Taylor Swift Uses American Music Awards Acceptance Speech To Defend The Album

It was not your typical acceptance speech from music's latest carefully scripted darling at last night's American Music Awards. Taylor Swift chose to use part of her precious podium time. Continue reading

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How To Get More Gigs [Dave Kusek]

Gigging is, without a doubt, a critical income stream for every artist. Securing gigs is extremely competitive, but going in with a plan can give you the jumpstart you need. Continue reading

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NME Award Nominees 2014 Announced

NME has announced its 2014 award nominees.  As with other UK based honors, there's a bit more snark than we find in the states. As much as we might wish. Continue reading

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Bandsintown Fans Want Led Zeppelin To Reunite In 2014

From the Bandsintown Blog. Bandsintown turned to the fans to get a take on the best concerts of 2013 with One Direction topping the list of the 30,000 respondents. So. Continue reading

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One Direction Adds Digital Billboards And Kik’s Messaging App To The Music Marketing Mix

One Direction just released a new album with a variety of interesting marketing efforts which are part of what is no doubt a massive deployment of skills and money. Though. Continue reading

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Music Publishing Weekly Roundup: Rap Genius & NMPA Truce, PS4 Launches & More

The NMPA has agreed to temporarily shelve its takedown actions toward popular lyric annotation site Rap Genius. Last week, the NMPA sent take-down notices to Rap Genius and 49 other unlicensed lyric. Continue reading

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Top Sales and Social Media Stats From The MTV Video Music Awards

From Nielsen Entertainment's The Insighter. This past Sunday, the 29th annual MTV Video Music Awards invaded Brooklyn, NY’s spanking new Barclays Center, crowning many music megastars like Justin Timberlake, Bruno. Continue reading

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Two Smash Songs Inspired By Past Hits Get Very Different Treatment From Copyright Holders

By Mike Masnick of Techdirt. There were two very interesting stories last week concerning hit songs allegedly "inspired" by hits from previous decades, but the stories are quite different. First. Continue reading

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