These Are The Top 5 Best-Selling Merch Items
It’s just about a given these days that if you’re out gigging, you’re also selling merch as well. Even if you have to split some of the proceeds with the venue, it’s still a high-margin revenue source that most artists and bands need. If you’re just selling online then you can do print-on-demand so there’s […]
Continue readingMixing Old School With 17 Time Grammy Winner Benny Faccone On My Latest Podcast
On this week’s podcast episode, my guest is my old friend 17 time Grammy winner Benny Faccone. Benny has a rich credit history with artists like Mana, Santana, Ricky Martin, Luis Miguel, Sting, and so many more. He’s a veteran of the old A&M Studios when it was one of the hottest recording facilities in Los […]
Continue readingYou Probably Can’t Guess The Most Listened To Radio Stations
They say that radio is dying but the numbers show something complete different. I agree that the format may be less relevant, especially when it comes to music, but there are more people listening than you might think. That’s according to Inside Radio’s TOP 10 ranking of all radio stations according to Nielsen. I wouldn’t normally […]
Continue readingRecent Music Business News You Might Have Missed On My Latest Podcast
On this week’s podcast episode I cover some recent overlooked audio and music industry news. We’ll look at: You can listen to it at bobbyoinnercircle.com, or via Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Mixcloud, Spotify, Deezer, TuneIn Radio, or RadioPublic. Also, a video version of this podcast is now available on YouTube as well. Enjoy the show! […]
Continue readingHow Does Gender Currently Play A Part In Music?
I’ve heard many people (mostly males) complain recently about how pop music seems to be dominated by female artists. That’s never actually been the case, and the latest report by Chartmetric called Make Music Equal proves the point. Here are some of the key points from the report: Here’s what jumped out to me. Where […]
Continue readingIt Looks Like YouTube Is Getting Serious About Eliminating AI Slop
If there’s one thing that just about everyone can agree on, it’s that AI-generated content known as “AI slop” is seriously boring and beginning to clog up the internet. Not only that, it’s pushing out content created by humans as sometimes recommendation engines can’t tell the difference. If this continues, you may see users begin […]
Continue readingBassist, Author, And Music Marketing Consultant Carter Fox On My Latest Podcast
On this week’s podcast episode my guest is bass player, author and music business marketing consultant, Carter Fox. Known as the Soulful Traveling Spaceman Bassman, Carter has toured with R&B legend Freddie Jackson and Grammy-winner Regina Belle, while also collaborating with artists and producers such as Skrillex, Leon Huff, David Ivory, Adventure Club, and more. […]
Continue readingThe TikTok Of Today May Not Be The Same As The TikTok Of Tomorrow
For many, TikTok is the only social platform that they use on a continuous basis, spending on average 58 minutes per day being entertained and informed of the news. It’s huge global enterprise, with 1.59 billion monthly active users from almost every country in the world. That said, it’s still on the block to be […]
Continue readingAn Inside Look At Modular Synthesis With Chris Meyer On My Latest Podcast
On this week’s podcast episode my guest is modular synthesizer maven Chris Meyer, who has done important engineering work at Sequential Circuits, Digidesign, Marion Systems with the legendary Tom Oberheim, and Roland R&D U.S., where he was chief engineer. Along the way he created Vector Synthesis and worked on the Sequential Prophet 2000, Prophet VS, […]
Continue readingThe Eras Of Popular Music Are Not What You Think They Are
Most people identify an era of music by time period, and more precisely, by the decade in which it was created. For instance, the 50’s were rock and roll, the 60s were British Invasion, the 70s were rock, the 80s New Wave Brit Pop, the 90s grunge, and so on. That may outline a general […]
Continue readingIt’s Sad, But This AI-Generated Band Will Make Some Musicians Give Up
Artist and bands face so much natural competition these days that it’s a wonder why anyone even does it all. Not only do you have to worry about the other 120,000 tracks that are uploaded every day, but you now have to worry about AI-generated music as well. Case in point, a presumably AI-generated band […]
Continue readingMusic Collaboration With Dominic Castro And Gary Lux of SyncDNA On My Latest Podcast
Online music collaboration is for many the holy grail for efficiently working in a home studio. The problem is that most tools that are available suffer from latency that makes true collaboration impossible. SyncDNA is the first online platform that allows frame-accurate synchronization of collaborators anywhere in the world, and now it’s helping mixers, musicians, […]
Continue readingWatch Out Vinyl, Tariffs Are Coming For You
As we all know, one of the many bright spots in the music industry recently has been vinyl sales. Even though the sales figures can be deceptive as to the actual number, it’s still a large revenue source for the just about everyone in that particular food chain. That said, the growth of vinyl is […]
Continue readingThe ‘How To Get Paid For Your Hard Work’ Checklist
Your not a music professional if you haven’t been screwed out of money at least once. That’s par for the course and part of the learning process, but it obviously becomes a real problem if it continues to happen. Regardless of what end of the music business you work in, as an independent contractor it’s your […]
Continue readingMerlin Network CEO Jeremy Sirota On My Latest Podcast
On this week’s podcast episode my guest is the CEO of the Merlin Network of independent music labels, Jeremy Sirota. Merlin is a member-based organization representing the digital licensing rights for hundreds of independent labels and distributors in nearly every country around the globe. That makes up 15% of the recorded music market. Under Jeremy’s […]
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