Tell me if you can figure this one out. YouTube made several announcements this week about incorporating Ai on its platform, but the announcements seem to be at odds with one another. The first one indicated that it would crack down on any Ai deep-fake clones that are uploaded, and the second said that it’s […]
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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!
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One of the things that’s particularly hard for artists and bands to determine is what genre their music fits into. The fact is that if you’re doing it well it probably fits into several, or none at all. That said, Spotify has tried to cover just about every genre from every part of the world […]
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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!
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It’s always been known that many music streaming services pay out a lot more in song royalties than Spotify. Even though the numbers that are reported are vague averages (more on that in a bit), it’s still illuminating that Apple Music is paying out almost twice as much as Spotify. You can see for yourself […]
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Most artists and bands start by playing cover songs, but once they cross over into doing their own music, feel that they have to leave the covers behind. That might be a mistake however, as this new report conducted by Sonarworks indicates. Cover songs, especially on YouTube, can be a viable way not only to […]
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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!
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Much to the dismay of music business-types, TikTok is still one of the best ways for users to discover new music. While there’s no sure way to have music go viral on the TikTok video platform, labels are hoping that might be different with the service’s new music-only platform called TikTok Music. To get in […]
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It’s been rumored for quite some time that music streaming services would change how they pay artist royalties, and it looks like Spotify will be one of the first to do so. A report from Music Business Worldwide says that there will be upcoming changes to the existing streaming royalty structure that will have some […]
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Over the nearly 500 episodes of the Inner Circle I’ve had some incredible guests. One is the legendary engineer Elliott Scheiner, and this special replay is from way back on Episode 51 in April of 2015. You certainly have heard Elliot’s work as he’s been instrumental in the sound of The Eagles, Steely Dan, Eric […]
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There are so many glowing reports about the music business being stronger than ever, making more money than ever before, and thriving like no one ever thought possible. While there may be a grain of truth to those assertions, if you closely analyze the music industry revenues over the years you’ll find that we live […]
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For those of us who are marketing-challenged, sometimes you want to announce a new release or a new piece of merch but fail to give the post enough juice so that it gets the proper attention. Never fear, these power words from Jansen Communications below will give your post that little bit of secret sauce […]
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I’ve had so many great guests on the Inner Circle Podcast, and it’s aways great to go back and revisit some of the best interviews. One is with Don Roeser, better known as Buck Dharma, lead guitarist and and one of the founders of the band Blue Oyster Cult, in an interview for podcast 227 […]
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I recently read about Ed Sheeran’s latest album release called Autumn Variations and the first thing that struck me is, “Why don’t more superstars do this?” What is unique and unusual about this release is that Sheeran has said that there would be no singles or videos to promote the album. Major record labels would […]
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Over the almost 500 episodes of the Inner Circle podcast I’ve had some excellent guests that are true legends in the music business. One is the late Al Schmitt, who unfortunately left us in 2021. Al won 20 Grammy awards over his long career, recorded and mixed over 150 gold and platinum albums, and even […]
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