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Jamendo Reports 50% Licensing Growth For 5000+ Indie Artists
Indie hub Jamendo is reporting 50% growth for its music licensing platform. 5000 of the 40,000 indie artists that have uploaded music to the platform have licensed a total of 200,000 tracks. Jamendo is a worldwide community of independent music. 40,000 artists have uploaded more than 500,000 tracks to stream and download for free. Jamendo generates ...
Increase Your Audience Reach, Album Sales Using Pinterest
Although using various forms of social media to promote new music or an upcoming tour is par for the course by this point, many artists may be neglecting to consider the power of Pinterest, which can be a great resource for inexpensively building your audience and driving web traffic. Guest post by Jessica Hackett of Soundfly's ...
Is It The Promoter Or Artist's Job To Promote A Concert? [Music Biz Weekly Podcast]
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This week I join Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert to share some of the things I've learned running Skyline Artists and answer listener questions: How does a promoter and the band make money at a concert? What should venues expect from the artist, and what should the artist expect? And we address the age old question... ...
Grow Your Fanbase With A Successful Contest
If they are carried out correctly, holding an online contest can be an excellent way to build up your fanbase and increase the engagement of your online audience. If executed incorrectly however, such contest can easily devolve into a logistical nightmare and waste of resources. Guest post by Jessica Hackett on Soundfly's Flypaper Contests are a ...
TuneCore Now Offers Musicians and Indie Labels Fast, Low Cost Royalty Advances
To offer royalty advances to artists and labels, TuneCore today launched TuneCore Direct Advance in collaboration with Lyric Financial. The new service provides U.S.-based TuneCore customers the option of quick, automated advances on their future distribution sales revenue. With TuneCore's just launched Direct Advance service, artists and labels can get advances on future earnings, while retaining ...
8 FREE Social Media Tools You Should Start Using Now
For bands and brands alike, social media is critical to building a strong presence, and it is key for you and your team to maximize how they spend their time and money, and which tools they use. In this list we look at eight free social media tools you should be using already. Guest post by ...
LyricFind and Turning Your Lyrics Into A Revenue Stream [Music Biz Weekly Podcast]
This week on Hypebot's Music Biz Weekly podcast, hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert are joined Darryl Ballantyne, the CEO of LyricFind. He shares how to make lyrics a revenue stream and that they are properly licensed. LyricFind created a new revenue stream for songwriters and rights holders by paying them royalties each time their lyrics are ...
Artist & Manager Relationships – A Look At Recording Industry Management Agreements [Part 2 Of 2]
In the second part of a set of articles exploring the different music business agreements, Justin M. Jacobson dives into the world of management agreements, the additional clauses associated with them and negotiation tactics surrounding these clauses. Guest post by Justin M. Jacobson of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This is a guest blog written by Justin M. Jacobson, ...
5 Steps To Success For Every Emerging Artist
Starting out as an independent artist is a huge challenge, and positioning yourself for success requires careful planning. Here we look at five marketing and general business tactics that can help guide DIY artists in the right direction. Guest post by Brian Reitz of Max Previously MAX has outlined ways artists and their managers can prepare for brand ...
Artist vs Manager: Overcoming The Internal Struggle
As an independent self-managed musician, one may often find the need to be creative and express oneself at odds with the managerial desire to cultivate a financially stable career. Here we delve into how reconcile these two aspects of the job. Guest post by Leah Waldo from Take Note, an online magazine of Berklee Online Picture this: A scrappy ...
