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42nd Blues Music Awards Nominees Announced

Rick Estrin the Nightcats lead the 42nd Blues Music Awards Nominees with five nominations, including band of the year, Instrumentalist Harmonica (which he won in 2020), and contemporary blues male. Continue reading

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DistroKid Union

DistroKid ‘Upstream’ Offers Unsigned Artist Data To Labels, Republic Signs On

DIY digital distributor DistroKid has added “Upstream” to match unsigned artists with labels, and hitmakers Republic Records has become its first official partner. Serving “millions of artists,” DistroKid says that. Continue reading

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Pandora Thumbprint Radio Turns 5 with 50M Users, 2B+ Listening Hours

Pandora’s Thumbprint Radio has been the streamer’s most popular station by total listening hours since launch 5 years ago and over that time its logged some impressive stats. Thumbprint Radio. Continue reading

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Who Actually NEEDS A Record Label In 2021? [Video]

While land a record deal was once the Holy Grail for up and coming musician, bands and artists today are a bit more inclined to keep their options open, and. Continue reading

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How To Find Your Music In China

While distributors and labels often distribute your music internationally, language barriers and other complications can sometimes make it hard to find and keep track of how your music is performing. Continue reading

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UMG's Virgin to acquire Downtown

Downtown Acquires Foundee Music Marketing Platform

Downtown Music Holdings will acquire Found.ee, the music advertising and digital marketing platform. Downtown will acquire the intellectual property and technology that underpins Found.ee. CEO Jason Hobbs will join Downtown. Continue reading

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Instagram, TikTok, Unveil New Creator Portals

In an effort to help creators maximize their efforts, both Instagram and TikTok are opening creator portals, which will help creators to more easily edit and upload content. Guest post. Continue reading

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SXSW Announces Initial Online Showcase Artists

SXSW has announced its initial list of showcasing artists to perform online at the 35th annual event March 16 -20, 2021. Each showcase gives pass holders access to shows from. Continue reading

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You’ve Got 3 Seconds To Attract A Fan: 10 Tips Make A Website Load Faster

More than half of mobile users will leave a website that takes more than 3 seconds to load, according to a new survey. A 3 second loading time leads to. Continue reading

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What Content Marketing Can Teach Musicians

While most artists may not feel like the term is relevant to them, bands and musicians can actually learn quite a bit from the concepts and ideas behind content marketing.. Continue reading

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