AP Music Awards 2017 – Full List Of Winners
Alternative Press magazine staged their annual AP Music Awards show on July 17th, with Panic! at the Disco taking top honors after winning artist of the year. Held at KeyBank. Continue reading
Pandora, Sound Exchange, RIAA Join In Support Of Pre-1972 Royalty Bill
Pandora, SoundExchange and the RIAA are joining together to support the CLASSICS Act, a bill in the U.S. Congress that would benefit artists and music creators who recorded music before. Continue reading
THU. BRIEF: Spotify Label, Publisher Tensions • Vevo Adds Artist Watch Parties • Archiving SoundCloud • More
THURSDAY 7.20.17 Music Business News From Around The Web This has not been a good month for Spotify, and unless if comes clean on fake artists and invests more in. Continue reading
Spotify Most Played, Viral Tracks US, UK, Global Week Ending 7.14.17
Here are Spotify's most played and most viral tracks for the week ending 7.14.17. The Spotify Weekly Charts highlight top artists by listener along with the past week's most streamed and. Continue reading
The Only Music Promotion System You Need to Grow Your Audience & Sell More Music [DAVE KUSEK]
Music promotion is something a lot of people struggle with. It can be tough to find something that actually works. After all, your goal is to be able to sell music,. Continue reading
Pandora’s VP of Product For Creators Shamal Ranasinghe on “Enabling The Artist Revolution”
"A key to enabling the artist revolution is to give all creators the means to introduce their new music most efficiently, almost perfectly, to new audiences… (this is) the Holy. Continue reading
Facebook Best Practices, Tips & Tricks For 2017
At two billion monthly users, Facebook remains the largest social app with regard to logged in users, and therefore stands as an important marketing tool for artists when it comes. Continue reading
Help Spotify Fine Tune Your Music Recommendations By Taking This 10 Song Survey
Spotify's team of music data scientists are using an old school method – user surveys – to fine tune their advanced music recommendation algorithm that already seems to know a. Continue reading
Tupac, The Conjuring and How Litigation Meets Fiction: “It’s A True Story…Except For The Part I Made Up”
Separating truth from fiction has been a common issue of late, and it seems the copyright world is not immune. Here we look copyright lawsuits involving fictional content, and the complications. Continue reading
Why Saying Yes To Every Gig Is A Bad Tactic
As an up-and-coming artist, exposure is hugely important, and while not every gig that comes along is ideal, it's important to put yourself out there. This can be taken too. Continue reading
Spotify Hit With Two New Music Publisher Lawsuits Alleging Unlicensed Use Of 2500+ Songs
Spotify's troubled relationship with songwriters and music publishers took a another hit this week, as two new lawsuits by music publishers were filed over alleged unlicensed use of more that. Continue reading
