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Music Investment Act Making Georgia Appealing To Musicians
What a peach. A state that seems to have a firm grasp on the value of entertainment, Georgia is about to pass the Music Investment Act, intended to make the state more financially appealing for artists both to outsiders and those native to the state. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 There are some ...
YouTube Views Double In Single Year To 1 Billion Hours Every Day
YouTube has become the service that the music industry loves to hate. But with stats like those just released, YouTube is also a medium that music would miss dearly if it went- or was pushed- away. As of late last year, users are watching 1 billion hours of video on YouTube every single day. To put ...
SoundCloud Adds Robust $4.99 On Demand Streaming Plan, But Many Artists Remain Unpaid
SoundCloud has added a $4.99 per month 120 million track on demand streaming subscription tier that includes most of the features- but not all of the tracks- that it and competitors charge $9.99 for. SoundCloud Go today added a mid-priced subscription plan that takes its free ad-supported on demand 120 million track service offline and ...
Stagelink Expands To US Backed By Seven Figure Investment
German based event crowdsourcing platform Stagelink has expanded to the U.S. after concluding a seven-digit seed financing. Using Stagelink, musicians and other creators uncover fan demand for potential live appearances to produce successful, risk-free events and tours. Stagelink will open its first U.S. office in Santa Monica, California. “Coming to the U.S. is an important step for Stagelink’s ...
Trump Administration Seeks To Cut Or Privatize All Arts Funding
In an alleged effort to reduce spending by the government, the Trump administration recently drafted a budget which would lop off funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Guest post by Taylor Mims on Amplify In an attempt to reduce government spending, the Trump ...
Organic Reach From Social Media Is Declining, Here’s What You Can Do About It
The evidence that organic reach is in decline could not be more clear, meaning that preexisting social media stratagems are no longer as effective as they once were. Here we look at the best way for entrepreneurial artists to combat this decline across various social media platform. Guest Post by Kaylynn Chong on Hootsuite Organic reach ...
4 Things Which Will Score You A Record Deal Long Before Social Media
Gone are the days of A&R executives scouring artist's social media to determine an artists popularity. Now, these executives have in many ways fallen back on older methods of gauging whether an artist will be a label success. Here, we look at four factors they are likely to be considering. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 ...
Most Common Music Publishing Agreements Explained
While there may be significant frustration among music composers at low streaming rates and other challenges making money in the music industry, there is still a good deal of money to be made on the publishing sided of things. Here we breakdown five of the most common types of publishing agreements. Guest Post by Erin M. Jacobson, ...
Roger Waters Eyes "The Wall" Protest Concert On U.S. - Mexico Border
Roger Waters is considering staging a performance of Pink Floyd's 1979 classic “The Wall" on the US-Mexico border as a protest against the immigration policies of US President Donald Trump. Waters has previously used the album as a protest tool, famously performing the work in Berlin in 1990 to commemorate the end of the Berlin wall ...
Top D.I.Y. PR Tips For Every Creator
Regardless of your position in the music industry, positive PR will always be to your benefit. Although hiring from an agency remains the best route, there are many simpler and cheaper things that can be done independently which still significantly help to give you coverage. Guest post by Lizzie Cooley of Radar Music Videos Whether you’re ...
