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Pandora Just Shared User Stat No Streamer Ever Has

February 23, 2018

As part of its quarterly report to investors yesterday, Pandora, shared a stat that no other music streamer has ever dared to share: the number of new paid subscribers not including current free trials. Competitors Spotify and Apple Music have a history of discounts and special promotions prior to announcing their user stats. Yesterday, Pandora reported ...

Guide To Building Successful Relationships In The Music Industry

February 23, 2018

While ability is certainly a large part of making it in the music industry, the business is unfortunately often as much about who you know as it is your actual talent. In this piece we look closely at the essentials of building relationships in the music industry that will help propel you up the charts. Guest ...

BBC Documentary: Charlie Parker

February 23, 2018

Universal Music Is Raking In $18 Million A Day

February 22, 2018

The music industry is generally regarded to be in much better shape than it was even a year ago, and Universal Music showing further evidence to suggest a business on the mend with a reported income stream of close to $18 million daily in 2017, an 11% increase from the previous year. Guest post by Bobby ...

How Are Listeners Finding New Independent Music?

February 22, 2018

While methods of music discovery vary drastically from person to person, we here look at few avenues which avid music consumers commonly turn to in their search for fresh tunes, depending on the demographic in question. Guest post by Rich Nardo of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This article was written by Rich Nardo.] New music discovery ...

Playlist Culture And Our Shrinking Attention Spans

February 22, 2018

Besides getting the industry back on its feet as a whole, playlist have been a huge asset in bringing unknown groups and artists out of obscurity. While this all seems like a good thing, playlist culture has it's own potential downsides. Guest post by Patrick McGuire on the ReverbNation Blog In addition to delivering big profits ...

MediaCreek Acquires Live365, EmpireStreaming, Adds Execs

February 21, 2018

Net broadcasting platform Live365, and EmpireStreaming, an audio-centric CDN and services company, announced today that both are now part of Media Creek, Inc., a newly-formed Delaware holding company of audio-centric companies. As part of the acquisitions, Media Creek recently added to its leadership team. Digital Audio industry vets Rockie Thomas and Sean Lozensky, both formerly with ...

Video Game Music: An Art And Business In Its Own Right

February 21, 2018

While musicians have been cozy with the video game industry for some time as another supplementary source of revenue, but some indicators suggest that game music could be growing into an entire business all its own. Guest post by Cherie Hu of Forbes Musicians have been drawing inspiration from video games for decades—whether as a simple ...

Amazon Hires Wx-WBR Prez Dan McCarroll, Signals Move Into Original Music Programming

February 21, 2018

Dan McCarroll, the former President and head of A&R at Warner Bros. Records, has been named Amazon Music's global head of originals and artist relations.  He will work as a liaison to  artists, managers and labels to “elevate" releases through original programming on the platform. “As we continue to work closely with labels and artists to ...

Jemal Ramirez: African Skies

February 21, 2018

One of the hottest Latin-jazz and salsa markets in the country is San Francisco. This may come as a surprise but it isn't. The city's Latin Quarter (now North Beach) has been a music center since the 1930s. The district's Latino history dates back to the 1910s, when, according to The Heart of the Mission: Latino ...