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Billboard Live Music Summit 2019: 4 Big Takeaways

Last week’s Billboard Live Music Summit was designed to provide an overview of the modern concert touring business. But unlike its conference peers, Billboard Live didn’t just showcase the industry’s biggest players but included its brightest upstarts and future leaders.

Bruce Houghton on 11/12/2019 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Billboard, music business, music industry

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Sound Royalties Offers Musicians A Funding Alternative

Artist-friendly finance specialists Sound Royalties is pioneering a new way for musicians – d.i.y, indie and major label – to finance their projects. CEO, Alex Heiche, a Nashville resident and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/12/2019 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: musucians, royalties, songwriting

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How To Tour In The Winter (Hint: Don’t)

In reality, touring in the wintertime isn’t always actually that bad, but doing so does necessitate an extra level of planning in order to ensure your shows are a success, and that you can actually get from venue to venue safely.

admin on 11/12/2019 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: music business, music touring, touring

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YouTube vs TikTok: Which Is Better For Your Marketing Initiatives?

Video marketing has become a major part of just about every artist’s marketing campaign and has fueled an uptick video content creation. But choosing which platform to release said content on has become a tricky choice and often depends on which meshes better with a given artist’s brand.

admin on 11/12/2019 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Soundcloud Launches Promote On SoundCloud Self-service Marketing Platform

SoundCloud has launched Promote on SoundCloud, a self-service promotional tool for artists to boost their original tracks to the top of listeners’ Soundcloud feeds and mobile homepages. Promote on Soundcloud. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/12/2019 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: DJs, EDM News, musicians, Soundcloud

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Classical Music Streaming Service IDAGIO Adds Free Tier

Classical music streamer IDAGIO has added a free ad-supported tier. IDAGIO Free launches today in 190 countries with 2 million recordings.

Bruce Houghton on 11/12/2019 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: classical music, music streaming

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Tencent Music Reports Impressive Q3 Revenue, Subscriber Growth

China-based streamer Tencent Music reported impressive revenue and subscriber growth for the third fiscal quarter of 2019. According to unaudited financial statements from Tencent, revenue for the quarter hit $910. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/12/2019 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: China, music streaming, streaming

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Brain Drain At Spotify HQ

While Spotify’s number may look great (113 million paid subscribers is nothing to sneeze at) the company seems to be going through quite a bit of turmoil behind the scenes, and suffering serious brain drain in the process.

admin on 11/12/2019 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Spotify, streaming, Streaming media

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Berklee Online Student Launches Nonprofit to Provide Music Education To Honduran Children

In this piece, we explore how a life changing event inspired one student to give back to her community through the sharing of music, and led to her starting a non-profit aimed at provided music education to Honduran children.

admin on 11/12/2019 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Berklee College of Music, Honduras, music education

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AM BRIEF: Quboz Cuts Hi-Res Price • Vevo Channels MTV • Instagram Battles TikTok • More

TUESDAY 11.12.19 • Music Business News From Around The Web Updated continuously under the More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 11/12/2019 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Instagram, music business, music video

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