Category Archives for "Music Industry News"
August 5, 2022
Pollstar Says These Artists Have Each Made More Than A Billion Dollars On The Road
There’s a lot of money in touring once you hit superstar level and a new chart from Pollstar proves it. If you don’t know Pollstar, it’s basically the Billboard of the live music world, providing charts of the ticket grosses and sales from a wide variety of venues. The publication decided to look back at […]
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August 2, 2022
Cartne Launches With A Mission To Keep Musicians Safer
Too many musicians, artists and songwriters who are just starting out are confused about their next step or steps in the music business. Likewise, so many get scammed everyday with offers of success that are too good to be true. Cartne is a new program developed by Nashville-based artist management firm Indie Connect that has […]
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July 29, 2022
The New Generation Of Vinyl Buyers Are Not At All What You Think
It was long assumed that the upswing in the vinyl record business was spearheaded by aging Boomers trying to regain some of their youth with a new purchase of their old collection. That’s far from the truth however, as the “Vinyl 1.0” generation is slowly fading away yet vinyl sales increased. So if it’s not […]
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July 5, 2022
4 Reasons Why CDs Are Popular Again
Ever since streaming took over the music fan’s consciousness a decade ago, CD sales have dropped like a rock. Why own a disc collection when you can access all the same music online for a lot less money? That outlook may now be changing though, because believe it or not, CDs are popular again. According […]
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July 1, 2022
Could This Be The End Of Hidden Ticket Charges For Concert Tickets?
Everyone has experienced it. You think that you’re paying one (usually high) price for a ticket to see your favorite artist, but when the actual bill comes it’s way higher than the original price. As a result, probably one of the most universally hated add-ons is the “convenience charge.” The day of the hidden ticket […]
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June 24, 2022
There May Still Be A Backlog, But New Vinyl Pressing Plants Are Coming On Line
Any artist with a desire to release a vinyl record faces the hard reality of a long wait time, with some quotes as long as 12 months out! Of course, that just doesn’t work when it comes to marketing your latest product, but the good news is that help is on the way. Some of […]
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June 22, 2022
Take Advantage Of The 75% Of YouTube Users That Now Watch Shorts
Speaking of platforms that want to become TikTok, YouTube seems to be doing a fine job of it. A recent announcement from the media giant itself found that 75% of its 2 billion monthly users now access its Shorts feature. It appears that in at least some cases, platform imitation does work. Stated YouTube, “YouTube […]
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June 17, 2022
It Looks Like Meta Wants To Become TikTok
“If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” is an old adage that comes to mind when it comes to the strategic plans for Facebook. It seems that Facebook (or Meta, as the parent company is now called) has seen that upstart TikTok is beating the pants off it, especially in the highly desirable younger demographics, […]
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June 15, 2022
Goldman Sachs Thinks The Music Business Will Grow To Epic Proportions
Despite war, rising gas prices, sagging economies, supply chain issues and everything else that has consumers feeling their wallet pinched, global bank Goldman Sachs predicts good times ahead for the music business. Not only that, it predicts that it will grow to epic proportions by 2030. In its highly informative Music In The Air report, […]
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June 10, 2022
The Latest Tunecore Business Model Is Much Better For Artists
Many artists use Tunecore to distribute their music, but most have griped about the cost, which is more expensive than the competition. The platform is trying hard to change that with the introduction of its new “Unlimited Release Pricing Plans,” a big change in the Tunecore business model that’s more in-line with competitors like Distrokid. […]
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May 26, 2022
Picking A Social Media Manager, Gibson Guitars Are Dad Rock, And Kali Audio Execs On My Latest Podcast
My guests on the podcast this week are director of marketing Nate Baglyos and director of acoustics Charles Sprinkle of the speaker manufacturer Kali Audio. Both held executive positions at JBL before joining forces to start the company. Kali studio monitors are built to offer the best possible value to its customers, while providing high-performance […]
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May 10, 2022
Distrokid Launching New DistroVid Video Distribution Platform
Just like your music, you want your videos to be available on every video platform. What you don’t want is the lengthy hassle of individually uploading a video to each platform. Although there are some services that do that now (Symphonic, Vidispine), most are pretty expensive, especially if you’re uploading multiple videos. Music distribution platform […]
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May 3, 2022
How Music Preferences Agree With Your Personality Traits
Have you ever noticed how angry people generally listen to angry intense music? Or mellow people tend to like mellow music? It turns out that empirical observations on how music preferences match personality traits have now been confirmed thanks to a study by Dr. David Greenberg at Cambridge University. It’s Not Where You Live Dr. […]
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April 29, 2022
The Record Label 7 Year Law May Soon Come To An End
If you ever signed a deal with a record label based in California and took a good long look at the contract you were probably surprised to see that, if the label so desired, you were stuck with the label for at least 7 years and probably more if the label desired. The labels argued […]
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April 22, 2022
Here’s A Shocker – Instagram Hashtags Don’t Work
The prevailing wisdom on Instagram has always been that if you want your posts to reach more people, then you have to use hashtags. The suggested number to use has always been different from year to year though, and for a while that was the major question – how many hashtags should I use for […]
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