Music Business News Last Week

Top Music Business News Last Week

Top music business news last week included major upgrades on tools for Artists from Bandsintown, SoundCloud and DistroKid, Indivisible calling for a Spotify boycott, a free Ticket Data tool, AI music updates and more.

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Indivisible Spotify Boycott

Indivisible calls for Spotify boycott over ICE recruitment ads

Indivisible calls for Spotify boycott urging artists and listeners to drop the streamer over ICE recruitment ads appearing on its free tier.

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Live Music Industry News: GigSalad gets Cool • Billboard Power Players • More

In the latest live music industry news, Dave Cool has been named VP of Marketing & Business Development at GigSalad. Cool (his real name) spent 14+ years at Bandzoogle, most recently as Chief Relationship Officer. This includes after its 2023 acquisition by DistroKid.

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Bandsintown For Artists Marketplace

Bandsintown expands mission to empower Artists with Marketplace

Live music discovery leader Bandsintown continues to expand on its mission to empower artists at all stages of their careers with the launch of the Bandsintown For Artists Marketplace. This first-of-its-kind ecosystem offers independent musicians tools to connect with fans and – unlike most “For Artists” platforms – control their relationship with them.

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DistroKid Direct

DistroKid adds ‘Direct’ Merch Sales

Indie D.I.Y. music distributor DistroKid has launched Direct – a new platform that brings direct-to-fan commerce to smaller independent artists. Designed to go beyond traditional distribution, Direct enables artists to create and run on-demand merch stores from within the DistroKid ecosystem.

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Vibrant live music performance featuring a female singer with short pink hair, wearing a "BILLA BONG" tank top, accompanied by a drummer and guitarist in a brick-walled venue under colorful stage lights.

How to Use Small Shows to Create Big Content

How early artists can make every show count for twice the amount.

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Spotify closed Wellness Week

All of Spotify is Out Of Office for its annual Wellness Week

Spotify is in the midst of its annual company-wide Wellness Week October 25 to November 1, 2025. During this time, Spotify employees worldwide are encouraged to take a paid break to focus on their mental health and well-being. 

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Turning Tables: What Musicians & Venue Staff Can Learn from the Art of Service

Learn how Bruce C. Bryan’s new book Turning Tables connects the lessons of great service with success in live music. From teamwork to timing, find out how the restaurant floor and the concert stage have more in common than you think.

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Find Fans on Social Media and share Marketing Assets with Venues Fans

How To Cut Through The Noise and Find Fans on Social Media

Based on work at BBC Radio and the successes of rising artists, music marketer Ed Watson offers four non-negotiables artists need think about when building their social media campaign. Learn how cut through the noise and find fans on social media.

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‘Load-In’ – Excerpt From Damon Krukowski’s ‘Why Sound Matters’

Damon Krukowski’s new book Why Sound Matters is out now via Yale University Press. The book begins with this extended passage, shared originally on his Substack, Dada Drummer Almanach.

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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Talking AI, Ticketmaster and More

Episode 273 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. LISTEN HERE.

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