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Here's What 13 to 40 Year Olds Claim About Their Experience of Music
This week the Viacom Music Group released research finding regarding the “Music Experience" of today's 13 to 40 year olds. It's an interesting study with plenty that will be taken out of context leading to confusion (which isn't a bad thing if the confused people are your competitors) and some really interesting points that may not ...
Want Press? Make It Easy for Journalists and Bloggers to Write About You
Musicians' websites, despite the relative ease in coming up with a list of what they should have and what they should do, are a weird hybrid when you step back and look at who's being served. Musicians and the folks working with them on websites really need to create something that serves the musician, the fans, ...
Long Time Music Industry Writers Clueless on Impacts of Technology
Op Ed by Daniel Legere for China Music Radar. Every now and again the big bad business press take a dip into topics that don’t really suit them or their typical audience. Could be boredom, or perhaps vague attempts at riding the buzzwagon of a trending topic. Imagine our surprise when we spotted this article on ...
Make More Money Gigging with These Creative Approaches
By Dave Kusek from the Sonicbids Blog. Gigging and touring is the bread and butter for indie musicians today. Playing local gigs on the weekend with a few regional or national tours can provide enough income to get by, but there’s a lot more to gigging than performing and ticket sales. The fan interactions, collaboration opportunities, ...
Resident Advisor Launches Fan-to-Fan Ticket Exchange, EDM "Community" Sites Ignore News
Resident Advisor, a leading electronic music news, events listing and ticketing website, announced on Tuesday the launch of a fan-to-fan ticket exchange so that fans can resale tickets at face value. Such an exchange undercuts scalpers and allows those who have to miss an event a chance to recoup. It's part of a larger effort to ...
"Think Like a Fan" - Twitter's Head of Music @tedxhollywood [video]
In this TedX talk, Twitter's Head Of Music Bob Moczydlowsky shares is experience on how to stay connected with audiences by comparing a famous music artist and late night television host and their success because of their fan base. Before joining Twitter as Head of Music, Bob was the SVP, Product & Marketing for Topspin, the direct-to-fan marketing ...
Streaming Music Reduces Artist Revenue and Waters Down Creativity
Op Ed by John Dilley from HighSpeedInternet.com. When iTunes launched 10 years ago, it became the model for buying and legally downloading music. Soon services like Spotify came along and changed the game from a purchasing model to a licensing model. How has this changed the industry? For consumers it’s great, but for the music industry ...
Add Your Favorite Record Store to Discogs' New Vinylhub
Discogs is a combined music database, marketplace and community featuring both vinyl and CDs though I mostly associate it with vinyl. This week they launched a new site, VinylHub, as a “Discogs for Record Shops." There are already 1480 shops listed and 1990 members on the site. If your favorite record shop isn't on there, shouldn't ...
Merlin and Pandora Cut Direct Licensing Deal for Indie Music
Global rights agency for the independent label sector, Merlin has cut a direct licensing deal with Pandora. The deal, which applies to the United States, gives Merlin's 20,000 independent record labels and distributors access to Pandora analytics and a long promised communication channel for Merlin artists to directly engage their fans. Included in the deal: Pandora will accelerate the ...
How to Really Get Your Music on College Radio
By Michael Corcoran, the CEO of MusicSUBMIT.com. We’ve written a handful of articles on college radio and how hard it is for an indie artist to get considered for airplay.. And so when we read Patrick Hertz’s piece “How to Get Your Music Played on College Radio”, we felt there’s still some room to expound on ...
