UMG Publishing and TikTok send dueling messages to Songwriters [Full Text]

With thousands of songs by major and independent artists who are not signed to Universal for recording or publishing now muted in the battle between the music giant and TikTok, both sides stepped up to the bully pulpit with dueling messages to songwriters and the music industry this week…..

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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Subscriber market share • Bandsintown + Spotify • Musician’s 2024 Guide • Record Store Day releases • More

Episode 184 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business, including audio drops from Fabrice Sergent of Bandsintown and Megh Vaharia of SymphonyOS, is available now…

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Blues Music Awards 2024 nominees announced [Full List]

The Blues Foundation has announced the nominees for its 45th Annual Blues Music Awards, which will be held on Thursday, May 9th, in Memphis. Here’s the complete list:

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QUICK HITS: SiX18 + TKO • RSD + Tragically Hip • Vetfi + Downtown • So So Def + Create • Hangout FM + Beatdapp

Music promoter, marketing, and branding specialist Clay Busch has launched SiX18 Media, an agency focused on broadening artist and creator influence and revenue streams…

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New Apple royalties favor Majors at the expense of independent artists, say indie labels

indendent labels and artists are upset by what they say is the unfair advantage that Apple Music gave major record labels with its recent 10% increase in royalty payments for. Continue reading

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Musicians, Take Note: YouTube Music, Premium now have 100M Subscribers

YouTube has often been more about promotion than revenue for most musicians., but that is changing as YouTube Music and YouTube Premium pass 100 million subscribers, up 20 million in. Continue reading

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FREE WEBINAR TODAY: How to create a great EPK for Musicians

Join today’s free webinar on creating one of the most important and affordable marketing tools available to musicians today – the Electronic Press Kit, or EPK. If you can’t make. Continue reading

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Cherie Hu joins Bill Werde at Syracuse U’s Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment

Cherie Hu, the founder of music tech research and education collective Water & Music, has joined the faculty of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications’ Bandier Program for Recording. Continue reading

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It’s Superfan Week on Hypebot

We’re exploring the superfan phenomenon all week on Hypebot. What is a superfan? If focusing on superfans wise or is this all just hype? What superfan stratagies and tools actuaky. Continue reading

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Roundup of expert Music Industry Predictions for 2024

AI, creation as consumption, the TikToktification of music, super-serving the superfan, performer pay for radio play, and the end of AI-driven A&R are among the issues our panel of experts. Continue reading

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