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February 7, 2018
Believe It Or Not, Apple Music Is About To Surpass Spotify In The US
When we look at streaming subscriber numbers, it always looks as if Spotify is in a commanding lead with over 70 million paid users as compared to Apple Music’s 36 million. But as we’ve seen so many times before, statistics can be deceiving. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required to […]
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February 6, 2018
Music Licensing Expert Chris SD On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast
Chris SD is a music producer who’s worked on 5 albums that have won Juno Awards (Canada’s Grammys) among his 7 nominations, and he was also nominated as Engineer Of The Year in 2012. He’s a clever guy who came up with the idea of starting an online recording studio that brings world-class talent to […]
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February 5, 2018
YouTube Introduces Official Artist Channels
Up until now, official artists video channels were part of the record label-owned Vevo, much to the chagrin of Google-owned YouTube, but now the platform is fighting back by launching its own version of artist channels. Starting this week all unofficial channels will be consolidated into one YouTube artist destination. Vevo stands for “Video EVOlution” and […]
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February 2, 2018
NOI LOOKUP May Make It Easier To Get Paid From Spotify
Spotify has been in running battles with songwriters and publishers for the last year over the fact that the platform was playing music without complete copyright information, and therefore without a license. This has resulted in several lawsuits against the streaming giant, with more threatened. A new free service launched recently by SXWorks, a subsidiary of […]
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February 1, 2018
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How Today’s Artist Management Uses YouTube
We live in a new world where promotion is no longer left solely to the record label. Now a good artist management team knows that they must be proactive online in order to increase the branding and visibility of their artists. In this excerpt from my Music 4.0: A Survival Guide For Making Music in […]
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