Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Mistakes The Beatles Made • Increase Your Chances Of Getting Press • New Artist Model Approach • More

This week on MusicThinkTank, we learned from mistakes The Beates made, looked at how you can increase your chances of getting press, a better way to structure your website, and more.

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UPDATE: Fame House Acquired By UMG For $1 Million, Will Continue To Also Serve Non-Universal Clients

UPDATED: Fame House has always been on the list of non-core assets that a bankrupt SFX thought it could sell.  In the end, only one real bidder stepped up to offer. [UPDATE AFTER. Continue reading

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Pirate Radio Stations Are Making A Comeback

Although many may have assumed that pirate radio's best days were behind it, a recent report from the Associated Press shows that these renegade terrestrial broadcasters are on the rise. Continue reading

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SuperPhone Allows Artists To Own Their Audience, Communicate With Them Directly

While services like iTunes, Spotify, and Facebook often make it difficult for artists to easily communicate with fans, SuperPhone provides artists with a way to directly message large groups of. Continue reading

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Get Your Music Into YouTube Content ID: A How To Guide

Although YouTube's Content ID system certainly has its fair share of detractors, it's important to keep in mind that the system can be useful to artists, and gives them a. Continue reading

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Millions Of Fans Are Discovering Music On Spotify [New Stats]

With 75 million users, Spotify has the potential to be a powerful music discovery and marketing tool. New stats from the streamer show that it's already helping to boost some. Continue reading

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5 Tips For Increasing Your Chances Of Getting Music Press

Music writers typically find themselves drowned in a deluge of promo emails from artists and publicists, to the point where many of them are never even read. Here we look. Continue reading

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AmpMe Raises $8 Million, Adds YouTube Integration

Venture funding is still flowing into music tech, but not if the concept involves licensing music. AmpMe pulls the tunes that power its app from the users library, Soundcloud and now. Continue reading

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FRI. BRIEFING: Bieber, Skrillex Sued Over “Sorry” • UK Pop Crash • AmpMe Raises $8M • Twitter Adds Spotify Cards • More

Friday 5.27.16 Music Business News From Around The Web AmpMe Raises $8M:  Money is still flowing into music tech, IF they don't need to license music. Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

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Twitter Adds Easy To Create Spotify Audio Cards

Everyone is trying to crack music discovery, and Twitter is trying everything it can think of to increase engagement.  These two goals come together nicely with today's launch of easy. Continue reading

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Songs Of Summer 2016 As Predicted By Pandora, Next Big Sound

Just in time for the Memorial Day unofficial summer kickoff, Pandora is sharing its Songs of Summer 2016 predictions. They're based on Pandora and Next Big Sound data: trajectory of station. Continue reading

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