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DistroKid Adds Lyrics Delivery, Shares Major Milestone
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HypeBot
DistroKid has added lyric delivery to its low cost digital music distribution service. The company is the first indie D.I.Y. distributor to offer the service, with iTunes and Apple Music at launch. “With the transition from CDs to streaming, what we’ve gained in convenience we’ve lost in immersion," says DistroKid founder Phil Kaplan. “Lyrics, artwork, and CD booklets have taken a back seat to digital menus and skip buttons. DistroKid’s goal is to help our artists form stronger bonds with their ...
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How To Boost Ticket Sales With Broader Distribution
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HypeBot
While purchasing tickets has become significantly easier for consumers than in pre-internet days, there is still a lost opportunity when it comes to distributing your event across the web. Here we look at how sales can be boosted by promoting them via commerce sites. Guest post by Katie Sawyer of Eventbrite Thirty years ago, buying tickets was a real pain for attendees. In fact, tickets were only available at brick and mortar stores. That meant attendees had to first discover ...
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Billy Collins on Sonny Rollins
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
A couple of weeks ago, Billy Collins sent me an unpublished poem. Billy is a former U.S. Poet Laureate (2001-2003) and author most recently of The Rain in Portugal (Random House). His poems always have a jazz feel—improvised, deft and witty. Between the December holidays, Billy wrote a poem about Sonny Rollins. Before we get to his verse, here's a note Billy sent along with background: “The poem began on a morning walk/run that I'm in the habit of taking ...
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CD Baby Parent AVL Digital Acquires DashGo, AdRev
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HypeBot
AVL Digital Group, the parent company of CD Baby, DiscMakers, Oasis and Show.co has acquired AudioMicro and its AdRev and DashGo divisions. The purchase adds strong b2b capabilities serving record labels and publishers, as well as its strong base of D.I.Y. artists. AudioMicro includes YouTube monetization platform AdRev, a YouTube Content ID manager and Multi-Channel Network, label services provider and distributor DashGo and synch licensing platform AudioMicro. “Bringing these companies together with CD Baby will amplify our ability to serve ...
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The Power Of Music Nostalgia
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HypeBot
Here Fred Jacobs explores how his dives into music data and analytics has revealed that, while the technology surrounding music has changed dramatically, nostalgia still has an incredibly powerful on consumer's listening habits. Guest post by Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media I enjoy my role as “Data Whisperer” – taking available analytics and research and identifying trends and phenomena that impact our industry and our ability to entertain. These days, there’s no shortage of information, research studies, and other sources ...
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YouTube Partnering With Ticketmaster To Show Tour Dates
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HypeBot
In addition to being a site for music consumption, YouTube has also long served as a promotional platform for artists, allowing them to advertise upcoming releases or shows to fans. It appears the platform will be taking this a step further in its new partnership with renowned ticketing site Ticketmaster. Guest post by Tim McKee, Lead, Rights Management, of The Orchard's The Daily Rind For artists, YouTube is both a promotional platform and a destination for the music itself. The video ...
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Scott Yanow Reviews Tony Adamo For The L.A. Jazz Scene
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Scott Yanow Reviews Tony Adamo For The L.A Jazz Scene Published: January 01, 2018 A fine singer, Tony Adamo is also a master at what he calls “hipspokenword." He enjoys interacting with major jazz musicians while telling stories having to do with the music and life in general. His lyrics and narratives are intelligent, his approach and language are connected to the hipsters of the 1950s, and he fits into both the beatnik tradition and the pioneers of ...
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