3 Tips for Building Relationships with Hip-Hop Bloggers
Building relationships with hip-hop bloggers and editors is an essential part of your music career. Bloggers can help get you in front of your audience and add credibility to your. Continue reading
5 Things Which Separate Career Musicians From Hobby Musicians
While many call themselves musicians, the level of seriousness with which they treat their craft varies greatly. Here we look at five different factors which help to distinguish career musicians. Continue reading
TUE. BRIEFING: YouTube Defends Content ID • Apple Turns Concert Promoter • MTV Rediscovers Music • More
Tuesday 4.26.2016 Music Business News From Around The Web YouTube Content ID is far from perfect, but does anyone have a better system. Is Facebook's ID platform an improvement? Updated. Continue reading
Spotify Slams Tidal, Streaming Exclusives As “Bad For Fans”
With Beyonce the latest exclusive score for TIDAL and Apple writing checks for music from Drake and others, Spotify is hitting back hard on windowing as bad for the music. Continue reading
Future Of Music Coalition CEO Casey Rae On The Value Of Universal Data Standards [INTERVIEW]
In this interview, the people at Songspace sat down with Future Of Music Coalition CEO Casey Rae to discuss his take on the value of data standards and transparency in streaming, and his. Continue reading
Music Business Growth Hacking 101 – A MUST READ If You Are Serious About Your Career In Music
Increasingly, tech startups are looking to growth hacking to grow their business quickly and make it more sustainable. Here, Bas Grasmayer looks at how this model can be applied to artists and labels; and outlines techniques. Continue reading
Beyoncé Release, Prince Passing Prompt Piracy Surge, Take TIDAL #1
Actions and events often have unintended consequences, and music exclusives and windowing are proving to have their share of both; as proven by consumer behavior since Prince's untimely death and Beyoncé's. Continue reading
Artist Images: A New Chapter In Revenue
Here long-time industry entrepreneur Kevin Arnold writes about how the direction of his company, OpenAura, marks a shift in the music industry, with revenue being earned from artist's images, something has. Continue reading
Prince’s “The Very Best Of” Tops U.S. Chart This Week
The Very Best of Prince is the #1 album in the U.S. this week (April 15 – 21, 2016) with over 121,000 album project units, according to BuzzAngle Music. The number. Continue reading
Remember This? Prince’s Warner Bros Deal Precipitated Ripple Effect Of Copyright Terminations
Years ago, Prince negotiated with Warner Brothers to regain control of his catalog of music. While among the first to do so, many artists from 1978 onward have the option to renegotiate their contracts,. Continue reading
The Younger, The Better: How Attracting Youthful Fans Leads To Longer, More Profitable Careers
This article examines the unfair stigma which an artist can often receive as a result of the demographic of their fan base, and argues that young and enthusiastic listeners can be. Continue reading
