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How to Legally Cover a Song: A Musician’s Guide to Copyright

Learn how to legally cover songs while respecting copyright and protecting your music career. This guide breaks down essential steps every musician needs to take before releasing a cover song.

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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: UMG sues Believe & TuneCore • Canada bans TikTok • Ed Sheeran’s Max Lousada tribute • More

Episode 222 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s music business podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. LISTEN HERE:

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TOP POSTS: Last week’s most read Hypebot posts

Catch up on what everybody is talking about with last week’s top music industry news and most-read posts on Hypebot. We’ve got topics ranging from UMG suing TuneCore and Believe for $500 million, a TikTok ban update and much more…

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DIY indie musician news

Last Week in DIY and Independent Musician News

Last week, DIY and Independent Musician news, tips and how to’s covered new TikTok features for musicians, album variants, cover songs, how ro be a successful musician in classical music. Continue reading

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Music Business News Last Week: UMG sues TuneCore, TikTok banned in Canada & More

Music business news last week was full of surprises with UMG suing TuneCore and Believe for $500M, TikTok banned in Canada, CD sales down, and more…

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CD Duplication vs Replication

CD sales are down again… or are they?

Physical music sales are still an important revenue source for most indie artists. Despite recent optimism CDs sales are down again. Or are they?

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Rise+ helps musicians find community, resources and education

Looking for help taking your music career to the next level? Learn how Rise+ helps musicians find community, tools and support.

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successful Classical Musician Paola Prestini 

How to become a successful Classical Musician: Paola Prestini 

Composer Paola Prestini has been named a Top 35 Female Composer in Classical Music by the Washington Post, a Top 100 Composer in the World by NPR and a Top 30 Professionals of the Year by Musical America. One can learn a lot about how to become a successful Classical Musician from Paolo Prestini.

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What is a Sound Collage? Learn its roots, techniques and modern impact

The sound collage has profoundly reshaped how musicians work. From the roots of musique concrète to today’s vaporwave and plunderphonics, artists are continuing to push the creative boundaries in digital sound.

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TikTok ban

TikTok just got banned in Canada, under Trump is the US next?

The Canadian government has ordered TikTok to close its operations in the country, citing national security concerns. Canadian users will continue to have access to the app. But when President,. Continue reading

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How To Use Cover Songs to Promote A Career In Music

Find out how to use cover songs to promote music and grow an audience. Learn simple strategies to turn popular songs into career-boosting tools.

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