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Music Industry Trends Q1 2024: TikTok, AI, VR, IPOs, Superfans & More

With the first three months of the year just behind us, Jesse Kirshbaum looks at the trends and technology that are already reshaping music and the music industry this year…..

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Simple video tricks for singer-songwriters that grab people’s attention

After studying the most and least popular singer-songwriter videos on TikTok, here is a list of tips and tricks that have proven to make content more successful…..

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How to pitch music to editors (for Musicians & Writers!)

Music editors can get your music to the ears of your target audience, which can ultimately be a game changer for artists and songwriters. Here are some tested tips on how to nail your pitch and prove your stuff is worth listening to……

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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: TikTok ban examined • Q1 Music Trend Report • More

Episode 191 of the Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available here……

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Spotify adds AI text to playlist creation, live Listening Parties

Spotify has added two new features—artist-driven live interactive Listening Parties and AI-powered text-based playlist creation—in beta and says both will be released more widely soon…..

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Warner Music will not bid to acquire Believe [full statements from both companies]

Warner Music Group announced on Saturday that it would not bid for independent music conglomerate Believe. No specific reason was given for the shift, but WMG was granted access to Believe financial data to guide their bid two weeks ago…..

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TOP POSTS: Last week’s most-read posts on Hypebot

Catch up on what everybody has been talking about with last week’s most-read Hypebot posts. We’ve got topics ranging from notable women in the industry to millions of tracks being deleted on platforms and more…..

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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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