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Top Music Industry Job Sites

Tired of sifting through generic job boards that don’t understand the music industry? These top music industry job sites are your VIP pass to landing the perfect role in music, from indie labels to marketing gigs and more.

Alana Bonilla on 04/22/2025 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Spotify royalty debate

Disc Maker CEO responds to Spotify in ‘1000 Streams’ debate

Tony van Veen, the former CD Baby and current Disc Maker CEO responds to Spotify and their statement explaining the decision to stop paying royalties on tracks with under 1000 plays.

Bruce Houghton on 04/21/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)
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live music industry news roundup

Live Music Industry News Roundup: Caps, Costs Awards & More

This week’s roundup of live music industry news covers topics from ticket resale caps, the financial realities for touring artists, to the recent executive order on ticketing, and more…

Alana Bonilla on 04/21/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Indie Artist’s Guide to Physical Music Releases

Thinking about pressing vinyl, CDs, or cassettes? Here’s how to know if your music, fanbase, and budget are ready to turn those streams into something fans can actually hold with. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 04/21/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Orchestras punctuate performances at Coachella and beyond

Orchestras punctuate performance at Coachella in 2025, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic performing with art Laufey, LL Cool J, and Zedd, highlighting the growing intersection of orchestral music with pop, hip-hop, and electronic genres.

Alana Bonilla on 04/21/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Trade, Spotify Royalties & More

Episode 245 of the Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart ‘Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business’ is available now. LISTEN HERE:

Bruce Houghton on 04/21/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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live music stocks

Live Music Stocks underperform as markets drop Monday

Live music stocks followed the overall U.S. markets downward last week. On Monday morning, overall U.S. market futures fell as much as another 400 points.

Bruce Houghton on 04/21/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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independent musician news

Independent Musician News: Touring, Merch. Samples & Views

Last week, our tips, strategies and independent musician news covered the cost of touring, how to create band merch, copyright protocol for covers, view counts, Spotify royalties and more…

Alana Bonilla on 04/19/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Music Business News Last Week

Music Business News Last Week: Spotify, AI, Tickets & Trump

A busy week by any definition, music business news last week was no exception, with a debate over Spotify’s 1000 stream royalty rule, a 10% ticket resale cap, AI comments hurting social media, and more…

Alana Bonilla on 04/19/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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DoJ holds closed door meeting on unfair live event practices

Closed door DoJ meeting on ticketing, live events last week

Last week, the Randy Nichols representing the National Independent Talent Association (NITO) was among the stakeholders that attended a closed door discussion at the Department of Justice on unfair practices in the live events industry.

Bruce Houghton on 04/18/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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