Universal Music Opens Vaults To Launch uDiscover Online Store

Catalog sales contribute a great deal to the bottom line of most labels, and online commerce provide a unique opportunity to leverage the long tale of fan interest well after. Continue reading

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Apple Music Scores Streaming Exclusive Of New Snoop Dogg Album “COOLAID”

Rapper Snoop Dogg has made his new album “COOLAID” album available to stream exclusively on Apple Music. The rapper's 14th studio album will be released July 1st. 

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‘Bitcoin For Rock Stars’: An Update From D.A. Wallach Part 1 [INTERVIEW]

In a followup to an article he wrote in 2014 regarding the potential for cryptocurrency to revolutionize the music industry, recording artist/songwriter D.A. Wallach recently did an interview with Forbes in. Continue reading

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How To Rock Madison Square Garden Without Even Being On Stage

While many assume that most hip hop stars simply sing over a backing track when they perform, there is actually an incredible amount of preparation and orchestration which goes into. Continue reading

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Spotify Adds Artist “About” Pages with Bios, Stats, More

Spotify continues to iterate and this change brings information that both music fans and the industry will find useful.  Today, Spotify added an About page that includes artist bios, play. Continue reading

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iHeartRadio Passes 70 Million Registered Users

Four years after launching, iHeartRadio has surpassed 70 million registered users, and say they reached  that milestone faster than Facebook or any other digital music or streaming service. More iHeartRadio. Continue reading

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Wiz Khalifa Breaks Spotify Single Day, Weekly Streaming Records

Exposure is everything when releasing new music; and as the debate rages over digital windowing and exclusives, Spotify is sharing stats to remind the music industry just how massive its. Continue reading

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Twitter Tests Buy Button w/Musictoday and Gumroad, Many Musicians Launching Soon

Today Twitter announced official testing of its new Buy button. The feature will allow for ecommerce sales on Twitter's platform which should provide a big boost due to the Buy. Continue reading

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Are Low Music Sales Simply Due To Bad Music?

Guest post by Peter Getty. In 1991, Nielsen Soundscan started tracking album sales around the world. Back then, this data gave us valuable insight into current tastemakers, what genres were. Continue reading

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6 Point Guide To Live Broadcasting On YouTube

By Matt Schlicht of Hipset Network. You may have been uploading videos to YouTube for years – hell you may even have been able to build up a decent fan. Continue reading

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