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Why The Rebirth Of Liner Notes Matters For Music

In the old days, consumers of music were able to flip through liner notes of an album in order to ascertain precisely who was behind their favorite tracks. Now, after a. Continue reading

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RIAA Certifies 100 Gold and Platinum Awards For October 2016

The RIAA has released its October 2016 list of 32 albums and 68 digital singles certified gold and platinum awards including Kelsea Ballerina, Eminem and Carrie Underwood. 

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Stagehand: Connecting Local Venues and Musicians [Hypebot Readers Get A FREE Premium Account]

In this piece we look at a new service known as Stagehand which offers a way for venues and artists to connect and have better financial and logistical organization.

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Band Files $30 Million Lawsuit Against Motley Crue After Paying $1 Million To Be Their Opening Act

After you've paid $1 million to get the support slot on the Motley Crue tour, isn't only fair that the road crew for the bad boys of rock refrains from. Continue reading

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Optimizing Your Band Website For SEO

For musicians who care about being discoverable online, having a website is critical, but simply building a website will do little to drive traffic to it. Here we review how. Continue reading

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5 Tips To Help DJs Play Your Music

If you're in the business of making music, there's a good chance you have, at one time or another, tried to get your music into the hands of a DJ, but. Continue reading

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THU. BRIEF: Streams Drive UMG Growth • Copyright Battle Looms • HologramUSA • Starset Soars • More

Thursday 11.10.16 Music Business News From Around The Web A Trump administration could undue net neutrality, stall copyright reform and discourage international collaboration and trade. Updated continuously under our More News tab

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Shazam To Add Concert Dates From Songkick

Fresh off their expanded roll delivering concert dates within the new and improved Pandora app, Songkick scores another victory with a Shazam partnership to deliver show information to the popular. Continue reading

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SXSW Accelerator Deadline Is This Friday

The deadline is looming for the 9th annual SXSW Accelerator Live Pitch competition. An incredible 71% of SXSW Accelerator alumni have gone on to secure a collective $3.1 Billion in funding. 

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Seymour Stein Reveals “Embarrasing” Deal Made with Madonna

In this piece, soon to be 73-year-old music business legend and discoverer of Talking Heads as well The Ramones opens up with marked frankness about his groundbreaking career, as well. Continue reading

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