5 Tips For Improving The Look Of Your Artist Shop

Selling your merch direct to fans has become an established best practice among independent artists. It affords a number of advantages, allowing you to keep more revenue and fan data.. Continue reading

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Brandi Carlile Drops Out Of Fortune’s Powerful Women Summit In Protest, Others Join

Americana star Brandi Carlile has announced that she will not appear at Fortune magazine’s Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C. after former Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen was. Continue reading

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TUE. BRIEF: Sandbox +$11M • Live Nation Gets Groot • Apple Antitrust Probe • Spotify ‘One Fail Away’ • More

TUESDAY 10.22.19 Music Business News From Around The Web Updated continuously under the More News tab

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Dear Musicians, It’s Time To Learn To Say No

Now is the time to learn how to say no. Why aren’t you getting all the great opportunities? Maybe it is because you don’t have enough heat. Maybe it is. Continue reading

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How the Music Industry Can Incorporate TikTok Into Its Artist Marketing Strategies

Social short music video app TikTok is on fire with 500 million monthly users, 66% of whom are under 30 years of age. But how to market music on Tik. Continue reading

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5 Cutting Edge Music Tech Startups Vie For Music Innovation Prize By Web Summit

Five up-and-coming music tech startups will compete for the first Music Innovations Prize at the 2019 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal next month. This is the first time the competition. Continue reading

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Court Approves Pandora Appeal Of Pre-1972 Recordings Suit Due To Music Modernization Act

Last week the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals told a lower federal court to reconsider Pandora's bid to negate a class-action lawsuit over the streaming of pre-1972 recordings.

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Spotify’s New Replay Playlist: New Algorithms Create Benefits For Fans, Artists, Labels

In this piece, Kristen Westcott Grant explores the evolving role of data algorithms in the streaming industry, and how Spotify's continued rollouts of new personalized playlists can help not just fans. Continue reading

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Ballad of ‘LoFi Rod’: How DashGo Became The Home Of A New, Dynamic Genre

At a time when many of the figures reinventing the music business belong to a new generation, Universal veteran Rod Linnum aka "LoFi Rod" is helping to lead the charge. Continue reading

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5 Reasons To Start A Band (Besides Fame And Fortune)

While many aspiring artists dream of performing in front of a crowd of thousands, the reality is that such an outcome is decidedly unlikely, and musicians should find other reasons. Continue reading

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