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How To Reach Music Critics, Influencers [VIDEO]
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While the barriers to sharing music have fallen away, getting heard by critics and influencers has become harder than ever. In this video, we look at four tricks for artists looking to engage with industry tastemakers. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Sharing music has never been easier, but reaching people in positions of influence ...
A Music Release Strategy For Filling Your Yearly Calendar
Your music release strategy and your social media strategy must go hand in hand, and artists should establish a schedule whereby their fans are engaged and entertained enough by the artist's online presence throughout the year that they are left eagerly anticipating new content, whether it's music or merch. Guest post by Randy Chertkow and Jason ...
You Have To Be There: 10 Essential Music Business Conferences For 2019
While early season festivals like SXSW tend to get the most airtime, the second half of the year is chock full with a variety of incredible conferences for those steeped in major music industry happenings. Here Angela Mastrogiacomo looks at ten that are essential to attend. Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo of Soundfly's Flypaper The springtime ...
Five Summer Bossa Videos
I spent yesterday writing and listening to Sergio Mendes and the Brasil '66 and '77, as well as other vintage bossa albums. The music is always breezy and melodic and sets a fast work pace. The photo below shows singers Lani Hall, right, and Brazilian singer Bibi Vogel at a Sergio Mendes and the Brasil ‘66 ...
Six Videos of Jim Hall
As with Bill Evans, I often crave Jim Hall in the middle of my work day. I love his song introductions that start with a riff or hook that flowers into the song itself. And I love Jim's accompaniment and jagged solos, bending notes and making chords ring. Here are six Jim Hall videos I watched ...
Discogs Adds Inventory Platform For Professional Record Sellers, Serious Music Collectors
Music marketplace and community Discogs has launched NearMint, a new software platform for professional sellers. NearMint was created to help professional and hobbyist music sellers manage their inventory and business more effectively. The platform already manages over 1.9M inventory items for a number of large sellers who were part of the beta program, and will soon ...
Payola At Radio Never Went Away, says New Report
Broadcast radio has been rocked by at least two payola scandals in the 1960s and again in 2004. But payola- the illegal practice of paying to be played on the radio- is still rampant in the US, according to multiple reports. “Everyone knows it’s there,” Allen Kovac, CEO of the rock-focused Eleven Seven Label Group told ...
Why Tencent Wants A Stake in UMG [Mark Mulligan]
Yesterday Vivendi confirmed that it was in talks with Chinese internet giant Tencent to acquire a 10-20% stake in global leader Universal Music Group at a $33.6 billion valuation. MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan looks at why Tencent might want to invest as much as $6.7 billion in UMG. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music ...
Vince Mendoza: Renaissance
One of the finest orchestral jazz albums I've heard this year is Vince Mendoza's Constant Renaissance (BCM&D). Recorded with a roughly 100-musician Temple University Studio Orchestra, the album is a Montana-sized canvas. Composer-arranger and conductor Mendoza is a six-time Grammy winner and has written arrangements for leading pop artists, including Joni Mitchell and Elvis Costello. On ...
Sony Artists, Songwriters Can Now Get Paid More Quickly
Despite many technological advances, getting major labels and publishers to pay out quickly has remained a challenge. It seems that Sony Music and Sony/ATV, however, are making an effort to expedite things for artists and songwriters, offering real-time processing, and a new “cash out" service. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 You would think ...
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