Music Consultant Lisa Machac, Spotify Decreases Songwriter Royalty, And The End Of Guitar Amps On My Latest Podcast
On my latest podcast episode: Listen to it at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Mixcloud, YouTube Music, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the show!
Continue readingVinyl Records Are Bad For The Environment, But Evovinyl Is A New Eco-Friendly Option
We as a society made a lot of industrial-strength bad decisions decades ago before anyone was aware that they were going to be bad for the environment. Converting so much of our daily lives to items made and packaged with plastics was one of them, and that includes vinyl records. We’ve fallen in love with […]
Continue readingNot Many Artists Release Vinyl Even Though It’s A Hot Product
There so much in the news about how the vinyl records are such a hot product, and how there are more and more vinyl releases every year, but apparently that doesn’t apply to most indie artists. Distribution and label services company Ditto Music found that most artists don’t even bother with vinyl for a new […]
Continue readingStephen Schultz On Hearing Loss, Spotify Adjustable Song Speed, And Peak Music Gear On My Latest Podcast
On my latest podcast episode: Listen to it at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the show!
Continue readingNational Recording Registry Inducts 25 New Recordings That You Probably Know
Every year, the Library of Congress National Recording Registry names 25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage. This year’s inductees include recordings from ABBA, Green Day, Blondie, Bill Withers, The Chicks, Bobby McFerrin, The Cars, and more. […]
Continue readingPR People – This Is What I Hate
As you might imagine, running two popular blogs and a podcast garners a lot of attention from PR people. I get about a dozen pitches a day and most of them I delete straight away. I have to say that at least a few times a day I hit the delete button with an extra […]
Continue readingAtrium Music CEO Josh Young, UMG’s TikTok Ban Not Hurting, And How Lyrics Have Changed On My Latest Podcast
On my latest podcast episode: Listen to it at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the show!
Continue readingYou Know Radio Is Dying When Labels Cut Their Promotion Teams
Radio just isn’t what it used to be. Maybe that’s good and maybe its not, but for sure it’s changing fast. If you watch the news, you’ll get the impression that radio is still a big media player claiming a huge amount of the consumer’s attention. What isn’t indicated though is that most of the […]
Continue readingAmazon Music Makes Marketing On The Platform Easier With Hype Deck
In the ever-evolving landscape of music marketing, Amazon Music has taken a step forward with the introduction of Hype Deck. This new feature, which was just launched in January, may be a game-changer for artists and their teams as they can now more easily engage fans globally with customizable marketing assets. Let’s take a look […]
Continue readingAward-Winning Composer/Technologist Shelly Palmer, And Misleading Music Revenue Numbers On My Latest Podcast
On my latest podcast episode: By the way, I learned a lot about AI from Shelly’s free Metacademy, which is something that you should check out. Listen to it at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the show!
Continue readingThe Streaming Purge Has Started As Deezer Deletes 26 Million “Useless” Tracks
Streaming companies have been threatening this for a while, but it’s finally come to pass. Deezer has recently purged 26 million of what it terms as “useless” audio tracks from its service. While “useless” may seem a bit harsh, most of the tracks that the company deleted probably deserved it, since ultimately it has led […]
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9 Rules For Success In Today’s Music business
I’ve posted this before but it seems appropriate to pull it out once more, since most young musicians today seem to be floundering in a sea of uncertainty. We’ve gone through a mighty change in the music business over the last decade or so, and it keeps on morphing and evolving every day. Since these […]
Continue readingModern Musician’s Michael Walker, The ELVIS Act, And Best DAWs Of 2024 On My Latest Podcast
On my latest podcast episode: Listen to it at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the show!
Continue reading3 Surprising Hit Song Trends That No One Expected
Analytics platform ChartCipher, which focuses on hit songs, recently unveiled three key trends that its measured on Billboard’s Radio Songs charts for the year 2023. All three are surprising in that they bucked the status quo, but that’s something that frequently happens with hit song trends. Let’s take a look at them. Songs Are Slower […]
Continue readingYou’ve Never Heard Of One Of The Most Streamed Artists, And He Wants It That Way
We’ve all heard the stories about fake artists on Spotify and other streaming services, and every time a crackdown occurs some new ones just pop up to take their place. But now there’s evidence that it may be the same composer who’s behind a great many of them. The Swedish Dagens Nyheter (DN) recently ran […]
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