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Navigating the Music Streaming Landscape: New Challenges for Artists

In this oversaturated music market, artists face endless challenges in getting their music heard on platforms like Spotify. To overcome these hurdles, you first need to identify and understand them….

Alana Bonilla on 05/20/2024 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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6 Things Every Musician’s Portfolio Needs

Include all six of these things in your music portfolio/toolkit and increase your chances of getting booked, selling more music, and more…..

Alana Bonilla on 05/20/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Songwriters & Spotify clash over lyrics, videos, altered songs and more

Music publishers are up in arms as Spotify’s latest lyrics and video features push the boundaries of copyright laws and their deals with music publishers, potentially costing creators millions in royalties…..

Alana Bonilla on 05/20/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Challenges facing artists • MLC battles Spotify bundling • Johan Röhr’s 15B streams • More

Episode 197 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now……

Bruce Houghton on 05/20/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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TOP POSTS: Last week’s most-read posts on Hypebot

Catch up on what everybody has been talking about with last week’s most-read posts. We’ve got topics ranging from the high cost of fandom to Spotify getting taken to court and grants for small live music venues…

Alana Bonilla on 05/20/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Getting It Done: Last Week in D.I.Y. & Indie Music

Last week, our tips and advice for independent, do-it-yourselfers covered how to release albums like top artists, how to get more streams (without bots), and more.

Alana Bonilla on 05/18/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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REWIND: New music industry’s last week in review

It was a busy week by any definition, and the music industry was no exception, from the Kendrick and Drake feud to musicians missing millions in unpaid royalties and more…

Alana Bonilla on 05/18/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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MLC sues Spotify for unpaid Songwriter Royalties, Spotify responds

The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) has filed a lawsuit against Spotify, seeking what it says are unpaid royalties due under its compulsory mechanical blanket license…..

Bruce Houghton on 05/17/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)
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1 week left to preregister .Music domain names for a $1.99 fee

One week remains before the May 24th deadline to pre-register a .MUSIC domain. Up to one million domains can be registered for free during this period…..

Bruce Houghton on 05/17/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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TikTok supporters take legal action to save the platform

Who has a stronger case that the TikTok ban is unconstitutional? TikTok itself… or its users? We may find out, as both are trying. by Mike Masnick of Tech Dirt. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 05/17/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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