December 27, 2017

YouTube Gets New Licenses From Sony And Universal

YouTube license agreements

Both Sony Music and Universal Music Group are reported to have renewed their licensing deals with YouTube, which now means that the video platform now has all three major labels back in the fold after resigning Warner Music months ago. YouTube was operating under expired licenses with the majors for some time, but the new […]

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#Google Play #Remix #Sony Music #Universal Music #YouTube #YouTube Red

December 20, 2017

The Christmas Season Has An Effect On Music Streaming Habits

Christmas season listening

One of the things not considered very often by artists, bands and even record labels is the affect that seasonal changes have on listening behavior. The Economist recently did a study and found that the weather conditions due to the time of year, and especially the Christmas season, made a decided difference on consumer music […]

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#Christmas #Mariah Carey #The Economist

December 18, 2017

“Slow Ticketing” Taking The Scalpers Out Of The Ticket Market

slow ticketing

Tickets for your favorite artist go on sale at 10AM, so you either go to the box office, or wait near your computer for the hour to hit so you can score the best ticket possible. And what do you find? All the best tickets were already purchased, leaving you with dreck, which means you’re […]

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#concert tickets #slow ticketing #taylor swift #Ticketmaster

December 13, 2017

Do Catalog Releases Make The Charts Inaccurate?

frontline vs catalog

It’s been a fact of life in the recorded music business that the records known as “frontline” releases get all the attention. The big marketing dollars, the promotion, and any sales push is reserved for only the latest releases, and that attention changes pretty quickly on to the next new one unless it’s a big […]

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#Billboard #catalog #charts #frontline releases #Imagine Dragons #Spotify

December 12, 2017

Music Business Consultant Bryan Calhoun On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Bryan Calhoun

My guest this week on the podcast is Bryan Calhoun, who’s been a business and marketing consultant to artists like Kanye West, Lil Wayne, The Cult, Questlove, Nicki Minaj, and Drake. He’s a noted music industry speaker, and has given workshops at conferences that include SXSW, MIDEM, The New Music Seminar, CMJ, ASCAPs I Create […]

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#Bryan Calhoun #hi-res music #Music Business Toolbox #pop songs

December 11, 2017

YouTube May Launch It’s New Remix Streaming Service In March

YouTube logo

YouTube has repeatedly tried to get music fans to buy into its paid subscription services Music Key and Red but hasn’t had too much success so far. So little success, in fact, that its subscriber numbers have never been published. That said, the company has big expectations for its new service, which carries the code […]

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#Remix #streaming music #YouTube

December 8, 2017

The Most Streamed Artists On Spotify Might Surprise You

Spotify most streamed

Spotify just released its list of most streamed artists for 2017, and while many are household words, the extent of their popularity might surprise you. For instance, Ed Sheeran was the platform’s top streaming artist with over 6.3 billion streams this year, dethroning Drake who was number one in 2015 and 2016. Rihanna was the top streaming […]

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#Ed Sheeran #Rihanna #Spotify

December 7, 2017

What Is An Artist’s “Brand” Anyway?

branding

One of the things that an artist or band hears a lot these days is the need to promote “your brand” in order to get ahead in the current era of the music business. That’s all well and good, but you can’t promote your brand unless you know the definition of a brand in the first place. […]

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#Apple #brand #branding #Chris Cornell #Coke #Fender #Madonna #Neil Young #The Beatles

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