Reddit Buys TikTok Rival Dubsmash
Reddit has acquired short-form social video platform” and TikTok competitor Dubsmash. Dubsmash enables more than one billion video views per month. The app will continue to operate as a separate....
View ArticleINDIE SPOTLIGHT: James Rhodes of Artist Owned Label FiXT
We’re proud to announce that Hypebot has partnered with A2IM to bring a broader audience to its ‘Featured Executive’ series which points a spotlight on the executives leading the independent. Continue...
View ArticleHow To Crowdfund An Album During COVID-19
One of the few unexpected boons of 2020’s mass show cancellation is the amount of time many artists have had to work on new music. Still, funding an album during. Continue reading The post How To...
View ArticleCD Preorder: A D.I.Y. Case Study
In this promotional case study, Brian Hazard of the project Color Theory shares his results after launching a preorder campaign for his two most recent albums. Guest post by Brian. Continue reading The...
View ArticleSpotify [NYSE: SPOT] To Share Q4 2020 Results
Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT) will share its Q4 2020 financial results on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 before the market opens A Q&A to discuss financial results begins at 8:00. Continue...
View ArticleDoes The 1000 Trues Fans Theory Work In 2021?
The 1,000 Fan theory – an idea that 1,000 ‘true’ fans are enough to sustain an artist’s career – has been trumpeted in the music biz for a number of. Continue reading The post Does The 1000 Trues Fans...
View ArticleA2IM Featured Exec: Einar Helde, Co-Founder, Head of Biz Dev at AIMS
In this edition of A2IM’s Executive of the Week series, they’re showcasing the work of Einar Helde, international production veteran and Co-Founder & Head of Business Development at the music....
View ArticleBandsintown PLUS: Game-Changing Live Music Streaming Subscription Service...
Bandsintown has launched Bandsintown PLUS, a first of its kind monthly subscription service offering fans affordable access to exclusive music live streams and musicians the support needed to produce...
View ArticleImran Ahmed Launches A New Kind Of Music Company
A Spotify profile of music industry entrepreneur Imran Ahmed, who successfully worked at the NME, BBC, and XL Recording before relocating to Los Angeles to create and launch a new. Continue reading The...
View ArticleWall Street Rewards Live Nation VEEPS Acquisition [NYSE: LYV]
This week Live Nation acquired a majority stake in live concert streaming platform VEEPS and while the concert giant’s growth plans for the platform are unclear, Wall Street has rewarded. Continue...
View ArticleWhat musicians should learn from entrepreneurs
In this piece, David Andrew Wiebe explains why artists need to recognize that they themselves are running a small business, and how the rules of entrepreneurship can help guide them. Continue reading...
View ArticleInterview with Noelle Chesnut Whitmore, CMO of social music streaming app Geojam
In this piece we hear from the CMO of Geogjam, a rewards-based social music streaming app that has been seeing some impressive growth over the past year. Guest post by. Continue reading The post...
View ArticleChristina Bulbenko & Rex Broome, co-Founders of Big Stir Records [A2IM...
In this edition of A2IM’s featured exec, we meet Christina Bulbenko & Rex Broome, community organizers and co-founders of the artist first Burbank, CA-based Big Stir Records. Guest post from....
View ArticleBattle For Ownership: Why musicians MUST control their intellectual property
Stephen Duval examines the long-running conflict between the creative and commercial sides of the music industry and details the importance of artists having a larger stake in how their intellectual....
View ArticleHow to grow music fan club memberships
The concept of an official fan club is nothing new and, due to advancements in technology, building a modern fan club is fairly easy for an artist to do. Growing. Continue reading The post How to grow...
View ArticleData-driven music distribution, neighboring rights with Innercat’s Paris Cabezas
In a new edition of Chartmetric’s ‘How Music Charts,’ we hear from Paris Cabezaz, founder of InnerCat Music Group, about how having a tech-oriented, data-driven mindset allows for the optimization....
View ArticleMusic Tech Works launches a database to help identify rights holders for syncs
UPDATED: Being able to accurately find the controlling publisher and label information of a music track destined for syncing has been an issue plaguing the music industry for far too. Continue reading...
View ArticleStep by step guide to releasing a charity single
Whether you’re a charity looking to raise money, or an artist looking to raise money for a charity, we offer those looking to donate their talents to a higher cause. Continue reading The post Step by...
View ArticleCreativeFuture prods Biden to adopt strong copyright agenda
CreativeFuture, a coalition of more than 560 companies in the creative sector has penned a letter to the Biden administration, urging them to support those creative industries hit hard by. Continue...
View ArticleDon’t miss this week’s women-led music production, tech summit She Knows Tech
She Knows Tech Summit is a digital event celebrating National Women’s Day, and is aimed at a new generation of multifaceted producers, artists, songwriters and other music professionals. Guest post....
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