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Getting It Done: Last Week in D.I.Y. & Indie Music

Last week, our tips and advice for the independent, do-it-yourselfers covered how to get to know your fans better, podcasts to help with musician mental health and more…..

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REWIND: New music industry’s last week in review

Last week was a busy week by any definition; the music industry was no exception, with CD Baby and Downtown Music merging operations, Spotify changing how they allocate royalties the Records , and more…..

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An Independent Musician’s POV on the U.S. TikTok ‘Ban’ [Blake Morgan]

“The vast majority of music on TikTok generates virtually no revenue for the musicians who made it,” writes musician, entrepreneur, and fierce artist advocate Bllake Morngan, and “even more music on the platform is completely unlicensed (stolen), copied (stolen via AI), or pirated (stolen)”……

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Spotify claims rules now in effect will shift $1B to ‘Working Artists’

This week, we learned that new Spotify rules are eliminating payments on the tens of millions of tracks that get less than 1,000 plays a year, and a crackdown on so-called “junk tracks” has been in full effect…….

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Lessons from $300M sale of the KISS brand, catalog: ‘This is the future, and the rules are being written now.’

Pophouse, the company behind the Abba Voyage hologram live show, has acquired the music catalog, brand name, likeness, and trademarks of the iconic American rock band KISS for a reported $300 million…..

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9 Rules to Find Success in the Modern Music Industry

The music industry is always changing, but these up-to-date tips will get any musician on the right track to success……

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QUICK HITS: Greenberg joins SoundCloud • MLC collects $2B • TuneCore + PreSonus • ViNIL

Marni Greenberg has exited Sofar Sounds to become SoundCloud’s SVP and Head of Communications…..

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Indie Spotlight: Hannan Mumtaz, Sunpop Lead Product Manager

A2IM shares a quick interview with accomplished indie music pro-Hanna Mumtaz, who has had an interesting journey through the music business to get to where she is today…..

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62M tracks are now paid No Spotify Royalties, millions more are being deleted

New rules demanded by the major labels to devalue or delete so-called “junk tracks” are now in full force at Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer, and several other music streaming services, according to multiple sources…..

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CD Baby operations have been merged with Downtown Music

Downtown Music announced on Thursday that it has completed the merger of CD Baby’s operations into Downtown…..

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