With 100K tracks uploaded a day, a longtail music cull is coming
With a reported 100,000 tracks being uploaded to Spotify and other music services. That’s led to streamers each housing 100 million tracks, and as that total balloons, artists and labels. Continue reading
4 lessons Yung Gravy learned about touring
The rapper reflects on the lessons that he learned back when he was a touring newbie. From Spotify For Artists Yung Gravy rose to viral fame with 2017’s “Mr. Clean,” but. Continue reading
Bandlab names artist advocate Dani Deahl as Head of Communications & Creator Insights
[UPDATED] Dani Deahl has been named the Head of Communications & Creator Insights at Bandlab as the Singapore-based music conglomerate continues to make moves that impact the global independent artist. Continue reading
How to arrange a song in just 5 steps
Once you know how to write a song, learning how to arrange it is the next important part. Musical arrangement is the process of structuring and outlining a song that makes sense using. Continue reading
5 Metaverse companies worth your time
The Metaverse is growing every day with game-changing ideas and new companies, but only some are worth your attention. Here are five. by Janelle Borg of AmplifyYou Given that Big. Continue reading
Optimize Your Marketing with Bandsintown for Artists webinar TODAY online @ Indie Week
Bandsintown Marketing Manager Rachel Rubin will show how to use the top live music discovery platform’s free artist toolkit and new free email service, during an Indie Week online webinar. Continue reading
More musicians are canceling or rethinking tours. Here are 6 reasons why
The fact that a growing number of artists are canceling tours and rethinking their touring plans has gotten the attention of both music and mainstream media. The thought of fewer. Continue reading
Inside a record label vault and how album reissues are created
Andrew Sandoval joins Mike and Jay on a new Music Business Weekly podcast to talk about his decades of experience in creating album reissues and anthologies. He most recently worked. Continue reading
How syncs boost listener engagement on Spotify
Syncs spike streams of tracks that appear in movies and TV shows, including a flock of new listeners. But once those fans are on Spotify, they explore an artist’s whole. Continue reading
Labels demand a big increase in TikTok royalties but fear angering their new friend
UMG, Sony and WMG are demanding a major increase in payments from TikTok and their negotiations will affect all songwriters, musicians, and labels. TikTok logged $4 billion in 2021, and. Continue reading
