manager Walter Kolm opted to switch gears and create his own label, WK Records. Here, label CEO Horacio. Continue reading
QUICK HITS: Sony Music France • DREAMSTAGE • WMG A&R, Philippines • Word Collections • more
• Sony Music has named Marie-Anne Robert as managing director of its French operations, making her the first woman to fill the role. She joins from Believe. • Music live. Continue reading
Why your podcasts, newsletters (and songs?) should be shorter
Here Fred Jacobs explores how changing trends in audio consumption point to a need for those creating such content in the music industry to prioritize brevity in their podcasts and. Continue reading
5 benefits online music groups can provide to industry professionals
While online music groups might be a foreign idea to many industry professionals, these virtual connections can be veritable goldmine for opportunities and connections within the music industry! Guest post. Continue reading
Free streaming royalty calculator estimates what any artist earns
A new streaming royalty calculator is designed to estimate what an artist earns from music streaming. Created by engineer Gabi Ferraté of BMAT Music Innovators, the music Royalties Calculator hopes. Continue reading
