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Obama On Post-Election Plans: "I'm waiting for my job at Spotify"
As President Obama ends his 8 years in office, he's hinted that he'll be working to rebuild the Democratic party, bringing more millennials into the fold as activists and candidates. But at a White House event for outgoing U.S. ambassadors, he jokingly shared his aspirations to get a job creating playlists for Spotify. At a White ...
Paid Audio Streaming Gowing 9X Faster Than Ad-Supported To Drive U.S. Music Consumption In 2016
Paid subscription audio streaming grew almost 9 times faster that free ad-supported audio stream last year. That's encouraging news for a music industry concerned with the revenue that streaming generates. Pandora's Glenn Peoples breaks down the stats. By Glenn Peoples of Pandora 2016 figures show the U.S. music industry grew at a good clip thanks mainly to ...
Measuring Online Audience Engagement [INFOGRAPHIC]
Although 'engagement' is often thought of simply as the number of views or shares on a piece of media, there's much more involved when it comes to how audience engagement is measured, particularly by those inside the industry. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 When we think online audience engagement, we usually think of views ...
A Label, A Magazine And Band On The Value Of Email Marketing
Email marketing is often touted as one of the most effective ways of targeting consumers in the digital age, but how effective is it really? Here representatives of label, music magazine, and band weigh in on the value of email marketing in the music industry. Guest post by Robert Lanterman on Soundfly's Flypaper This summer, Dan Oshinsky, ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, January 6-12
With subzero temps and windchills to start the weekend, hot music is a sure antidote, and there's plenty of it around the Metro. Contributing some of the heat— veterans like Eric Gravatt, Larry McDonough, and Laura Caviani; young guns like Jack Courtright and Will Schmid; and special events like the Twin Cities Bass Camp Winter Workshop. ...
Ghostship Fire: Mourn The Dead, Fight Like Hell For The Living
In this recent article, Marc Ribot explores how the tragedy at Oakland's GhostShip lofts is indicative of a broader issue concerning the marginalization of working artists. Guest post by Marc Ribot on The Trichordist Marc Ribot is an American Musician and a member of NYC artists rights group MusiciansACTION musiciansaction.org. The initial horror evoked by Oakland’s GhostShip fire ...
Merlin Works To Make Independents Equal With Majors On Streaming Services [INTERVIEW]
Charles Caldas discusses Merlin, an organization which works to help the independent label community battle for maximum compensation from digital streaming services like YouTube and Spotify, as well as combat online music piracy. Guest Post from Pias Charles Caldas has to be many things to the independent label community—a valuable mix of diplomat, mediator, champion, dealmaker ...
Tom Jobim: Melody Master
With New York's temperatures down in the 20s today with snow, what better way to warm up than with the late pianist, guitarist and singer-songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim. Millions of people can play his music, but only Jobim had the right time, the romantic heart and the distinct feel. Here are five video clips of the ...
Major Labels, Streaming Music Services Endorse Competing Hi-Resolution Audio Formats @CES
High resolution audio, which delivers sound quality comparable to the original master studio recordings, offers an opportunity for both record labels and music streamers to increase revenue if—and it's a big if—the many stakeholders can settle on a single hi-res format. At CES today, all three major labels and streaming music services Pandora, Napster/Rhapsody and HD ...
4 Things I Would’ve Done Differently In My Successful Music Crowdfunding Campaign
Here Chris Robley describes four things that he would've done differently in the wake a crowdfunding campaign campaign which, although successful, could have been improved upon for an even better experience. Guest post by Chris Robley of CD Baby's DIY Musician Early in 2016 I released my first new album in five years. It felt great to shake ...
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