Public Pressure adds $6M to ’empower the artist/fan relationship’

Public Pressure has added $6 million in funding. Launched in 2015 as an online community and magazine dedicated to emerging artists and labels, the company is building Web3 tools that. Continue reading

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Spotify For Artists adds guide to merch sales, direct-to-fan commerce

Spotify For Artists has added a landing page that brings together its many direct-to-fan sales tools and resources. “Sell merch on Spotify and build your fandom,” reads the site. “Build. Continue reading

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Sonicly learned from PledgeMusic’s mistakes to launch a music crowdfunding platform that works

Sonicly is launching as the first direct-to-fan platform since the messy demise of PledgeMusic to offer musicians the toolkit and financial safety needed to succeed at crowdfunding. Sonicly was built. Continue reading

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Merch Cat Adds Fan App For Direct To Fan Sales [EXCLUSIVE]

Music merch management app Merch Cat has launched the Merch Cat Fan app, a direct-to-fan sales tool centered on the live show. Fans can use it to buy merch at. Continue reading

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Track Your Direct-to-Fan Music and Merch Sales with Flyt’s Free Url Shortener

Flyt, a new tool for artists and labels looking for help navigating a direct-to-fan sales landscape, flyt acts a url shortener and sales tracker for artists using services like Shopify. Continue reading

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End Of The Year Is The Perfect Time To Get All Of Your Contract Riders In Order

For touring artists, contract riders are an important piece of information to provide venues with. Besides simply detailing what the artist wants for lunch, they also outline the requirements which will. Continue reading

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Memphis Industries On Running An Independent Label

Topspin's Jim Wallis talks with Matt and Ollie Jacob, brothers and co-founders of London-based indie label Memphis Industries about running a label and how direct-to-fan plays work as an aspect. Continue reading

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Self-Imposed Music Scarcity In The Digital Era

Although streaming is the dominant form of music consumption, and seems to be here to stay, many listeners are turning to vinyl-only, or cassette-only record labels to obtain their music.

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Merch Cat App Simplifies Road Merch Sales

[UPDATED] Merch Cat offers a one stop solution for music merchandise sales and inventory management. Developed by artist manager Vanessa Ferrer, the app offers a solution to the challenges she found. Continue reading

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Bandcamp Adds Catalog Discount Bundles Just In Time For Christmas

Direct to fan music sales site Bandcamp has added the ability for artists and labels to sell full catalog bundles at a discount.  Any artist with 3 or more albums. Continue reading

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