Industry Advisor Kelli Richards, Our 32 Hour Day, And Disinfecting Microphones
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Continue reading8 Don’ts For Good Social Media Health
If you’re too attached to social media (it doesn’t matter which platform) it will destroy your mental health and that’s a fact. Fortunately it’s fairly easy to remain a sane user if you follow some common sense rules and manage to restrain yourself when necessary. Here are 8 Don’ts on social media compiled by social […]
Continue readingVan Halen Author Steve Rosen, Cassettes Making A Comeback, And A New Manufacturing Home For Audio Gear On My Latest Podcast
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Continue readingI Bet You Can’t Guess What The Top U.S. Streaming Music Service Is
When it comes to a streaming music service, everyone knows that Spotify has the most paid users, but does it have the most users? Surprisingly no, not by a long shot. When it comes to both combined paid and free music consumers in the U.S., YouTube comes out on top by a wide margin, as […]
Continue readingLegal Music Piracy, Google AI Music Creation, And Music Business Author Emily White On My Latest Podcast
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Continue readingThe Different Strategies For Search vs. Social (Hint: They’re Opposite)
It doesn’t matter if you’re an artist, band, songwriter or a musician, you need (and probably already have) an online presence. And it has to be strong. If not, it can be the difference between staying busy with gigs or sitting home practicing, or having your new video go viral versus sitting on YouTube gather […]
Continue readingSpotify Skip Rates, ChatGPT Tube Screamer, And Engineer Kevin Paul On My Latest Podcast
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Continue readingTikTok “Heating” Shows That Its Videos Aren’t As Viral As They Seem
One of the things that TikTok users like most about the platform is that the video views were thought to be hard to game, especially by influencers and record labels. Although no one knew much about how the TikTok algorithm worked, it did seem to be somewhat democratized. Unfortunately, a new report from Forbes says […]
Continue readingYes, Music Piracy Is Still Here (But In Another Form)
Way back in the old music download days music piracy ran rampant and the music industry freaked out as a result. This caused a lot of irrational moves, the most egregious being lawsuits against its own customers. Once streaming came along the business released a sigh of relief because those big bad pirates were finally […]
Continue readingSync Songwriter’s Chris SD, Shallow Catalog, And Audio File Formats On My Latest Podcast
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Continue readingWhich Music Career Stage Do You Fit Into?
One of the main drivers for music business success is how long you’re willing to hang in there. It’s obviously a lot easier to struggle through times of no money when you’re in your twenties than when you get older and have a family to worry about, but some lifers put that aside and continue […]
Continue reading“It’s Not Fast Enough!” Sped Up Versions Of Hits The Latest Trend
Just when you thought that trends in music couldn’t get any crazier with super-short song clips on TikTok and Reels, we see yet another that might be confusing to some artists, and threatening to others. Sped up versions of both new and classic hits is now a thing on Spotify, TikTok and YouTube, and even […]
Continue readingSongwriter Holly Knight, EV’s Killing AM Radio, And Jazz Chords For Nightmares On My Latest Podcast
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Continue readingVinyl Sales Set A Record, Big Box MI, And HotDrop CEO Max Goldberg On My Latest Podcast
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Continue readingThe Best Times To Post On Social Media For 2023
It’s bad enough that musicians, artists and bands are forced to do their own marketing by forever posting on social media, it’s even worse when you post and it doesn’t reach your audience. That’s why knowing the best times to post on the various platforms is so critical. If you’re going to do all that […]
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