TuneCore Direct Advance Offers Artists Automated Advances
It could be a sign that digital music aggregation has either grown up or is adopting a label model, but regardless of the reason, TuneCore has launched a program called TuneCore Direct Advance that offers automated advances to artists signed to distribution or publishing deals. This is certainly a first for this arm of the industry, and […]
Continue readingMusic Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 4/14/17
Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week ending on April 14th, 2017. The news this week is varied, but interesting, with Spotify in the lead again. Let’s get into it. Recording artists are lobbying Capitol Hill to get paid for radio airplay. This has been an ongoing struggle for a couple of decades but the […]
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Developing Your Social Media Strategy
The online world is so large and all-encompassing that it’s not uncommon for an artist to feel overwhelmed by it all. This usually leads to a scattered approach that isn’t nearly as effective as it could be. In this video from my new Social Media Promotion For Musicians, Artists, And Engineers course on Lynda.com, we’ll […]
Continue readingThe Reason Why YouTube Pays Artists So Little
The recorded music business is rejoicing at the fact that after more than a decade, it finally has some strong revenue growth. The best part is that the growth looks like it will continue, as paying for streaming has finally gone mass market and listeners have seem the light of the benefit of paying at […]
Continue readingMastering Engineer Gavin Lurssen On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast
Gavin Lurssen started as a protege of the great mastering engineer Doug Sax (the very first indie mastering guy) but quickly forged his own way and sound, first at the famed Mastering Lab, then at his own Lurssen Mastering in Hollywood. Along the way he’s mastered projects for everyone from Foo Fighters, Queens of the […]
Continue readingWould You Pull Your Music Off The Radio?
Almost from the beginning of the industry, recording artists have complained about not being compensated for radio airplay. Sure, songwriters get paid, but artists and labels never receive a dime. This is a phenomena unique to the United States, since in most other countries artist compensation has long been settled. While legislation to pay artists […]
Continue readingMusic Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 4/7/17
Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week ending on April 7th, 2017. It’s been another big week in the world of streaming, but there’s other news as well. Let’s get into it. Streaming is now making more money than downloads ever did. And Steve Jobs said it would never happen. Some good charts and comparisons here, […]
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The Best Hashtags For Instagram Promotion For Artists And Bands
According to Nielsen Research, if you want want to reach music lovers, Instagram is one of the best platforms to use for promotion. Why? Well first of all, Instagram users are huge music fans, and spend 42% more money on music and listen 30% more than the general population. In fact, the typical Instagram user spends […]
Continue readingSpotify Gets A New Deal With Universal Music
As I’ve written in other posts, Spotify wants to do a public offering this year but won’t be able to do that until it signs new licensing agreements with each of the major labels. It looks like the first of those agreements has come to pass with the reported signing of Universal Music. The fact […]
Continue readingAlesana Guitarist And Revival Recordings Founder Shawn Milke On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast
Shawn Milke’s band Alesana had been touring almost non-stop since 2004 when he decided to tap the brakes and get off the road for a bit. This resulted in the creation of Revival Recordings, which lives by the inspirational mantra “Good Music By Good People.” Now with distribution through Artery/Sony Red, the label continues to […]
Continue readingHappy Days – US Music Growth The Most In 20 Years
In record label executive offices across the U.S. there’s rejoicing as the latest RIAA numbers show a double digit increase in revenue for the first time in almost 20 years. The latest figures show that the recorded music market in 2016 brought in $7.7 billion, up a bit more 11% over the previous year. And […]
Continue readingMusic Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 3/31/17
Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week ending on March 31st, 2017. There is less news about streaming than in past weeks, but there’s still lot of very interesting items nonetheless. Let’s get into it. New music is cool, but it’s old music that sells. The weekly Top 50 is only worth less than 4% of the total […]
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6 Tips To Improve Your YouTube Video Search Results
Videos on any platform can be used as an effective marketing tool, but you must observe some essential SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, techniques for that to happen. Before you go live on a video, here are 5 tips that will improve its search results: 1. Name your video something descriptive. “Untitled_bandvideo12.mov†is not descriptive […]
Continue readingYes, Spotify Tiers Might Look Different Soon
As mentioned here before, Spotify’s licensing deals with the major labels is currently out of contract. This is a big deal since the company wants to go public this year, and that could be put in jeopardy if it doesn’t have its licensing house in order. But the labels are driving a hard bargain, not […]
Continue readingDane Myers Of Custom Tracks On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast
Unless you live in a big media center like NY, LA or Nashville (or any big city for that matter), most artists and songwriters probably don’t have access to the caliber of musicians needed to really make their tracks as good as they can be. A company called Custom Tracks is trying to change that […]
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