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In Touch Entertainment Adds Ten New Artists To Its Roster
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Decibel
NYC-based In Touch Entertainment has signed several new musicians to its roster of world-renowned artists The new pool of talent includes Cuban artists Rey Cabrera, Jorge Chicoy and Xiomara Laugart; jazz guitarist Fareed Haque; trumpeter Wallace Roney; vocalists Lauren Kinhan, Fleurine, Maria Alejandra Rodriguez and Nancy Harms, as well as trumpeter/vocalist Bob Merrill. “We are very pleased to have these gifted artists as part of our organization," said In Touch's CEO, Charles Carlini. “Each of them has a unique talent ...
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Capitol Music Group Launches Music Innovation Center
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HypeBot
Capitol Music Group, has launched the Capitol Innovation Center to help drive future innovation in music and the music industry. Housed in the iconic Capitol Tower in Hollywood, it will house a collaborative workspace and songwriting studio aimed at fostering innovative ideas, bridging the gap between content creators and the tech community, and developing the next generation of leaders in music. Initial events include The Future She Built, which is scheduled for April 18th in partnership with Select Management Group. It ...
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How Music Journalists Deal With All Those Albums – One Writer’s Process
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HypeBot
Sending music has now become so easy that music writers are constantly inundated with a constant deluge of new albums to listen to. Here we go behind the scenes to look at one writers process for dealing with so much material. Guest post by music journalist Adam Bernard Back in the days of physical album mailings, opening your mailbox to see ten CDs meant you had a lot on your plate. Today, writers can easily receive ten links to albums in ...
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ASCAP Paid Songwriters, Music Publishers More Than $1B For First Time In 2017
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HypeBot
ASCAP announced record revenues and distributions of $1.14 billion in 2017. After 11% operating expenses this marks the first time that the 660,000 members of the performing rights organization have split revenue in excess of $1 billion. ASCAP is distributing $1.007 billion to its songwriter, composer and music publisher members. Total ASCAP revenues increased by 8^ and distributions were up 10 percent year-over-year. Revenues from ASCAP’s licensing efforts in the US grew nearly 11% in 2017 to $846 million, up ...
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A&R Meets AI: Why Your Next Label Rep Could Be A Robot
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HypeBot
While record label talent scouting may have seemed like one bastion of the industry that was safe from artificial intelligence, Warner Music Group clearly feels differently, having recently acquired Sodatone, a startup which uses technology to identify unsigned talent. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Automation is taking over so many aspects of the workplace these days, but the last place you’d ever think it would happen would be in record label talent scouting. Having a feel for ...
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Gigs No Longer Just For Musicians: How A Society Of Starving Artists Is Being Created By The Gig Economy
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HypeBot
In this piece George Howard explores how the music industry, the original gig business, should serve as a cautionary example to the other industries as they begin to shift towards a gig based economy. Guest post by consultant, teacher and author George Howard from Forbes As the world moves toward a gig economy, the music industry —where the original “gigs" took place — offers a cautionary tale about how it may end up for everyone.(Photo Illustration by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images) Long before ...
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Music Cities: State Of The Union
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HypeBot
In this piece Shain Shapiro catches us up on the the state of music cities, a somewhat nebulous term which came about as a term to recognize the cultural role of music in cities. Here he looks at what the Music Cities are doing right, what needs to improve, and where they're headed from here. Guest post by Shain Shapiro of Medium A few years ago, a new term emerged to explore the role of music — industry and otherwise — on how our ...
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Mixcloud Lands $11.5M, Plots Global Expansion
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HypeBot
Online radio and long-form audio streaming platform Mixcloud has closed its first-ever funding round with a $11.5 million investment from WndrCo, a holding company that focuses on startups operating at the intersection of media and technology. The new capital will be used to scale the company globally, expand the team, and diversify the platform. Two WndrCo partners will join Mixcloud’s board: Ann Daly, former president of DreamWorks Animation, and Anthony Saleh, an investor and artist manager of hip-hop artists Nas and ...
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