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Live Nation Adds Bonnaroo To Portfolio Of 60 Top Music Festivals

Live Nation today added Bonnaroo to its portfolio of 60 music festivals that already includes Austin City Limits Music Festival, Lollapalooza and the Electric Daisy Carnival.

Bruce Houghton on 04/28/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Merchbar Launches Hot Merch Charts To Track Top Merchandise Globally

Merchbar, the platform that hit the market last September to provide fans with merchandise offerings individually curated to their unique personal taste has launched the Merchbar Hot Merch Chart.

Guest Post on 03/05/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alabama, American Staffordshire Terrier, Aretha Franklin, Artist, Blake Shelton, Bleeding Love, country music, Dolly Parton, Facebook, Whitney Houston

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Music Publishing News Roundup 1.16.15: ASCAP, Downtown Music, SESAC & More

ASCAP has announced a new CEO, Elizabeth Matthews, former Executive Vice President and General Counsel. She has replaced John LoFrumento, who retired after 17 years as ASCAP CEO. Given her. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/19/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Christmas, country music, Danny Elfman, Do it yourself, Facebook, George H. W. Bush, Going Out, Hans Zimmer, music industry, Reba McEntire

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Nielson Study Reveals Rock Prevails As Most Popular Genre In The US

According to a study released by Nielson Music, rock music was twice as popular in 2014 as pop music, accounting for 29% of the industry's music consumption across album, track. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/14/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Britney Spears, Colby O'Donis, country music, Jana Kramer, Josh Turner, Lucy Hale, Oath (song), Pop music, Rock music, S. M. Entertainment

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4 Habits of Successful People That All Musicians Should Adopt

By Hugh McIntyre on Sonicbids Blog If you're looking to make a living as a musician (or elsewhere in the industry), it can be helpful to look at what successful figures do. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/12/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: 2 Chainz, Billboard Magazine, Carrie Underwood, country music, God, Jesus, music industry, Paul McCartney, Pop music, The Beatles

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Smart Artists, Smart Fans

By Dan Servantes from Berklee College of Music's Music Business Journal. The Internet age has drastically altered the dynamics of the interaction between corporations and their customers. Talking down at consumers,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/09/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Brad Paisley, Brad Paisley Tour Dates And Concert Schedule, Clothing, country music, Fashion line, He's Got You, iTunes, press release, RT (TV network), T-shirt

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Music Events vs. Fan Experiences | The Extra 10%

Serving the Super Fan was a common theme among last week’s SF Music Tech Summit panelists, entrepreneurs, and attendee’s alike. With the topography of the music industry shifting seismically, maintaining. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/17/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: All Music, Bandcamp, BandPage, Billboard charts, country music, INgrooves, music industry, Science fiction, Spotify, Taylor Swift

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iHeartMedia CEO Bob Pitman: “Taylor Swift is One of the Smartest People I’ve Ever Met” [Interview]

iHeartMedia Chairman & CEO Bob Pittman spoke with Bloomberg's Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker at Bloomberg's The Year Ahead summit in Washington, DC: "Taylor Swift is probably one of the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/17/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: All Music, Artist, Billboard 200, Billboard charts, country music, Jason Aldean, music industry, Shake It Off, Spotify, Taylor Swift

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Country Music Association To Launch Music Business Incubator

The Country Music Association is teaming up with The Nashville Entrepreneur Center to create what they are billing as the first music business accelerator. The music business accelerator is a 14-week. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/10/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: country music, Country Music Association, Enzyme Commission number, Executive officer, Michael Burcham, music industry, Nashville, Nashville Tennessee

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Warner/Chappell Music Names Jon Platt President

Jon Platt has been promoted to President, North America, Warner/Chappell Music. He will take on any expanded leadership role, overseeing teams across WCM’s offices. Platt most recently served as Warner/Chappell’s President,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/10/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, country music, Kacey Musgraves, Kendrick Lamar, Los Angeles, Music publisher (popular music), Warner/Chappell Music, WCM

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Music Publishing Weekly Roundup: Country Awards, ASCAP100 and Audiam

Nashville celebrated country music this week with four major awards shows – the CMA, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC awards. SESAC’s Nashville Music Awards honored Keifer Thompson as Songwriter of the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/08/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, ASCAP, ascap100, audiam, Blake Shelton, BMI, Chris Tompkins, CMA, country music, Josh Kear, SESAC, SOCAN, Song of the Year, Tunecore, YouTube

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