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Artist Growth Adds Free Tier, Integrates Bandsintown, Appoints Powerhouse Advisory Board
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Artist Growth, a leading provider of music management tools, yesterday announced a bundle of positive news. For those just getting started, Artist Growth added a free tier called the “EP Package" featuring basic services. For all their customers, Bandsintown is now integrated with Artist Growth to keep all concert news updated. In addition, Artist Growth announced a high powered roster joining its Advisory Board and connecting AG to their respective organizations. Artist Growth, who provides a suite of tools for ...
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Dave Stewart Launching First Artist Bank as "Global Creative Community Bank"
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Dave Stewart is an excellent example of a musician not simply adjusting to changing times but taking an active role in those changes. Stewart's latest move is a plan to launch First Artist Bank to supply not only funding but IP management and consulting as well. We're not talking Kanye West interview dreams. Stewart's partner in the endeavor is Michael Phillip, a former banking executive at Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank. First Artist Bank is planned to launch early next ...
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CD Baby Milestone: $300 Million Paid out to Artists
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CD Baby announced that, as of today, it has paid out more than $300 million to artists using its services, This year total payouts to artists are expected to be $60 million. That's up from $56 million in 2012 and $48 million in 2011. “It took us eight years to pay out the first $50 million," says CD Baby CEO, Tracy Maddux. “But now our artists are earning at least $50 million per year and this year we expect to beat $60 million." ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, September 27 - October 3
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
I am gone for a few days and will miss a big weekend of jazz — coming back just in time to catch the second night of Dave Holland's new Prism quartet. But I will miss an increasingly rare performance by Red Planet, a stunning CD release by Lila Ammons, and more! Bu there's always the coming week which is truly packed, with drum titan Billy Cobham and vibes master Gary Burton back-to-back at the Dakota, the hard-to-define acclaimed ensemble ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, September 13-19
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Two outdoor festivals bring jazz to community audiences this weekend, while a bunch of trombones make for “locally damaging winds" at the Artists Quarter and Tito Puente is the subject of a salute and workshop as Jazz at Studio Z returns for a third season. Doc Severinsen again launches his Midwest tour at the Dakota, where the JazzMN Orchestra holds a fundraiser and the Ravi Coltrane Quartet spend an evening. All in all, not a bad week of live jazz ...
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7 Ways to Avoid the Psychological Hazards of Music Entrepreneurship
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Building a career in music is often much more about becoming an entrepreneur than getting a job. And like entrepreneurs in other fields musicians face many emotional ups and downs that can derail their progress. Psychiatrist Michael A. Freeman recently shared some tips for tech entrepreneurs on dealing with emotional roller coasters that many musicians should find relevant. Silicon Valley has become more away of the psychological hazards of entrepreneurship in the wake of a number of tragic events involving ...
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How Streaming Affects Music Revenue Growth
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By Mark Mulligan, cofounder of MIDiA, from Music Industry Blog. The Dutch music industry trade body the NVPI has announced that recorded music revenues were up by 1.9% in the first half of 2013. This follows first half rises for Norway (17%), Sweden (12%) and Germany (1.5%) which in turns comes on the heels of full year growth in 2012 for markets such as Brazil, Sweden and Norway (all markets with strong subscriptions and ad supported sectors). This is undoubtedly ...
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10% Of All Digital Music Sales Come from One App
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By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Are you in a band? You should probably make sure Shazam has your music in its system, because according to the company's figures, it generates one out of every ten digital song sales on the planet. If you add other popular music identification apps such as SoundHound, it doesn't seem like a stretch to estimate that at least 15 percent of global digital music sales stems from song ID apps. Who says technology is ...
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