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4 Reasons Superfans Are Your Most Valuable Asset
As paying for music has become more of choice than a necessity, artists must rely increasingly on their more profitable superfans, and market themselves and their music in accordance with the shifting consumption habits of today's music enthusiasts. Guest Post by Tyler Allen on PledgeMusic There’s often a joke among musician about how an artist spends their day. ...
#SupportMusic - 'A Song Is Worth More Than A Penny', Says The Grammy's Neil Portnoy
Following up his comments at the this year's GRAMMYs, Neil Portnow discusses how streaming—although it offers musicians a new way to reach music consumers and should be embraced by the industry—currently provides artists with inadequate compensation. Guest post by Neil Portnow of The Grammys This is the question I posed to the nearly 27 million viewers of the 58th ...
Soundcloud Signs Sony Music, Runs Out Of Excuses To Better Monetize Content
Soundcloud is great for musicians, both as a tool and for its massive community for music lovers. But it needs to do more to help those creators profit from the content that made it popular; and then there are those nagging indicators that it's burning cash... Soundcloud has signed a licensing deal with Sony Music, thus paving ...
Kickstarter Bets On Independent Music With Drip.com Aquistion
Last month, Drip announced that it was shutting down its indie label and artist subscription service. Now, top crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, who would seem to be losing some music market share to PledgeMusic, has brought Drip back from the dead. Kickstarter has acquired direct to fan artist and label subscription service Drip for an undisclosed sum. ...
Documentary: Jazz Organ
Yesterday, I found a soulful documentary at YouTube from 2007 on the jazz organ directed by Jesse Fankushen. A lot of Hammond B3 cats are here—some I've never seen before on film, including Leon Spencer Jr. The documentary is a tad wordy and could have used a richer history approach, but it's wonderful just the same. ...
6 Essential Tips For Making A Zero Budget Music Video
Looking to make a music video but have literally no money to spend on it? Not a problem. Here we look a six different tips for how you can make a music video to promote your shiny new album while spending little to no cash. Guest Post by Chris Robley on The DIY Musician A beginner’s guide ...
What If Music Copyright Didn't Exist?
In this though experiment, we examine what a music industry devoid of copyright would look like, and if it would really leave artists any worse off than they are now, or would instead serve to stimulate the creative economy. Guest Post by Bas Grasmayer, from the MUSIC x TECH x FUTURE weekly mailing Back when I was ...
Chinese And Canadian Indie Music Fuse in Toronto
The internet had helped unlikely artists create global careers and true music fans uncover far flung treasures. But some things are still best peculated in person. Such is the unusual Canada meets China musical hybrid surfacing in Toronto. The coexistence and information sharing between Chinese and Canadian cultures in Canada have reached a place where local ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 18-14
High School tournament season, blustery March weather, and any remnants of St. Patrick's Day can't compare to the hours of live jazz available in the Twin Cities this week. There's a tribute to one of the area's jazz icons, Jeanne Arland Peterson, the first recordings from two of the area's hot “young lions" ensembles, the screening ...
Bad Data: The Worm In The Streaming Music Apple
Coming on the heels of numerous lawsuits filed against streaming services after their failure to make proper mechanical royalty payments, this article examines the underlying issue of bad data, and what can be done to fix it for the benefit of all. Guest Post from the MIDiA Research Newsletter 2016 is proving to be tricky year ...
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