If Music Is Digital Gold , Why Do We Always Treat It Like Digital Plastic? [BENJI ROGERS]
In the piece Benji Rogers bemoans the devaluation of music, and shares how the implementation of blockchain tech could make it so that ownership data was required for a song to even. Continue reading
TuneGO Raises $3.6 Million To Connect Musicians With The Industry
TuneGO has raised $3.6 million in Series A financing. This is not the first startup promising to connect unknown talent with the music industry's star making machine; and it won't. Continue reading
Join Hypebot’s Online Holiday Networking Party Starting Wednesday
On Wednesday, we're reviving a tradition by encouraging you, our wonderful readers, to share who you are, what you're working on and your plans and aspirations for 2017 with the. Continue reading
A BIG Music Marketing Mistake To Avoid
Here Bob Baker discusses how many beginning musicians often go astray when pitching their music to tastemakers, and how setting and working towards clear goals is important to achieving success. Continue reading
Nielsen Acquires Gracenote From Tribune For $560 Million Cash To Improve Music, Media Data Measurement
Nielsen has acquired Gracenote from Tribune in an all cash deal. For the music industry, that leaves its main source of track metadata in familiar hands and the hope of. Continue reading
YouTube, Music Publishers Reach Agreement To Distribute Millions In Unclaimed Royalties
The music industry seem united in their belief that YouTube should pay more money to creators, but that hasn't stopped them from working with Google's popular video site when they. Continue reading
7 Nashville Music Companies Unite To Help Developing Artists
There is no shortage of companies created to help musicians as they begin and build their careers. But when seven Nashville artist services firms join together to provide a one-stop. Continue reading
5 Life Lessons For The Unsigned Musician
Here a long-time struggling unsigned musician shares five lessons he has learned throughout the years regarding positive self-development, perseverance, and understanding the proper motivation for pursuing a career in an. Continue reading
CASH Launches Revolving Loan Fun For Musicians
Here Jesse von Doom of CASH Music explains operations behind the CASH Music Revolving Fund, a system put in place to allow artists access to the capital needed to properly. Continue reading
YouTube Delivers Fans, But There’s A Big Value Gap [Russ Crupnick]
Although the high volume of music traffic which YouTube attracts would make it seem as though the platform is the industry's best friend, the value gap which the service perpetuates. Continue reading