Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Go Green • Building A Music Venue • 5 Bad Habits

On MusicThinkTank this week, we covered how you can make your band go green, equipment every entrepreneur needs when building a venue, and five bad habits songwriters with home studios. Continue reading

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3 Pillars Of A Successful Artist Brand

While some artists may be uncomfortable with the notion, an artist is a brand whether they like it or not. Outlined here are the three main pillars which can make. Continue reading

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Get Familiar With YouTube’s New Monetization Icons

In recent month YouTube has begun putting in place a new set of guidelines and controls to give advertisers more control and awareness surrounding where their ads are placed. This. Continue reading

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BMI Annual Royalty Distributions Top $1 Billion For First Time

BMI has distributed more than $1 billion to its songwriter, composers and publishers for the first time. Fiscal year 2017 marks the third consecutive year of record royalty growth for. Continue reading

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Goldman Sachs Predicting $28 Billion Streaming Music Market – Should Anyone Care?

In its most recent 'Music In The Air' report, Goldman Sachs is speculating that the music streaming industry will be pulling in $28 billion by 2030, and while this certainly. Continue reading

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How Reggaeton Became A Global Phenomenon On Spotify

There's no question that Latin music in general, and reggaeton specifically, have been pushing into the mainstream in a big way. Here we more closely examine how the genre rose. Continue reading

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FRI. BRIEF: Calderone Out As Spotify Refocuses Video • UMG Streams $1.5B Q2 • Tencent Music Valued At $10B • More

Friday 9.1.17 Music Business News From Around The Web  After gaining little traction, Spotify is shifting it's video strategy to look more like Apple Music's. Updated continuously under our More News tab

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Neighboring Rights: An Updated Look

Here we dive back in to look further at 'neighboring rights', a form of rights holding which entitles allows monies to be distributed to artists and sound recording holders when. Continue reading

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Snail Mail Makes A Comeback To Contact Fans

Trends, even antiquated ones, seem to have a way of coming back around, and marketing to fans appears to be no exception based on a recent re-emergence of snail mail,. Continue reading

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Taylor Swift Turned Right Said Fred’s Body-Positive Hit Into A Revenge Fantasy: Here’s How

In this article Ian Temple deconstructs and analyzes the musical similarities between T-Swift's latest single "Look What You Made Me Do" and Right Said Fred's hit 1992 classic "I'm Too. Continue reading

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Obsession: 4 DJs, Producers, Share What Keeps Them Up At Night

Obsession is a level of passion that can change how a person creates, performs, and releases music. In this piece four world-touring DJs and producers out of Piknic Électronik share with. Continue reading

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