How Taylor Swift’s direct to fan engagement embraces Web3 principles
Anyone involved in music can learn from Taylor Swift’s success including how she and her team have embraced the principles driving the shift to Web3 and netting spectacular results. by. Continue reading
Indie Spotlight: MVD Entertainment Group
MVD Entertainment Group is a full-service music and movie distribution company, exclusively representing thousands of audio and visual products for DVD, Blu-ray, CD, vinyl, and digital rights worldwide. via A2IM. Continue reading
Record Store Day launches RSD MRKT online music marketplace
The Record Store Day team has brought together record stores from around the country to create RSD MRKT, a 24/7/365 marketplace to buy special releases while still supporting an independent. Continue reading
Spotify’s Campaign Kit brings together its Artist marketing tools
Spotify offers a range of music marketing tools, including playlist pitching, Discovery Mode, Marquee, and Showcase. Each is designed to help reach the right listeners, drive engagement when they’re listening,. Continue reading
Sona adds musician-friendly streaming, marketplace with $6.8M funding
Sona has launched a new web3-based, no-subscription, ad-free streaming music platform and a marketplace where artists can auction off SONA, the “digital twins” of songs. The startup was co-founded by. Continue reading
10 things you need before releasing music
If you want to release music but don’t know how to start, this guide is for you. Here are ten things you need to start the process (and you probably. Continue reading
An argument for handcrafted Radio [Fred Jacobs]
Where’s the humanity in AI-generated music curation? Is the algorithm really giving you music you want to hear, or what they want you to hear? And yet handcrafted radio is. Continue reading
Layoffs to cost Spotify $140M – $155M as stock rise tops 10% [NYSE: SPOT]
Spotify stock opened up again on Wednesday, trading at $200.39 after the stock bucked two down days on Wall Street to rise 2.65% on Tuesday and 7.46% on Monday. The. Continue reading
Vinyl industry opposes ‘dramatic’ shift in music store sales reporting
The Vinyl Record Manufacturing Association (VRMA) and the Vinyl Alliance have joined forces to oppose Luminate and Billboard’s upcoming changes to how music sales are calculated from independent retailers. Data. Continue reading
Art With Me stands out as Art Basel invades Miami with sets from Channel Tres, Polo & Pan, and more
The Art Basel celebration of music, art, and culture takes over Miami again this week, and the three-day Art With Me festival promises to be a highlight. The famed multidisciplinary festival. Continue reading
The ‘A-Word’ describes 2023 and how we all need to approach Marketing
Artificial Intelligence? Accountability? Artistry? What word would you use to encapsulate this past year in music? Nope. by Fred Jacobs, President & Founder of broadcast consultancy Jacobs Media One of the. Continue reading