March 30, 2017

6 Tips To Improve Your YouTube Video Search Results

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 […]

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#search results #SEO #YouTube

March 24, 2017

Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 3/24/17

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of March 24th, 2017. Spotify gets a lot of attention because it’s getting serious about its upcoming public offering, but lots of other news as well. Let’s get into it. Spotify is nearing a new licensing deal with the major labels. It’s been out of contract for the […]

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#Discogs #Drake #Ed Sheeran #Google Hangouts #Isle of Wight festival #LiveNation #Spotify #The Street #vinyl #Voltra

March 20, 2017

Cities Waking Up To The Value Of Music Venues

music venue

Music is a big part of the nightlife of any city, but venues everywhere have been seriously threatened by rising real estate costs, noise control laws, and city taxes. Luckily, many cities are finally waking up to the fact that a city without music is a far less attractive destination or place to live, and […]

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#clubs #Music Industry Task Force #music venue #night czar #Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership

March 17, 2017

Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 3/17/17

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of March 17th, 2017. There’s lots of interesting speculation on new services, and not a mention of Spotify for once. Let’s get into it. Facebook trying to solve “social music.” No one else has cracked it, but the company is taking music very seriously. Will AI and chatbots […]

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#AI #Airbnb #Alibaba #Amazon #Ed Sheeran #Facebook #Google Play Music #Pandora #taylor swift #vinyl

March 14, 2017

OWC’s Larry O’Connor On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Larry O'Connor OWC

If you’re a Mac computer owner then there’s a good chance that you’ve purchased hard drives, memory or accessories from Other World Computing or OWC (I know I have – a lot). OWC founder and CEO Larry O’Connor joins me for a conversation about new and old Macs, upgrades, and performance enhancements on this week’s […]

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#hearing loss #Larry O'Connor #Other World Computing #Pandora #Soundcloud

March 13, 2017

The Gatekeepers In The Way Of Getting Your Music On Commercials

Music Gatekeepers infographic

More and more artists, bands and songwriters are interested in getting their music placed in a commercial, but unfortunately it’s not getting any easier. That’s because a wide array of gatekeepers stand in the way of any placement. A great article from Jordan Passman combined with the following infographic outlines just where the gatekeepers lie. […]

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#advertising #commercials #gatekeepers #Jordan Passman

March 10, 2017

Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 3/10/17

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of March 10th, 2017. Nothing major, but a lot of interesting business tidbits this week. Let’s get into it. Streaming music is a bad business according to this article. It is if that’s the only product you have. As I’ve explained before, it’s a loss-leader for Apple, Amazon and […]

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#CD Baby #Ed Sheeran #Iron Maiden #Nirvana #Pink Floyd #Spotify #Stormzy #streaming music

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