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Music Business Is Being Re-Defined By Generation Z
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HypeBot
While for years millennials were the target demographic of most music business marketing, Generation Z has since risen up as the primary stakeholder in the contemporary marketplace, which is in turn reshaping how artists, labels, and companies market themselves. Guest post by Alyssa Golden of the Berklee College Of Music- Music Business Journal Introduction Consumer commerce has long emphasized marketing to millennials due to the peak of purchasing power this young demographic has reached; however, after years of research and ...
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5 Trends Reshaping Music Marketing [Keith Jopling, MIDiA]
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Music marketing has never been easy or straightforward and that's particularly true in this time of fractured media, shifting consumption and an overabundance of new music. MIDiA analyst Keith Jopling found five shifts and a hint of possible solutions that will reshape modern music marketing. Five Trends Changing Music Marketing Managing linear decline Managing streaming economics and higher song volumes Managing post-album creativity Managing global-local culture Managing music value By MIDiA Research analyst Keith Jopling from the Music Industry blog Marketing ...
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All Ticketfly Events Move To Eventbrite
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Ticketfly, the independent ticket company that Eventbrite acquired for $200 million from Pandora in 2017, has now been absorbed within the Eventbrite platform. The main Ticketfly.com URL now redirects to Eventbrite.com. “You can still purchase tickets to all of the best upcoming shows at your favorite venues on Eventbrite.com or via the Eventbrite App, just like you did on Ticketfly.com or via the Ticketfly App," according to an Eventbrite blog post. “Expect to keep receiving concert updates and info via ...
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ASCAP Launches Research & Innovation Initiative With Startup Summits, Speaker Series, More
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ASCAP has launched the Advanced Research & Innovation Initiative to explore how advanced technologies, new business approaches and creative collaborations can drive value for its music creator members and music consumers. The new program will help to identify and develop new areas of growth and efficiency through technology accelerators, prototyping research projects, cross-pollination with the startup community, and knowledge-sharing through a bi-monthly speaker series. To kick off the initiative, the performance rights organization has announced a partnership with the NYC ...
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Doc: Earl "Fatha" Hines
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Earl Hines revolutionized the piano in the 1930s and, with Art Tatum, remains jazz's mightiest player. His fearsome, trumpet-like octave attack incorporated all aspects of the jazz orchestra. Instead of cranking out machine-like syncopation on the keyboard, Hines's swing style gave the piano a personality free from the rhythm section and set the stage for the big band era. Here's a color documentary on the man they called “Fatha." It was filmed at the Blues Alley club in Washington, D.C., ...
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The Currency Of Deceased Rock Stars
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In the wake of the passing of both Eddie Money and The Cars' Ric Ocasek, Fred Jacobs here reflects on the lasting value of Classic Rock, and how music from the 60s and 70s continues to accrue cultural relevancy even as the number of actual artists from the era dwindles. Guest post by Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media Strategies Ever hear of the Cook Islands? Don't feel bad, neither had I. It turns out they're a chain of 15 islands ...
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Instrumental, Corite Join For Global New Artist Discovery
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Stockholm-based Corite and London-based artificial intelligence-driven talent discovery platform Instrumental have announced a global collaboration to identify emerging musicians on the verge of success on Corite's recently-launched fan funding service. Founded by industry veterans and Universal Music Group alumni Mathias Tengblad and Emil Angervall, Corite allows fans to invest in music and get rewarded in the form of royalties from sources including Spotify and Apple Music. It also enables artists to estimate the value of a song they have created ...
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