Happy New Year everyone! Let’s have a safe, happy and prosperous 2022 together. As always, I’m very grateful and thankful for your continued support!
Continue readingIt’s that time of year again to take a look back at the influential music business stories from 2021, see how the predictions from last year fared, and have a look forward to the trends and predictions for 2022. Among the things I’ll discuss in Podcast 401 include: Music centers shifting to new places on […]
Continue readingThank you, Feedspot, for selecting the Music 3.0 blog as one of the Top 60 Music Industry Blogs. It’s an honor to be mentioned in the same breath as Billboard and Music Business Worldwide as well as many other fine publications. This is the second time in a month that Music 3.0 has been named […]
Continue readingWe’ve seen quite a consolidation of social platform usage over the last few years but this infographic from Visual Capitalist is still surprising. As you can see, the current social media landscape is dominated by one player and two lesser giants, with everyone else trailing far behind. As you might have guessed, Meta (formerly Facebook) […]
Continue readingHave a very merry Christmas and a wonderful Holiday. Stay safe so we can enjoy the upcoming new year together. Thank You! I am grateful, thankful and humbled by your continued support.
Continue readingWe’ve hit a milestone today with Episode 400 so I’m going to change things up a little. There’s new theme music (I’m not sure if I like it – if you have something better please send it), and the upcoming episodes this year will be more theme-based. First up will be a deep-dive into immersive […]
Continue readingI guess it had to happen sooner or later. TikTok is said to be in the process of opening up a string of delivery-only restaurants they’re calling TikTok Kitchen across the United States this coming March. The company plans to have 300 locations when it opens with as many as 1,000 by the end of […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is my good friend for many years Dennis Moody, who also appeared on the very first episode of the Inner Circle Podcast as well as number 100, 200 and 300. This is episode #399 and I’m going to be changing things up starting on episode 400 so I wanted to […]
Continue readingWith 60,000 new songs uploaded to Spotify every day and another 24,000 to Apple Music, it’s fair to say that there’s a lot of competition for attention. Although many artists and bands are averse to using Facebook or Instagram these days, there now may be a good reason to do so. Parent company Meta has […]
Continue readingWhen it comes to sharing your music, there’s often a dilemma about exactly what to send – file or stream? Obviously consumers want streams as do many music professionals, but there are also exceptions as well. When it comes to collaboration, mix or master checking, promotion, and radio, to name a few, then files are […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is Kati Eismann, who’s the global marketing director for the Adam Hall Group. The Adam Hall Group brands include sound reinforcement company LD Systems, stage lighting company Cameo, stand company Gravity, cable protectors by Defender, and Adam Hall hardware and flight cases. It’s also the distributor to brands like Hofner, […]
Continue readingMany artists and musicians want to create content for TikTok, but they’re confused about what to do. If you think that the platform is just for silly dances and memes, you’re wrong. There are plenty of TikTok videos that will work. They may not go viral, but if engagement with your fans is the objective, […]
Continue readingFor all the musicians and songwriters out there who are frustrated with the royalty payouts from YouTube, maybe it’s time to explore your royalty statements a little closer to make sure that you’re getting everything you deserve. In perhaps the boldest YouTube scam yet, two men where recently charged with collecting around $20 million in […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is mastering engineer Pete Doell, who worked as a staff engineer at the legendary Wally Heider Studios before moving to Capitol Records Studio and then to Sony Pictures, where he worked for 15 years. While at Capitol, he worked on a wide range of artists from Miles Davis to Dwight […]
Continue readingFor many of us, websites are a necessary evil. We know we need one but we don’t update it nearly enough. The problem is that if it looks dated it could cost you some visits, and if it doesn’t live up to what Google currently expects then you won’t rank as high in a search. […]
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