5 Tips On How To Address Negative Comments On Your Music

In the highly social online world that we live in, one thing’s for sure – at some point we’re going to receive negative comments on something. It’s bad enough when it’s about something we’ve posted but especially hurtful when it’s about our music. How you address those comments is extremely important if you don’t want […]

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Over 100 Artists Affected By Recording Theft

112 artists have been confirmed to have had their recordings directly stolen and then repurposed on fake artist accounts on various streaming services. The recording theft includes at least 831 total songs, of which 673 the website Saving Country Music has been able to identify. The stolen songs on the fake accounts have received more […]

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Streaming Slows, 13 Musical Emotions, And Engineer Dennis Moody On The 300th Episode Of My Inner Circle Podcast

Yes, it’s podcast #300! I never dreamed that it would go this long yet here we are, and it’s all thanks to listeners like you. I’ve said this many times and I really mean it – THANK YOU KINDLY for your support! My guest on the 300th podcast this week is Dennis Moody who’s the engineer of choice for […]

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Album Sales Were Really Down Last Year

The year-end report from Alpha Data, the data analytics platform formerly known as BuzzAngle that powers the Rolling Stone Charts, shows that album sales continue to fall at an alarming rate. Streaming has taken its toll on the venerable format, as its sales dropped by 23% from the previous year to just 93 million. To illustrate the […]

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The Best Months Of The Year To Release New Music

Let’s face it, some times of the year are better to release new music than others. The problem is, sometimes this is way down the priority list when it comes to music creation, but it should be way up the list for proper marketing of it. Recently Randi Zimmerman posted on Hypebot about this topic, […]

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Instagram’s Growth Is Slowing, Which Is Bad For Artists

Instagram is a very fruitful social platform for most artists and bands since the majority of users are so into music. Although that sentiment hasn’t changed, it looks like the platform’s growth is slowing to single digits, which could mean trouble for artists who depend on it for exposure. While it’s still true that the […]

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Music And Audio Companies Recently Acquired And Radial’s Jay Porter On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Jay Porter, who worked as both a live and studio engineer before entering the world of audio manufacturing.  Over the past 10 years while working with Primacoustic, Jay has assisted with acoustic treatment layouts for every type of venue from the home recording studio to the mega church to rooms […]

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The Stones Skirt Public Domain With Ingenious YouTube Ploy

Pubic Domain is a concept that no artist wants to face. On one hand, if an artist is popular enough that he or she has to worry about their works being freely available to the public then they’ve had a great career. On the other hand, it also means that they’re no longer able to […]

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Here’s A New Way To Game Spotify Playlists

Ever since the beginning of digital music artists, managers and labels have been finding ways to game the system. From artificially boosting social authority to YouTube views to music streams, there always seems to be someone that’s one step beyond those that are in charge of making sure that everyone plays fair. But there’s a […]

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Have A Great 2020!

We go into every new year with so much hope that it will be better than the last. Even more so at the beginning of a decade like today. Here’s to a great 2020 and many more like it. I truly appreciate your support of my blogs, podcast, books, courses, and general ramblings. You give […]

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2020 Audio Production And Music Business Predictions On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

No guest on the podcast this week as I take a look at what might be in store for us 2020. It’s short and sweet and will get you thinking. Some of the things I’ll look at include: The plugin evolution that’s coming USB 4 Artificial intelligence-based products Immersive audio Digital patchbays Pro Tools’ dominance Gear getting […]

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Vinyl Albums Sales Week Biggest Since 1991

Vinyl albums are turning out to be great Christmas gifts, it seems, if the week before Christmas week’s sales are any indication. According to Nielsen Music, it was the biggest sales week for vinyl since it started keeping records in 1991. The data tracking service found that 921,000 copies were sold in the U.S. The […]

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Cox Communications Owes The Major Labels $1 Billion For Allowing Music Piracy

Music piracy has decreased a great deal thanks to music streaming, but it still exists. Digital Service Providers (DSPs) have gotten away with having pirate streaming networks on their systems up until now, but a recent ruling went against Cox Communications that will award Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and EMI $1 […]

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8 Spotify Playlist Secrets

The secret to at least some success on Spotify comes from being getting on one or more playlists, but that’s easier said than done. George Goodrich of Playlist Push had some excellent insider playlist secrets about how to succeed on the service. Here are just a few. 1. Long albums with lots of short songs. […]

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Decade And Year-End Wrap Up On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Merry Christmas and thanks so much for your support this last year! No guest on the podcast this week as I look back on a decade full of changes in the music and pro audio business. Then, we’ll take a look at some of the momentous changes that came just in the last year alone. You won’t […]

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