Episode 265 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. LISTEN HERE: Episode 265 Listen on your favorite. Continue reading

Co-founder and CEO of beatBread Peter Sinclair died on Saturday August 23, surrounded by his family in Los Angeles, after a short illness.

Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart and their Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business celebrate their 5th Anniversary, and including specials their 300th Episode, doing what they do best.

Music’s youngest consumers Gen Alpha has no interest in rock, alt-rock, hard rock, classic rock or any of rock ‘n roll’s many permeations, according to a new survey.

Bandcamp is transitioning to a new payment system for Artists, powered by Stripe. This will happen in phases, and they’ll reach out via email with information before Bandcamp upgrades payments to each client.

Songwriters get free healthcare access with a membership in trade group Songwriters of North America (SONA) thanks to a grant from Amazon Music.

Spotify (SPOT:NYSE) market value fell $16.6 billion yesterday after the streamer reported weaker than expected earnings and a surprise loss of $100 million.

For Oak View and the Department of Justice to the Setmixer expansion and some Bandsintown booking hacks, it was another busy week in live music industry news. Live Music Industry. Continue reading

If you’re like Jay Gilbert, you’ve been getting more and more offers about entering a songwriting contest, rock band of the year award, best marketing campaign competition and more.

Sony, Universal, and Warner Music have committed to new policies that mean tens of millions of new dollars for UK songwriters and musicians over the next 5 years. As the UK adds songwriter stipends, increases session fees 40% and forgives legacy contract advances, will the US follow?