Results for "AAJ Staff"

Video: Oscar Peterson

September 5, 2016

Maria Crueza: Ballad Feeling

September 2, 2016

One more day of great female singers from Brazil. Since it's Friday, a visit with one of my favorites—Maria Creuza. Here she's singing Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar...   Here's Creuza in 1978 singing Voce Abuso... And so you know why I love Maria Creuza's voice so much, I'm throwing in one of my favorite ...

Soundcloud Names Former Google Exec As CFO

September 2, 2016

SoundCloud has named Holly Lim as its first Chief Financial Officer. As a member of the Executive Team, she will split her time between SoundCloud's HQ in Berlin, Germany and its New York office. Holly Lim joins SoundCloud as CFO from Google where she led Google’s Business Operations for the Cloud Platform and Network Operations. Prior ...

Vinyl Sales Projected To Grow Exponentially Through 2020

September 2, 2016

The global vinyl records market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 55.15% during the period 2016-2020, according to a new study by Research and Markets. According a new Research and Markets study, vinyl manufacturers are now focusing on technological advancements to maintain the strong growth, as well as adding capacity to ...

Growth In Music Streaming Revenue [Infographic]

September 2, 2016

Gal Costa: Soul of Brazil

September 1, 2016

How Music Industry Project Management SHOULD Work

September 1, 2016

As the music industry has transformed and increased in complexity so dramatically over the past few years that the already time consuming task of reporting has grown even more so. In this piece, David Weiszfeld looks at how reporting and project management should work in the music business. Guest post by David Wieszfeld on Medium All ...

Proven Content Ideas For An Artist's Social Media Calendar

September 1, 2016

For musicians, setting up their social media accounts is only half the battle. The real challenge comes when it's time to put out material that will interest and engage fans. Here we review several proven avenues to explore when it comes sharing content. Guest Post by Jessica Hackett on Soundfly's Flypaper You’ve already taken step one. You ...

A Look At How Well Streaming Music Is Really Doing And The Major Label's "Streaming Reality Distortion Field" [Mark Mulligan]

September 1, 2016

All 3 major labels have reported impressive growth in streaming income. But that's only a fraction of the story, says top industry analyst Mark Mulligan of MIDiA. "If the music service wins, the label wins, if the music service loses, the label still wins," he says. “This disconnect... is one of the festering wounds of the streaming ...

3 Things You Can Demand From Your Publicist

September 1, 2016

Here a former publicist shares some insider information on what you, as an artist, can reasonably demand from your publicist and expect to actually receive, and why it is that you in fact should insist on getting the following three things. Guest Post by Hugh McIntyre on the Sonicbids Blog Before becoming a full-time writer, I worked ...