Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y & Indie Music

Helpful tips and good advice are in abundance this week, as we offer indie artists ideas on how to step up their image game, promote a music video when the. Continue reading

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Time To Hit ‘Reset’ On The Streaming Business Model? [Cortney Harding]

As music streaming services around the world continue to struggle, Cortney Harding looks at the possibility of hitting reset on the whole streaming business model and instead exploring a more. Continue reading

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Sustainability And The Future Of Music

In this forward-looking piece, Vickie Nauman outlines the five elements of the music/tech industry which are need to bring about a sustainable future in music where artists are able to. Continue reading

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Tell Us Your Favorite Music Industry Story And Win DVD Of HBO’s Vinyl

HBO may have cancelled music industry drama "Vinyl," but we've got 4 DVDs of its one and only season to give away.  Just tell us your favorite true story about. Continue reading

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Adele ’25’ To Stream On Spotify, Apple, Amazon Other Streamers Starting At Midnight Tonight

Adele's "25" is finally coming to all music streamers starting at midnight tonight (June 23rd). It's a major reversal for the mega-star and a win for music streamers.

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SoundCloud Ramps Up Music Discovery, Adds ‘Suggest Tracks’

SoundCloud is now competing directly against Spotify, Apple Music and others. So it's adding features to match them. With 125 million tracks on SoundCloud vs. about 35 million on Spotify. Continue reading

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Spotify Merchbar Partnership Means BandPage Is Out

[UPDATED] Alongside today's announcement that Spotify would be selling merchandise from 35,000 artists thanks to a new partnership with Merchbar, was a mention that offers from BandPage would no longer be. Continue reading

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Spotify Adds Merch Sales Via Merchbar

[UPDATED] With current royalty deals already leading to unprofitable businesses, Spotify, Pandora and other music streamers have been turning to add-ons to try to keep artist and labels happy.  For. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Rhapster restructures (dropping a slew of staff in the process), rebellious Radiohead embraces streaming, Spotify announces it will never sell to Microsoft or Amazon, and much more, as we pay. Continue reading

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Spotify Won’t Ever Sell To Apple, Google, Microsoft Or Amazon Says CEO Daniel Ek

Spotify investors hoping for a big pay day better hope that the music streamer has a very successful IPO.  That's because CEO and founder Damiel Ek says that he'll never,. Continue reading

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