MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Word-of-mouth • Practice time • Lost gig revenue • More
On MusicThinkTank this week, our contributes shared articles on how to leverage word-of-mouth advertising for your music, how to get the most out of your practice time, why streaming isn’t. Continue reading
Indie music soars as recorded revenue hits $23.1B in 2020
“The recorded music business is changing, and it is changing fast,” writes top analyst Mark Mulligan of MIDiA, and driving that change is independent artists and labels. By Mark Mulligan. Continue reading
Facebook will soon help publish your newsletter, but we aren’t sure it’s a good idea
Newsletters have a been a staple of artist-to-fan communication for some years, and while email has historically been the best tool for this, Facebook is now getting into the newsletter. Continue reading
How Biden’s American rescue plan helps #saveourstages
As we pass a year of COVID-induced closures and cancellations, venues and venue staff remain on edge about the future of live music. Here, we look at what the latest. Continue reading
Blues Foundation Pulls Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s 2021 Nomination Over Confederate Flag Use
The Blues Foundation has pulled Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s 2021 Blues Music Awards nomination for Best Blues/Rock Artist over his continued use of the confederate flag on his instruments, vehicles, and. Continue reading
4 reasons surprise albums are a big risk for an independent artist
Dropping a surprise album out of the blue can be a successful marketing stunt for major artists with a large, engaged following, but for smaller, independent artists, still working on. Continue reading
DistroKid adds direct access to Audiomack music discovery platform
DistroKid and Audiomack have partnered to give the digital distributor’s two million artists direct access to the music discovery platform. The new integration enables DistroKid users to connect to their. Continue reading
Spotify launches ‘Loud & Clear’ royalty transparency site: 13,400 artists earned $50,000 or more in 2020
13,400 artists are earned $50,000 or more last year on Spotify. That’s one of the many takeaways from “Loud & Clear,” a new royalty transparency site launched by the streamer. Continue reading
Best music playlisting practices
Given streaming’s dominance among music consumers, most artists recognize the value in getting their music added to a prominent playlist. Here, we guide artists through some of the best practices. Continue reading
