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New Houston Label, Mercator Media, to Launch in July
The new Houston label Mercator Media is set to launch next month with the release of CDs by two exceptional jazz vocalists who call Houston home. A Night Like This, on which Bryan Anthony is backed by the Gary Norian Trio with bassist Thomas Helton and drummer Joel Fulgham, is due July 12. Yvonne Washington's Trust ...
Merlin Adds U.S. Board Members, Indie Labels
Merlin, the non-profit global rights agency for indie labels has added four new U.S board members and announced that a number of major U.S. independent labels have joined the group. New board members include: Dave Hansen of Epitaph, William Crowley of E1, Kris Gillespie of Domino and Glenn Dicker from Yep Roc and Redeye Distribution. They ...
Soundcloud Partners with MusicXray
Soundcloud has partnered with music opportunity site MusicXray. Two new Music Xray apps have been added to the SoundCloud App Gallery. Both apps enable SoundCloud users to have songs matched opportunities like song placements on Music Xray without having to import their music. Music Xray users can also link their accounts to SoundCloud and have their ...
Gigswiz and the Human League Help Disrupt the Ticket Industry
TicketMaster has long been unpopular with both music fans and many bands. GigsWiz' approach to building an alternative was to create a system that rewards artists for ticket sales resulting from their direct contacts with fans. Essentially an affiliate program, it encourages musicians to promote their own shows on social media. The band Human League recently ...
We7 Closes New Funding Round, Charts Expansion of Music Streaming Service
We7 has added new funding and will use the money to expand across Europe. Participating were co-founder Peter Gabriel, Eden Ventures, Qualcomm Inc. through its venture capital arm and Pentech Ventures. The amount of the investments were not disclosed. Certainly the investments are well timed to help we7 compete in an increasingly competitive cloud music sector. ...
Ranking Your Fans from 1 to 5 (and What Those Ratings Mean)
[Editor's Note: The following post is by Ryan Sweeney, who's currently recovering from a week up at NXNE with his artists] My last article touched on the use of third party e-mail marketing systems like Mail Chimp and Constant Contact. These sites allow bands to track which e-mail subscribers open e-mails, click on their links, and ...
TJay Is On A Roll! After Opening For The Doobie Brothers, TJay Is Recording A New Album with Special Guests John Popper and Ryan Macmillan
NY-based singer/songwriter TJay has good reason to be excited these days. Since the release of his debut album “Take A Seat" in 2009, TJay has toured throughout the Northeast, landing opening slots for Blues Traveler and Little Feat. Just last week, he had an encore performance opening for Blues Traveler in Ridgefield, CT. TJay's reputation as ...
Free Indie Musician Resources from Disc Makers and CD Baby
If you're an indie musician who is not familiar with the free information resources provided by Disc Makers, I recommend that you check them out. Of course, since they are a company that provides CD and DVD production services and bought CD Baby a while back, their guides to recording, licensing, marketing and other aspects of ...
Building a Community at musicianwages.com
Cameron and I started MusicianWages.com almost 3 years ago now. Over the years we've worked to make the site grow—adding a forum, curating guest posts, building the jobs board, making friends and writing our own articles. It's been really gratifying to see our audience grow, especially in the past year. Last month we broke our traffic ...
Universal Music Shuffle: 20 Motown Staffers Let Go, as 5 UMG Execs Get Promoted
It took a scorecard to keep track of the personnel changes at Universal Motown today. Here's what we know so far, according to a variety of sources: About 20 staffers were let go today, mostly in back office in the legal, finance and digital departments. Former Motown chief Sylvia Rhone is still in serious negotiations to ...
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