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Google Services: Your Band's Best Friend
Free and available to everyone, Google services are fantastic resources for running your band's business. Here we look at thirteen of these services and how the can be used to help your band's career. Guest post from the Legit Musician One of your band’s best friends should be Google services. They offer lots of free resources ...
How Music Journalists Deal With All Those Albums – One Writer’s Process
Sending music has now become so easy that music writers are constantly inundated with a constant deluge of new albums to listen to. Here we go behind the scenes to look at one writers process for dealing with so much material. Guest post by music journalist Adam Bernard Back in the days of physical album mailings, opening ...
Getting Your Songs On More Spotify Playlists
With streaming becoming the dominant form of music consumption, landing one of tracks on an official Spotify playlist has become the white whale of many artists. Here we look at some steps to follow in order to increase your chance of landing a coveted playlist slot. Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo, founder and CEO of Muddy Paw PR and Infectious ...
ASCAP Paid Songwriters, Music Publishers More Than $1B For First Time In 2017
ASCAP announced record revenues and distributions of $1.14 billion in 2017. After 11% operating expenses this marks the first time that the 660,000 members of the performing rights organization have split revenue in excess of $1 billion. ASCAP is distributing $1.007 billion to its songwriter, composer and music publisher members. Total ASCAP revenues increased by 8^ ...
Best Email Marketing Services For Artists
For artists with a fanbase, email marketing is often one of the most neglected marketing resources available. Here we look at some of the best services available for you to begin targeting a mailing list of fans to alert them of major events. Guest post by Jeanette Kats of the Symphonic Blog Email marketing can be one ...
A&R Meets AI: Why Your Next Label Rep Could Be A Robot
While record label talent scouting may have seemed like one bastion of the industry that was safe from artificial intelligence, Warner Music Group clearly feels differently, having recently acquired Sodatone, a startup which uses technology to identify unsigned talent. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Automation is taking over so many aspects of the ...
Gigs No Longer Just For Musicians: How A Society Of Starving Artists Is Being Created By The Gig Economy
In this piece George Howard explores how the music industry, the original gig business, should serve as a cautionary example to the other industries as they begin to shift towards a gig based economy. Guest post by consultant, teacher and author George Howard from Forbes As the world moves toward a gig economy, the music industry —where the original ...
Music Cities: State Of The Union
In this piece Shain Shapiro catches us up on the the state of music cities, a somewhat nebulous term which came about as a term to recognize the cultural role of music in cities. Here he looks at what the Music Cities are doing right, what needs to improve, and where they're headed from here. Guest ...
Mixcloud Lands $11.5M, Plots Global Expansion
Online radio and long-form audio streaming platform Mixcloud has closed its first-ever funding round with a $11.5 million investment from WndrCo, a holding company that focuses on startups operating at the intersection of media and technology. The new capital will be used to scale the company globally, expand the team, and diversify the platform. Two WndrCo partners ...
8 Label Submission Tips For Saving You Time And Frustration
While many artists are taking a DIY route and eschewing labels altogether, there's still a lot to be gained from a connection to a label, and while submitting to a label can be challenging, we here examine eight tips that will spare you wasted time and frustration. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Even ...
