Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
I found Lucy Rose backstage at Latitude Festival in Suffolk, UK. She is a modest, witty, and understated individual. Which is why she clearly did not want to discuss the private jet. Private jet? Oh yeah. While booking this episode it came out that she was riding on Mumford & Sons’ private jet to Ireland. […]
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Is YouTube seriously paying $3 for every 1,000 views? Or is that just another ‘alternative fact’? How much does YouTube really pay? Welcome to the million-dollar question for musicians, studios, and rights owners everywhere. Or, shall we say, the million micro-penny question. Just last week, a crack of clarity seemed to poke through the frustrating […]
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It’s rare you get to meet someone that is arguably the best at what they do. Frank Zummo is one of those people. I get it. You believe there’s a better drummer and that may be true but god dammit Frank Zummo is good. From winning competitions at Drum Center as a CHILD, to starting […]
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I’m sure you’ve read by now the piece that has been shared relentlessly discussing how 69-year-old Donald Fagen (of Steely Dan) was “forced” to go on tour because his album sales money has dried up. Fagen told the Wall Street Journal: “When the bottom fell out of the record business a bunch of years ago, […]
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1. Perseverance Shania Twain is a country music icon, but her road to fame was long and difficult. She started singing at the age of 8 in bars and resorts to make a little extra money for her family. Her mother would often wake her up in the wee hours of the morning to go […]
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1. IKEA The secret is to go for a lounge chair, not a bed. Just pick a really big, fluffy one (preferably in a quieter corner or low-traffic location). That way, it totally looks like a complete accident. If (or, when) someone wakes you up, act completely shocked that you actually fell asleep while shopping! […]
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Cloud-based mastering company Landr will soon launch its own digital music distribution service. Update: Shortly after we published this piece, Landr soft-launched its digital distribution service. It isn’t being publicized, though it’s now out in the wild. Here’s our original report from this morning. Want to sound like a pro at a fraction of the […]
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Facebook page hacked? You’re not alone — and Facebook probably isn’t going to help you out. Here are some brutal stories shared by bands hit by hackers. Warning: they’re not pretty. Not only is Facebook ripping down artist accounts for copyright violations. We’re now learning that they’re completely unavailable when an artist page gets hacked. Basically, […]
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1) Spotify Plays Don’t Equal Fans I can’t tell you how many artists I see on Spotify with hundreds of thousands or millions of streams, but can’t get even 100 out to their local (or any) shows. Or get anyone to back their crowdfunding campaign. Or support them in any way whatsoever. These listeners are […]
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YouTube is a great place to develop your music career through cover videos. Facebook is a great place if you want those videos ripped down. Now, all of that is about to change. Want to practice your chops and develop an audience by singing cover songs? Then the first step is to absolutely, positively not […]
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