
Stem raises $20M so artists get paid: ‘It’s asinine that labels are sending paper statements a couple times a year’
Music distribution and payments platform Stem has raised $20 million in a new round of funding. To date Stem Disintermedia has raised a total of $42.5M over 8 rounds. Stem has distributed music for Brent. Continue reading

Tinder adds Festival Mode with help from Live Nation, AEG
Tinder has added Festival Mode, a feature to help users ;connect’ ahead of attending concerts and music festivals like Governors Ball, Stagecoach, EDC, Bonnaroo, and more. Select events from concert. Continue reading

How to successfully promote your music on TikTok in 2022
TikTok is where many people discover music in 2022, so we’re sharing the ultimate guide for getting noticed there. A guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix. TikTok is here. Continue reading

Snoop Dogg shares why he pulled all Death Row tracks off streaming and what’s next
Shortly after Snoop Dogg aquired the Death Row Records catalog, he ordered all the music pulled off Spotify and the other streaming music services. Until now the only vague explanation. Continue reading

Applications open for YouTube Music’s Foundry artist development progam
YouTube Music is now taking applications for its Foundry indepencent artist development program. Artists selected for Foundry receive dedicated support from a YouTube partner manager, seed funding invested into the. Continue reading

Top 8 ways to earn Passive Income from music
Releasing music and touring can get you some decent money, however there are even easier ways to make some extra cash. Here are 8 different ways you can make passive. Continue reading

A&P Reacts shares how to build a YouTube empire
The wildly popular father-son review duo known as A&P Reacts share their secrets to success in an all-new ‘fast five’ interview with Haulix. A guest post by James Shotwell of. Continue reading

How to maximize your performance on TikTok
TikTok is certainly the hottest social platform out there but it doesn’t do you much good unless you use it the right way. Finding that out can be a little hit. Continue reading

Your Morning Coffee Podcast #88: Congress takes on Spotify Discovery • Why so few hits? • Latin Music explodes • more
Episode #88 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is live. Episode #88 On this weeks edition of the YMC. Continue reading

TOP POSTS: Last week’s most read posts – Taylor’s Version • Spotify’s tinder-like feature • more
Here are last week’s top posts, ranging from the effects of ‘Taylor’s Version’, Spotify’s new tinder-like feature, and much more. How ‘Taylor’s Version’ is impacting the entire music industry Fans. Continue reading