10 Important Career Lessons From Bipolar, Schizophrenic Music Journalist
In this wake of mental health awareness month, this powerful piece by music journalist Kiana Fitzgerald details her experience in the US music community, and offers us ten valuable lessons. Continue reading
Radiohead Releases ‘OK Computer’ Outtakes After Hack, Proceeds To Climate Activists Extinction Rebellion
Radiohead have released 18 hours of outtakes and material from its OK Computer era on Bandcamp days after it was leaked online. Proceed from the limited 18 day sale will. Continue reading
Bandwear Offers Help To PledgeMusic Artists Including Questionable Staggered Payout System
Merchandiser Bandwear is expanding its music crowdfunding service with an offer to help artists affected by the demise of PledgeMusic. The merchandiser will rebuild their campaigns and online stores at. Continue reading
Sofar Sounds Raises Huge Amount Of Money, But Artists Don’t See Much Of It
Sofar Sounds, a service which specializes in setting up artists with shows, particular house concerts, has had a pretty successful financial track record, putting on over 600 shows a month. Continue reading
Building Community Inside Your Fan Base
In this piece, Angela Mastrogiacomo delves into the importance of creating community within a fanbase, and how to go about building a space for your fans, creating commonality, and showing. Continue reading
Revenue Per User To Fall 25% Even As Streaming Grows In Popularity says Goldman Sachs Study
The global recorded music business brought in $19.1 billion in revenue in 2018, according the IFPI. By 2030, that number will grow to $45 billion, with streaming expected to represent. Continue reading
Bandsintown & Hypebot: Updates From Bruce Houghton
Bruce Houghton sits down with Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert to discuss the Bandsintown purchase of Hypebot and MusicThinkTank. How did it happen? What does this mean for Bruce and. Continue reading
Chartmetric Offers Artist Cross-Platform Performance Ranking
In this in-depth article from Chartmetric, Josh Hayes provides a detailed breakdown of how to utilize the website's data warehouse to instantaneously compare and analyze the general performance of artists. Continue reading
Streaming Video Updates From YouTube, Instagram
If you're a band or artist, chances are you have either an Instagram or YouTube presence, if not both. Here we break down a couple of important updates to both. Continue reading
