Music PR: How to Pitch Your Work

It should go without saying that one of the most important things you can do for yourself as a solo artist or band is to focus heavily on PR. Unless. Continue reading

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This Week In Music Commentary

Music industry commentators this week discussed whether streaming killed song intros, why TV is perfect for artists who don't fit the radio model, and why we shouldn't expect major internet companies. Continue reading

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If You Want To Save Net Neutrality, Don’t Bother Waiting For Google, Netflix Or Facebook’s Help

As the gutting of neutrality and killing off of privacy protections continues to proceed, companies like Netflix, Google, and Facebook, although making something of show of lobbying against such things,. Continue reading

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Why, How And When Artists Should Use Instagram Live

With social media platforms constantly updating and releasing new features it can be hard, particularly if you're a busy independent artist, to keep up. Here we walk through the best. Continue reading

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Next SF MusicTech Is Oct. 17th & We’ve Got 10% Off Discount Codes

[UPDATE] SF MusicTech has just announced that their next edition will on October 17th, back at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. We'll share details and speaker announcements as we. Continue reading

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Facebook: Finally Ready To Be A Media Company?

As it looks towards a future of lagging advertising revenue Facebook will, it seems, begin shifting gears and transitioning into something which looks and acts much more like a media. Continue reading

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THU. BRIEF: Streams Drive UMG Growth • Copyright Battle Looms • HologramUSA • Starset Soars • More

Thursday 11.10.16 Music Business News From Around The Web A Trump administration could undue net neutrality, stall copyright reform and discourage international collaboration and trade. Updated continuously under our More News tab

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Mistakes The Beatles Made • Increase Your Chances Of Getting Press • New Artist Model Approach • More

Most recently on MusicThinkTank, we examined how choice of music can effect productivity, what to do before your first DJing gig, how to get more fans on YouTube, and more.

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Twitter Finally Exempts Everything Except Text And Links From 140 Character Limit

Twitter has finally done something that it should have done a long time ago: loosened its 140 character limit so that adding quotes, polls, video and images no longer count. Continue reading

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