Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Create A Band • Jerry Garcia • Metal • More

On MusicThinkTank this week, we looked at articles discussing how to create a band, Jerry Garcia musical legacy, why people who claim to hate Metal could just be listening to. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this cycle back through a busy and tragic seven days in the music industry we looked at some impressive streaming numbers from Sony and Universal, examined why moves from. Continue reading

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CD Baby Distributes 50% Of New North American DIY Tracks, Publishes 1 Million Songs

[UPDATED] CD Baby, a company best known as a distributor of and advocate for independent musicians, now also administers the publishing of more than a million songs for 160,000 songwriters. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

The popular and frequently perused articles from the pages of Hypebot this week explored five Spotify hacks your really ought to know, the reason so many major labels are dumping. Continue reading

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Spotify Direct Deals vs Major Label Artists – Who Wins?

Spotify has drawn fire for making direct deals with artists. But while it might offer a higher net royalty rate, are these deals really good for artists overall vs. the. Continue reading

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Radio Issues An Ironic Plea For Fairness [Op-Ed]

In a welcome twist, a group radio broadcasters recently got together and penned a letter supporting the national Association of Broadcasters' goal of deregulating the radio industry.

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Janet Jackson Partners With Tech Driven Indie Cinq Music For New Release

Janet Jackson has partnered with tech driven indie distributor, label and publisher Cinq Music to release new music through her own label Rhythm Nation Records. Jackson's last release was in partnership with. Continue reading

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Discogs Analysis Shows Continued Vinyl, Cassette Growth

Discogs has released their 2018 Mid-Year Marketplace Analysis & Database Highlights. The report emphasizes physical musical sales for both catalog and new releases, comparing them to broader industry stats from Neilson.

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5 Ways To Win During Music’s ‘Moneyball’ Moment

A recent data-driven approach to artist discovery from the team at Instrumental has been receiving comparisons to Billy Beane's statistical approach to building a baseball team. Here we look at. Continue reading

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Can Jazz Help You Be More Organized?

In this piece Jazz saxophonist Mike Casey explain the concept of mental flow in his music, and how getting into a deep zone of focus can positively impact both compositional. Continue reading

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