Patreon Raises Additional $30M “To Fund the Emerging Creative Class”
Kickstarter virtually created mainstream crowdfunding and PledgeMusic refined it for musicians. But Patreon has taken a decidedly different approach to helping fans fund undervalued musicians and other creators by championing. Continue reading
BandPage Expands Rhapsody Integration With Concert Push Notifications
As music fans turn to streaming, musicians and music marketers are searching for ways to meaningfully engage their fans there. Slowly but surely, digital music services are adding tools that. Continue reading
Hypebot To Host Third NYC Music and Tech Meetup
Hypebot will host its third New York City Music and Tech Meetup on Monday, February 1, 2016 from 6-8PM at Shelter in Williamsburg. The event will also serve as a. Continue reading
An Interview With Donald S. Passman, Author Of Industry Bible “All You Need To Know About The Music Business”
Here long time practitioner of entertainment law and author of the well respected "All You Need To Know About The Music Industry" Donald S. Passman discusses copyright, streaming, and the. Continue reading
THE PITCH: Music Producer Referral Service Noise Creators
Today. music producer referral service Noise Creators makes its PITCH. As with other startups in this ongoing series, we've given them 100 words to convince you of their worthiness. And. Continue reading
Band Merch: Breaking Away From T-Shirts And CDs
For many independent artists touring can be a main source of revenue, and selling merch is a hugely important part of this. While there's nothing wrong with old standbys like CDs. Continue reading
Spotify Releases New Backstory Feature
In what may be an effort to stabilize its top position in the streaming world, Spotify has teamed up with Genius to offer a new feature which provides listeners with. Continue reading
TUE. NEWS BRIEF: R.I.P. Eagles Glen Frey • Twitter Goes Down • Sound Quality Study • Tidal Over Charges • More
Tuesday 1.19.2016 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web "People don't run out of dreams – people just run out of time." – Glen Frey Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading
Macklemore On Creativity, New Album: “If you aren’t scared of what you’ve created, you aren’t done yet”
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are in what many artists find a scary place. How do you follow you biggest success to date? The world will find out with "This Unruly. Continue reading
