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Songwriters vs. Giant Tech Streaming Services: What You Need to Know [Billboard] FULL STORY
Here's exactly what Spotify, Apple and other streaming services want to pay songwriters [MBW] FULL STORY
Squaring Booming Industry Revenues & Valuing Songwriters [Billboard] FULL STORY
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Playlists and Beyond [Mike Warner and Andrea Young] FULL STORY
Mike and Andrea presented a live webinar yesterday for the Music Business Association, diving head first into DSP best practices for claiming artist pages, optimizing for them and getting useful analytics.
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The Vinyl Straw: Why the Vinyl Industry Is at Breaking Point [MixMag] FULL STORY
The industry is at its strongest since the advent of the CD disk, so why has it become near-impossible to get music pressed onto wax?
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125 Ways to Promote Your Music [Symphonic] FULL STORY
Finding creative ways to promote your music can be a struggle for many artists. To get the creative juices flowing, here are 125 ideas to help you out. Here’s the rundown…
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Spotify expects to have over 400M users by the end of the year [The Verge] FULL STORY
Spotify sells 2/3rds of its DistroKid shares for $167M [Hypebot] FULL STORY
Spotify Stock Soars on Promising Q3 Earnings: What to Expect for Q4 [Billboard] FULL STORY
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While Headline Tours Struggle, Festivals Fuel the Concert Biz Comeback [Billboard] FULL STORY
Live music's return has been rocky, but major outdoor events are proving to be a bright spot that could shift the touring industry. This fall, the Eagles, Billy Joel, George Strait, Zac Brown and James Taylor have seen no-show rates as high as 25% for some concerts.
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Royalty Checklist [Songtrust] FULL STORY
While writing and recording a song is the hard part, it can be tough to understand what your next steps should be as a creator once you’ve done this, to set yourself up to generate revenue with your music and collect all the royalties your songs earn.
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YouTube Answers 5 Common Questions About How its Recommendation Algorithms Work [SMT] FULL STORY
In a new video on the Creator Insider channel, YouTube’s Rachel Alves addresses five questions posed by YouTube creators relating to the use of tags, recommendations, algorithm updates, and more.
Free YouTube Music tier going audio-only as video watching becomes Premium perk [9to5 Google] FULL STORY
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Bike With Beyonce, Box With Drake: Fitness Companies Use Music to Battle For Customers [Billboard] FULL STORY
Six Fitness Brands Using Music to Build Their Followings [Billboard] FULL STORY
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The 64th GRAMMY Awards: Everything You Need To Know About The 2022 GRAMMYs Awards Show [Grammy.com] FULL STORY
As Grammy voting begins, Gen Z acts are favorites. But could a 95-year-old take the top prize? [LA Times] FULL STORY
Grammys CEO on a mission to regain music community’s trust [AP] FULL STORY
The Recording Academy Releases 2022 GRAMMY Awards Show Inclusion Rider [Grammy.com] FULL STORY
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18 ways fans can support musicians [Infographic] FULL STORY
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Don’t Call It a Comeback: Cassettes Have Sounded Lousy for Years (And Still Do!) [Wirecutter] FULL STORY
When it comes to audio, there are always those who insist that the old is better than the new, but with cassettes, that’s a tough claim to back.
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Music’s Whac-A-Mole Menace: How the Moldy, Lopsided DMCA is Hurting Artists [Rolling Stone] FULL STORY
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act has long been associated with record-industry greed. But after 20 years, it’s tech giants that reap the biggest benefits while musicians and songwriters struggle.
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Your Morning Coffee - The Podcast, Episode #63 LISTEN HERE
Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart cover these stories:
• Spotify Meets Shopify: Turn Your Artist Profile Into a Virtual Merch
• Tips to Monetize Your Music from Day 1
• 6 Of The Most Innovative Digital Music Platforms You Might Not Have Heard Of… From Around The World
• How Much Are Artists Really Making On Twitch?
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Heard / Said on Label Logic Conference Calls [Hypebot] FULL STORY
“We work really hard, but we also know the importance of having a good time and enjoying the ride,” shares Label Logic partner Jay Gilbert. “These are a few of our favorite lines we’ve heard (or said) on conference calls.”
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Six Reasons Why Regionality Still Matters for the Global Music Streaming Business [MBW] FULL STORY
This MBW op/ed comes from Ryan Blakeley, a Ph.D. in Musicology candidate at the Eastman School of Music. His research investigates how music streaming has affected music industries, creative practices, and listening habits.
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Amazon, Spotify, Apple, others are reinventing live audio. Will you be ready? [Hypebot] FULL STORY
Amazon is testing a new app that gives anyone the ability to create and share a live radio show that includes fully licensed music.The project codenamed “Project Mic” is designed to do nothing less than to democratize and reinvent radio.
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Facebook has an age problem which means you do too [Hypebot] FULL STORY
Facebook users under 30 are rejecting the platform at increasing rates and that spells trouble for musicians and marketers reliant on the social media giant to grow and communicate with a fanbase.
'Never Meta worse idea': Facebook's new name gives critics fresh chance to roast company [USA Today] FULL STORY
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YOUR SECOND CUP
• Sony Music Surges to $1.85 Billion in Revenue After 43% Rise in Streaming [Billboard] FULL STORY
• Is Universal going to post a $2bn EBITDA profit this year? [MBW] FULL STORY
• SiriusXM Adds 616,000 Paying Subscribers in Third Quarter [Billboard] FULL STORY
• New Bandsintown Artists Community is becoming a global networking hub [Hypebot] FULL STORY
• How Punk Bands ‘Selling Out’ Changed the Mainstream Music Landscape [Noisey] FULL STORY
• Nip slips + guitar smashing, What Can We Learn About the Double Standard Toward Women in Rock? [Loudwire] FULL STORY
• Stuart Camp speaks out on the = launch, double albums and Atlantic [MusicWeek] FULL STORY
• Amazon is building a Clubhouse competitor that turns hosts into DJs [The Verge] FULL STORY
• Spotify opens up access to video podcast publishing to Anchor creators [TechCrunch] FULL STORY
• 'It’s Made People More Paranoid': How Artists and Writers Are Covering Their Bases in the Post-’Blurred Lines’ Era of Interpolations [Billboard] FULL STORY
• How, why every artist should use email marketing in 2021 [Hypebot] FULL STORY
• This bot plays hot tunes: Super Hi-Fi and WellSaid Labs use AI to create a lifelike DJ [GeekWire] FULL STORY
• Splice and SoundCloud join forces to launch artist development program, Nova [MBW] FULL STORY
• Every artist can now sell merch on Spotify via Shopify [MBW Podcast] FULL STORY
• Spotify is America's most loved workplace, according to a new Newsweek ranking [Newsweek] FULL STORY
• Michigan Music Alliance's B-Side Sessions: Hands-on advice, tools, tactics for the working musician [MMA] FULL STORY
• It’s David vs. Goliath as songwriters take on streaming services [All you need to know] [Hypebot] FULL STORY
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