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MON. BRIEF: RIAA, Megaupload Suit Frozen • Google Music + Tech Fest • SoundExchange Pays $234M • More

Monday 11.28.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Hope you had a restfull long weekend. Let the year end deals, announcments and predictions begin! Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 11/28/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: music

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music

In our how-to and do it yourself corner this week, we advise independent artists on how they can a verified artist on Spotify, how they can build the ideal home. Continue reading

admin on 11/26/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Google, Google Play, Google Play Music, Sirius XM Holdings, Sirius XM Radio, Soundcloud, Spotify, Twitter, Wi-Fi, YouTube

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this casual perusal back through a week of music industry news we revisit such topics as Facebook's broken metrics, how social media use varies based on age, Kanye's cancellation. Continue reading

admin on 11/26/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Beyonce, CD Baby, Do it yourself, Facebook, Halloween costume, Instagram, Kanye West, music industry, Saint Pablo Tour, social media

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Spotify, Amazon Prime Music Lure New, Returning Customers with Deep Discounts

The practice of music streamers offering deep year end discounts continues this holiday season with Spotify and Amazon Prime Music both offering incentives to lure new and returning customers.

Bruce Houghton on 11/25/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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CD Baby Offers 50% Off Album Distribution This Week Only

Now through November 28‚ 2016, standard digital album distribution at CD Baby is 50% off at $24.50. Just enter the code BLACKFRIDAY2016 at checkout.

Bruce Houghton on 11/25/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Apple Inc., Artist, Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection, Authors and Publishers, CD Baby, independent music, Loudr, marketing, Music publisher (popular music), Spotify

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How Become A Verified Artist On Spotify

In this piece, Chris Robley walks us through the twelve steps to becoming a verified artist on Spotify, including attaining the requisite 250 followers necessary for such verification to take. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/25/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Echo, Amazon Music, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Germany, playlist, Spotify, Streaming media, Uniform Resource Locator, United States

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How To Build The Perfect Home Studio On Any Budget

In this article we walk you through how to build the best possible home recording studio based on your budget, from the audio interface to the cables, we break down how. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/25/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: AC power, Acoustic music, Air conditioning, Aluminium, Arctic Monkeys, ATX, Computer data storage, Hard disk drive, Soundcloud, USB

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FRI. BRIEF: Glyde Nears Deadpool • AI As Music’s Next Napster • Tidal Sued Again • More

Friday 1.25.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Glyde: Another niche streamer fails to gain traction. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 11/25/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: African Americans, Alaska Airlines, Animals as Leaders, Bataclan (theatre), BBC, BBC Breakfast, business, Business journalism, Chief executive officer, Twitter

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Facebook Discovers More Broken Metrics

In a follow up to their realization that they had accidentally been inflating a key video metric, Facebook recently revealed that were several additional audience metrics which have been being. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/23/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Advertising, Advertising (Media Watch), Business Insider, ComScore, Earned media, Facebook, Facebook Instant Articles, Integral Ad Science, IPhone, Nielsen ratings

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