Bands And Brands: What Marketers Need To Know About Music Partnerships

For artists, being heard and standing out from the crowd can be a challenge, but by partnering with brands, artists are able to reach a much broader potential fanbase, provided the marketers in. Continue reading

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A Rock Doc Renaissance: Why Now?

With the recent success of films like Amy, Keith Richards: Under The Influence, and 20 Feet From Stardom, it's clear that we're in the midst of a rockumentary renaissance, spurred on. Continue reading

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The 1975 Kept New Album Off Spotify For Just 12 Days And That It Helped It Debut At #1

Despite an aggressive campaign by Spotify to discourage it, more and more artists and labels are windowing – the practice of not making them available to streaming music services until. Continue reading

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Don’t Expect To Hear Your Music Played In China

Although China's sizeable music-listening population would seem to make it a profitable country in which to distribute your music, an increase in government restrictions on foreign media means outside artists. Continue reading

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5 Questions For Music Industry Expert Julie Flanders [October Project] [INTERVIEW]

Here Cyber PR's Ariel Hyatt spoke with long time industry veteran and member of the pop rock group October Project Julie Flanders about her career, and what today's artists can do. Continue reading

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Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame Announces 2016 Nominees

24 songwriters and composers have nominated for induction into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. 6 final elected nominees will be inducted at the LA MUSA AWARDS to be held. Continue reading

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SoundExchange Launches Free 20 Million Song Search Database

From music streamers lawsuits to takedowns on iTunes, song identification has become a major issue. To help solve the problem, SoundExchange, with the backing of the RIAA, has launched free. Continue reading

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WED. BRIEFING: R.I.P. George Martin • Spotify Nears Publisher Settlement • PledgeMusic • Gigwell • More

Wednesday 3.9.2016 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  PledgeMusic, Pandora, Bandsintown announcements – yesterday was a big day for D2F music. Updated continuously under our More News tab here. 

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Are 15 Second Songs The Future Of Music? [Mark Mulligan]

As music messaging apps continue to grow in popularity, so too do the truncated versions of pop hits which accompany them, suggesting the traditional three minute song structure could soon be. Continue reading

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Spotify’s Most Viral Tracks – US, UK, Global

Here are the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it from Feb. 26th to March. Continue reading

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