Rapper T-Pain has cancelled his 1UP DLC and in a moment of candor on social media, revealed that low ticket sales were a key part of that decision. “I was advised to lie about this and say that I needed some time, or I needed some alone time or me-time…
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THU. BRIEF: CASE Act Advances • Twitter Misses Q3 • Music’s Sexism Surveyed • Lizzo Bites Back • More
THURSDAY 10.24.19
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Pandora AMP Turns 5: Artists Using Free Artist Marketing Platform Up 688% In Last Year
Pandora’s free Artist Marketing Platform (AMP) is now five years old and the robust music marketing toolkit has much to celebrate. Artists using the free self-serve platform grew 688% in the last year alone. As of this month, artists have delivered 4.5 billion audio impressions of free messages recorded by…
Soundcharts Launches ‘Mentions’ Tracking 2M Artists
Music data analytics platform Soundcharts today launched what it’s calling its biggest product update since going online in 2016. A new feature dubbed Mentions enables global media and web monitoring of two million artists with geotargeted data from tens of thousands of sources. Mentions is designed to help to spot…
Fender, Apple Music Partner For Fender Songs App Powered By 7Digital
[UPDATED] Fender has partnered with Apple Music to launch the Fender Songs app which allows users to stream, practice, play along and perform to millions of songs on guitar, ukulele or piano and provides learning paths, lessons with instructors, video-on-demand, chord charts, tablature and more. Users can also reference targeted…
Founder Benji Rogers and A PledgeMusic Staffer Respond To News That Artists Will Never Be Paid
After news broke yesterday that PledgeMusic had $9.57 million in debt and assets worth $25,000 leaving "little prospect" that artists and other creditors will be paid, Hyepbot heard from two ex-staffers with intimate knowledge of the debacle. Founder and former CEO Benji Roger’s interview with a court-appointed receiver makes up…
Indie, Major Label Trade Groups Launch Joint Data Service
IFPI and WIN, trade groups representing major and independent record labels respectively, have announced a cross-industry collaboration to create Repertoire Data Exchange (RDx), a centralized industry data exchange. PPL, the UK music industry’s collective management organization, will operate the new service. The roll-out of RDx to all right holders and…
WED. BRIEF: Fender + Apple Music • IFPI, WIN Data Partnership • $15M Juice WRLD Copyright Claim • More
WEDNESDAY 10.23.19
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Marketing 2020: Strategies Creators Can Implement To Separate Themselves From The Crowd
"The general consumer is seeing over 5,000 plus ads a day, a 60% plus increase in ad expose since 2015," writes the Nue Agency’s Jesse Kirshbaum and Clayton Durant of CAD Management. "Amongst all this noise and content saturation, a creative’s marketing strategy has become just important as the quality…
Just 4 Days Left To Submit To Showcase At SXSW
Time is running out if you want to perform at an official SXSW 2020 showcase. The deadline to submit to showcase at SXSW Music is this Friday, October 26th. "SXSW Showcasing Artists benefit from career-changing exposure and publicity provided by the amazing mix of influential participants who attend SXSW every…