YouTube answers 5 questions about its discovery algorithm
Getting users to discover your content is the most essential part of building your audience, and while many platforms are fairly opaque about how their discovery algorithms work, YouTube has. Continue reading
Inside Youtube’s Artist Analytics Tool With Music In Mind
YouTube’s incredible reach makes it a must for artists looking to expand the community and fanbase. Recognizing this, the popular video-sharing platform recently rolled out a new Artist Analytics tool,. Continue reading
Discovery Networks Relents, Will Pay Composer’s Their Worth
Following in the massive backlash Discovery Networks received from the television composer community last month after announcing it would cease to properly compensate composers, the company is now backtracking on. Continue reading
Caribou’s Dan Snaith Talks New Music, Discovery, and Spotify’s Altar Playlist
Industry veteran and artist/DJ/producer Dain Snaith – most famously of Caribou – weighs in on the state of electronic music today, his creative process and an upcoming release. From Spotify. Continue reading
Blogging Sucks
…..at least according to some artists. For artists that don’t reside in the digital media bubble, blogging is a nuisance that interrupts your day. However, there are great reasons for. Continue reading
How Can Jimmy Iovine Misrepresent Music Curation Without Undermining Music By Beats?
Jimmy Iovine's recent misrepresentation of the current state of music discovery, encapsulated in repeated assertions in multiple interviews on the theme that there is no human music curation by streaming. Continue reading
Solving The Problem of New Music & Artist Discovery
In David Sherbow’s opinion, record companies and independent musicians must cultivate and create a single new digital marketplace. The record companies and musicians need to work together to develop one. Continue reading
Fan Friction: How The Internet is Failing Artists [Adam Bernard]
The Internet has allowed people to discover new artists and music, but it’s still hard to convert these people into fans. On Music Think Tank, Adam Bernard talks about how. Continue reading
