Music Education: Why It’s Important To The Industry
While the industry mythology surrounding the idea of the self-taught artist can often cause aspiring musicians to eschew more formal tutelage, a musical education is important to creating quality work, communicating. Continue reading
Spotify Agrees To $30 Million Settlement With Nat’l Music Publishers Assoc. Over Unpaid Royalties
Spotify's use of unlicensed songs is the subject of several lawsuits, two of which are currently seeking class action status. Today the music streamer offered another path to payments that. Continue reading
What If Music Copyright Didn’t Exist?
In this though experiment, we examine what a music industry devoid of copyright would look like, and if it would really leave artists any worse off than they are now,. Continue reading
Stupid Marketing Music Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
While shelling out money for email blasts and flooding social media can be tempting methods of promotion, such techniques can do more harm than good. Here, we look a some. Continue reading
Tidal Extends Free Trials To Let Users Hear Updates To Kanye West’s “The Life Of Pablo” Album
Yesterday we wrote about how, by issuing multiple updates, Kayne West was using music streaming to rewrite what it means to release an album from statement to ongoing conversation. The only. Continue reading
Chinese And Canadian Indie Music Fuse in Toronto
The internet had helped unlikely artists create global careers and true music fans uncover far flung treasures. But some things are still best peculated in person. Such is the unusual. Continue reading
Redefining Success In The Music Industry
There's no question that making a career as a musician in 2016 financially rewarding is no small challenge, but being a successful artist is about so much more than money,. Continue reading
THU. BRIEFING: #SXSW Live On Facebook • Tidal Extends Free Trials • Music Reports Offers Rights Fix • More
Thursday 3.17.2016 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Facebook is expanding video. But unlike YouTube, there's no attempt to monetize it for rights holders and creators. Updated continuously. Continue reading
Darius Van Arman Of Secretly Group On Music Industry Equality, Transparency
[UPDATED] In this interview major music industry player Darius Van Arman (Secret Group, For William Management) discusses the value of industry equality, why transparency is so important, and why he. Continue reading
Kanye West Is Using Music Streaming To Evolve The Album Release From Statement To Conversation
We may not always understand Kanye West. But its hard to argue that, like his wife Kim Kardashian, West is a savvy manipulator of media. In recent weeks, West has. Continue reading
