Last week in music industry commentary
Last week’s commentators in the thick of the industry shared their opinions and thoughts on the ultimate power of music fans; Spotify creates new opportunities for artists and more… Is. Continue reading
How Jay Gilbert built his influential Your Morning Coffee empire
Jay Gilbert has worked at all three major music groups at different points in his career. These days, alongside his Label Logic consultancy and music photography side hustle, a primary. Continue reading
40 trade groups form Human Artistry Campaign to shape AI for creatives
A broad coalition has come together to launch the Human Artistry Campaign with the goal of ensuring that artificial intelligence (AI) is developed and used to support human culture and artistry and. Continue reading
50 short video content ideas for musicians on Reels, TikTok, YouTube
Are you feeling stuck and looking for content ideas? For this week’s Flashback Friday, we resurface a post by our friend and music marketer extraordinaire Michael Brandvold with content ideas. Continue reading
5 ways to improve your creative spaces
Stuck in a creative rut? These five things might be the reason for your struggle! Here are some commonly overlooked things in your space that may be killing your creativity. by Randi. Continue reading
Fix for ticket scalping? A ‘resale royalty’ paid to artists and venues
The current ticket resale system drives up prices for fans while returning no additional income to artists. As a fix, Chris Castle explores a “resale royalty” paid by ticket resellers. Continue reading
Bad Bunny has some new Reggaeton competition: Meet Feid…
With two Billboard Hot 100 tracks, Colombian singer Feid is now vying with Bad Bunny for Reggaeton supremacy. Chartmetric takes a look at the stats behind this success story. by. Continue reading
Bandcamp workers launch bid to form union
Bandcamp workers across multiple departments want to unionize and are calling on the company and owner Epic Games to allow a “timely and fair election.” The effort has affiliated with. Continue reading
How the Punk Ethos can (and should) drive every music career [Ben Weinman]
The music industry and punk music veteran Ben Weinman has taken all he’s learned from his impressive career and boiled it down to some life-changing lessons. by Ben Weinman on. Continue reading
Redefining independent artist success: Their narrative is not your narrative [Keith Jopling of MIDiA]
Keith Jopling from MIDiA Research discusses how important it is for artists to keep control of their own careers apart from industry expectations and demands, along with advice on how. Continue reading