Jack White Bans All Phones At Gigs For A “Human Experience”

Jack White is banning all phones, cameras and other devices from dates on his upcoming spring tour. "We think you'll enjoy looking up from your gadgets for a little while. Continue reading

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AM BRIEF: Spotify Retools Content • Soundcloud Becomes Unicorn • Enrique Iglesias Sues UMG • More

THURSDAY 1.25.1​8​ Music Business News From Around The Web  Updated continuously under our More News tab

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Spotify IPO Frightens Music Industry and Wall Street

Spotify has 70 million paid subscribers plus tens of millions more ad-supported users. But as a deeply unprofitable company, its future is far from certain. That has many in both. Continue reading

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RED Light’s Jonathan Shank Talks Artist Management, Touring [INTERVIEW]

A senior management executive and tour producer from Red Light Management, Jonathan Shank here chat about the trajectory of his career, the essential elements of artist management, and process of. Continue reading

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Rapper Kodak Black Arrested Following Instagram Post

Rapper Kodak Black was arrested after a guest posted videos to social media that appear to show people handling marijuana and a handgun around an infant at his home near. Continue reading

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Touring’s Hidden Costs

Here Patrick McGuire explore's some of the hidden costs that lurk in the world of touring once your band decides to hit the road, and not all of them are. Continue reading

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CD Baby Turns 20, Rolls Back Prices To 1998 [Discount Codes]

[UPDATED] For tens of thousands of D.I.Y. and indie, CD Baby, which turns 20 this year, is both a safe haven and a path forward. Alongside its sister companies Disc. Continue reading

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5 Moments From The History Of Tape Which Shaped Modern Music

Although some may now consider it an antiquated medium, tape and experimentation with tape played an important role in development of recorded sound. Here we look at five important moments. Continue reading

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YouTube Moves All Subscribers To Official Artist Channels

YouTube launched Official Artist Channels last year to make it easier for fans to find content from their favorite artists by uniting official videos, live performances, individual songs and albums all under. Continue reading

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Australian Music Prize 2017 Shortlist Announced

The Australian Music Prize 2017 shortlist is out and filled with familiar names like Paul Kelly alongside new artists that the rest of the world will be hearing in the. Continue reading

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