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Jerry Garcia Music Arts Launches Indie Record Label, Celebrates His Birthday
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Jerry Garcia Music Arts LLC, a new mission-based music and arts entertainment services company, is commemorating the August 1st birthday of the late great Grateful Dead founder Jerry Garcia. To celebrate, the company is releasing a remastered live recording of “Ripple” from the acclaimed guitarist’s 1982 solo acoustic performance at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey. The free single will be made available to fans via iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Deezer, iHeartRadio, Napster, MediaNet, VerveLife, Tidal, Gracenote, Shazam, and 7Digital. ...
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Pop Music Eats Itself: A&R Is Facing A Data Driven Crisis
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It is no secret that data now drives who gets signed, with record labels chasing stats in search of the next streaming friendly hit. But analyst Mark Mulligan and some label execs are wondering how music can evolve when A&R is a reflection of current trends rather than as a tastemaker; and how an out of the box music can find a place with an increasingly closed loop of statistics. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry Blog ...
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Eventbrite Files For IPO [Report]
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Eventbrite, the popular indie and D.I.Y. ticketer, has reportedly filed for an IPO for later this year. The company’s lead underwriters are Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase, according to the Wall Street Journal. Eventbrite has raised $330 million to date, and helps sell more than three million tickets to concerts, festivals and other events every week. It provides ticketing for millions of events in more than 180 countries, with $10 billion in cumulative sales since launch. In 2017, Eventbrite acquired U.S. ...
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YouTube Exands Merch Sales, Channels To More Creators
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has shared an update that focuses on the streamer's top five priorities for 2018. At least three of the updates are great news for musicians and other creators. Merchandise Sales- The threshold for eligible U.S.-based channels has been lowered from 100,000 to just 10,000 subscribers. YouTube hinted that number may go even lower. It is also expanding its merchandising partners beyond Teespring, but has not named any new providers. Channel Memberships - Viewers pay a monthly recurring fee ...
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Change Needed Before Net Can Drive Creativity and Prosperity, say Musicians, Academics
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In this except from a submission made to the EU's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a coalition of performers, musicians, and academics issue a plea to restructure the web as a place where creative culture can thrive. Guest post by Neil Turkewitz, this first appeared Medium This is an excerpt from a submission made to the NTIA on internet priorities. The entire submission is available here. The individuals and organizations identified below are a diverse group of performers, songwriters, musicians, authors, academics ...
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From Ownership To Access: Disruption In Music and Media [Mark Mulligan]
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The music and video industries are often cited as prime examples of digital disruption and resurrection. But while plotting comparable paths towards access-based models, a closer look by MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan reveals some very telling differences. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry blog Last Wednesday we held the third MIDiA Quarterly forum, exploring the shift from ownership to access across different media industries. In addition to MIDiA analyst presentations we had panellists from Sky, The Economist, ...
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How To Add Personality To Your Email Campaigns
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When it comes to promoting a show or event, email is your best friend, as it still yields a higher return on investment than many forms of promotion. For emails to be effective, however, they need to grab readers attention. Here we look at how. Guest post by Tamisha McQuilkin from the Eventbrite blog Tamisha McQuilkin, the Program Manager for Technology Partnerships at MailChimp. Email is the event marketer’s not-so-secret weapon. It’s incredibly rewarding when done well, with a $44 return ...
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Stem Offers Digital Music Distribution Alternative
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Founded in 2015, Stem.is is a unique digital aggregator which submits your music to all major streaming services and, unlike most other digital aggregators, has a more streamlined payment process, meaning you and your collaborators can earn royalties with fewer accounting hassles. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 There are a number of digital aggregators that all provide roughly the same services. They’re a one-stop shop that will send your music to Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Pandora, Tidal and any ...
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