Spotify adds paid Showcase banners and free Songwriter promo tools
Spotify For Artists has added Showcase, a paid Home screen marketing banner, as well as new free marketing tools for songwriters. Why more ads? An analysis by MBW offered a. Continue reading
What do music publicists and PR campaigns cost? It depends…
You may not know too much about publicity if you’re an indie artist. Luckily, this quick guide takes you through three differently priced tiers based on where you are in. Continue reading
Everything we know and don’t know about AI in Music [Mark Mulligan, MIDiA]
This post from Mark Mullihgan of top consultancy MIDiA may help calm any nervous moments you’re having about AI in music and the music industry as well as help you. Continue reading
Do all artists end up independent?
Keith Joplin of MIDiA Research dives into the pressures that come along with modern music industry contracts leaving musicians to inevitably go indie. by Keith Jopling of MIDiA Research Like. Continue reading
New Shazam features touring musicians will find helpful
For the past year, Shazam has been working with names like Daddy Yankee, Marco Mengoni, Fletcher, Sam Smith, and Charlie Puth to introduce new concert features to deepen the connection between artists. Continue reading
DistroKid has acquired Bandzoogle
D.I.Y. digital music distributor DistroKid has acquired the leading music website and commerce platform, Bandzoogle. Founded in 2003, Bandzoogle powers over 60,000 musician websites and commission-free online stores. Founded in. Continue reading
What we don’t know about AI music rights [MIDiA’s Mark Mulligan]
Mark Mulligan of MIDiA Research dives into the current ‘knowns’ and ‘unknowns’ of AI music rights and what they mean for musicians and the music business. by Mark Mulligan from. Continue reading
Study finds no link between social media and teen anxiety
Mike Masnick of Techdirt dives into a rather unpopular study showing the connection, or in this case, the lack thereof, between social media and teen mental health. Op-Ed Mike Masnick. Continue reading
4 recent tours graded on how they handled ticketing
From Taylor’s Era Tour to The Cure’s Shows of a Lost World Tour, find out which recent tours received the best and worst scores for ticketing satisfaction and the lessons. Continue reading
Believe, TuneCore decry UMG, Deezer ‘reverse Robin Hood’ artist payouts
Global digital music company Believe has taken aim at plans by Deezer and UMG to change how streaming payments are calculated to what they call a “value sharing artist-centric” model.. Continue reading
