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10 Graphic Design Trends To Make Your Next Music Project Pop

I often advise my students at Berklee Online and the musicians that we work with at Skyline Artists that it is smart resource allocation to spend a little bit extra on. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/06/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Aaron Small, Akron, Albany, Album cover, Allegheny County Jail, Allegheny County Sheriff, Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services, Apple Inc., Artist, Berklee College of Music, Boston, music industry, New York, Newspaper, Ohio, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Question of fact, Terms of service, Uniform Resource Locator, United States, Website

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Recorded Music Revenues Up $1.1 Billion In 2016

While A2IM CEO Richard James Burgess rightly pointed out that independent labels are undervalued in many studies, it is undeniable that 2016 was a year of strong growth for the entire. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/02/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Grammy Award, Jay-Z, Napster, New York, Prince (musician), Purple Rain (film), Spotify, Streaming media, Tidal (service)

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Spotify Is Deleting It’s Inbox And Messaging Feature

Ever wish that you could communicate with fans and playlisters on Spotify? Forget it. At a time when most apps are encouraging communications, Spotify is deleting its own messaging system.

Bruce Houghton on 02/28/2017 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: 4 World Trade Center, Apple Music, Application programming interface, Data analysis, Netflix, New York, Spotify, Statistics, Streaming media, The New York Times

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NY Court Declares No Performance Rights For Flo and Eddie: “POOF” Goes 5 Million Dollars

In the latest look at the ongoing saga of Flo and Eddie and Sirius XM. For a while it looked as though Flo and Eddie were set to receive quite. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/22/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Appellate court, copyright, Microsoft, New York, Royalty payment, Sirius XM Holdings, Stored Communications Act, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States Department of Justice

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

This week, as we flip back through a full seven days of exciting music industry news, we revisit Songkick's trade secret sharing scandal, Sirius's victory in a pre-72 royalty case,. Continue reading

admin on 02/18/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Antisemitism, H3h3 Productions, List of YouTubers, Maker Studios, New York, PewDiePie, Sirius XM Holdings, The Wall Street Journal, The Walt Disney Company, YouTube

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Sirius XM Wins Flo & Eddie Pre-72 Royalties Case, musicFIRST Calls On Congress To Right The Wrong

UPDATE: The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Federal District Court ruling. Today's decision means that there are no performance fees due on sound recordings created prior. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/17/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adult contemporary music, copyright, FM broadcasting, Heidi Heitkamp, IPhone, Ireland, John Barrasso, Microsoft, New York, North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party, Sound recording and reproduction, Stored Communications Act, Supreme Court of the United States, Susan L. Carney, Texas, United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States Department of Justice, United States district court, Wyoming Republican Party

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Gasparilla – A Different Kind Of Music Festival [INTERVIEW]

Gasparilla Music Festival has been seeing steady growth over the past several years. Here Executive Director David Cox sat down to share the festival's vision, as well the challenge of. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/16/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Albany County, Allan Cole, Alliance Defending Freedom, AM1, Andre Hal, Board of directors, BoardSource, Bridgestone Arena, Executive director, New York, Nonprofit organization

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Apple Music “Well Past” 20 Million Subscribers As Top Exec Eddie Cue Shares ‘Exclusives’ Strategy

In December we heard that Apple Music had 20 million subscribers. 2 months later they are "well passed" that number, Apple senior executive Eddie Cue shared on stage at yesterday's. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/14/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Business Insider, DirecTV, Drake (musician), Jay-Z, Jimmy Iovine, New York, Spotify, Streaming media

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FRI. BRIEF: Spotify Promotes Katy Perry • Beats Now Come w/ 3 Months Apple Music • Pandora Stumbles • More

FRIDAY 2.10.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Music's New 1%: Spotify may not believe in exclusives, but it certainly embraces selective artists marketing. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 02/10/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Billboard Magazine, Business Insider, Golden Axe, Grammy Award, New York, Spotify, Streaming media, The New York Times, The Times

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Small Goals Big Success • Legal Basics • PR Success • More

From the annals of MusicThinkTank this week, we explored legal basics for creatives, whether you might be sabotaging your PR success, why you should have small goals for 2017, and. Continue reading

admin on 01/07/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Albany, Animals as Leaders, Bloglovin, Boosie Badazz, Cash Money Records, Compact disc, Corn dog, country music, David Banner, Google, New York

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How #Coachella Announcement Exploded On #Twitter [CHART]

In the 24 hours after Coachella announced its 2017 lineup, it exploded on Twitter.There were 510,000+ Tweets mentioning "Coachella" That's mentions of the event (@Coachella, #Coachella, #Coachella2017) and doesn't include. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/04/2017 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Albany, Angela Yee, Bon Iver, East Atlanta, Google, Gucci, Gucci Mane, Kendrick Lamar, New York, Schoolboy Q, Travis Scott

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