Madonna, Daddy Yankee, Led Zepplin, more added to National Recording Registry: Full list & Playlist of 2023 inductions
Recordings by Madonna, Daddy Yankee, The Eurythmics, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, and Queen Latifah are among the 25 added this week to the National Recording Registry of the U.S. Library. Continue reading
50 Ways to Love Your Data with the RIAA’s Josh Friedlander
The Recording Industry Association of America has been collecting U.S. recorded music sales data for 50 years. Many important stories are contained in that much data, and RIAA SVP of. Continue reading
Millennials: Music’s most valuable age group has doubts about streaming [MIDiA]
A new report by Tatiana Cirisano and the team at MIDiA leads with a surprising finding. Millennials (age 25-34) are “both the music industry’s most valuable age group and, for. Continue reading
Getting It Done: Last Week in D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Last week, our tips and advice for the independent, do-it-yourselfers out there covered how to build a brand as a musician, popular social media myths everyone falls for, and more…. Continue reading
How And Why to make a Band an LLC
We’re reaching back to 2017 for this week’s Flashback Friday post to share some basic but critical info on why you may want to make a band a limited liability. Continue reading
How The Cure showed what’s right – and wrong – about ticketing [Bill Werde]
The Cure’s frontman Robert Smith began his crusade to protect fans even before tickets for the band’s new tour went on sale. His concerns about high Ticketmaster fees evolved into. Continue reading
42% of 158M tracks on Spotify were played 10 or fewer times last year
67.1 million tracks were played ten or fewer times last year. That is 42.1% of the approximately 158 million tracks available on the top streamer. 38 million tracks on Spotify. Continue reading
Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Eminem AI • Streaming payouts • Music growth slows • Rebuilding touring • More
Episode 136 of the Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is now available. Episode 136 On this week’s episode of. Continue reading
Study shows we stop discovering new music when we turn 30
If you’re past the age of 30, then you’ve probably noticed that you’re a lot less curious about new music than you used to be. And that will happen more. Continue reading
Apple (finally) announces Apple Music Classical app
After over a year of speculation, Apple Music announced Thursday that it would launch its promised Apple Music Classical App on March 28th. Apple Music subscribers can use the dedicated. Continue reading
