Last week, Warner Music Group boss Steve Cooper announced the first new major label deal with YouTube. Now Cooper is reportedly close to cutting a new deal with Spotify. ________________________________ Warner Music Group will likely sign a new deal with Spotify within weeks, sources tell The Post. Universal and indie…
Category archives: Music Biz Podcast
LyricFind and Turning Your Lyrics Into A Revenue Stream [Music Biz Weekly Podcast]
This week on Hypebot’s Music Biz Weekly podcast, hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert are joined Darryl Ballantyne, the CEO of LyricFind. He shares how to make lyrics a revenue stream and that they are properly licensed. _____________________________ LyricFind created a new revenue stream for songwriters and rights holders by…
Spotify ‘Seriously’ Explores Nixing IPO In Favor Of Direct Listing, Motivated By $1B Funding Terms
This week’s announcement that Spotify had cut a multi-year licensing deal with UMG, and the subsequent deals with other rightsholders that will certainly follow, paves the way for Spotify to become a public company. But instead of the traditional IPO, Spotify is seriously exploring taking a more unconventional approach. ______________________________…
YouTube and YouTube Live Tips From A Google Insider [The Music Biz Weekly Podcast]
Joining hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast this week is Ashraf El Gamal from YouTube Partner Development. Ash shares updates on live streaming with YouTube Live and some insider tips how musicians can make the most of YouTube. ____________________________ Show Notes Important YouTube links…
When Does Brand Extension Stretch Too Far? Jimmy Buffet To Open Margaritaville Retirement Community
Most musicians are long past worrying about selling out to be in an ad or endorse a product; and one of the king’s of brand extension has been Jimmy Buffet with his Margaritaville lifestyle brand. But do his new Margaritaville Retirement homes go too far; or is Buffet smart to…
Hypebot Is Partnering With The Music Biz Weekly Podcast and I Am This Week’s Guest!
Hypebot is proud to be partnering with the Music Biz Weekly Podcast to help bring this already successful podcast to a broader audience. To celebrate, I joined hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert this week in a wide ranging discussion of streaming, D.I.Y. and state of the new music industry….
The Essential Album Release Checklist
As an independent musician, releasing one’s own music requires a massive amount of work, and it can be easy to forget something or misstep along the way. One thing which can help an artist avoid screwing up is to compile a checklist which they can refer to along the way….
Are Higher Royalty Payments Really Coming Soon From Sirius XM?
One of the main gripes from artists and publishers in the streaming era has been that regarding low royalty payouts, this could be about to change however, at least for Sirius XM, if SoundExchange’s newly proposed rate increase comes to fruition. __________________________ Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0…
Irving Azoff Claims YouTube "Pirates" Are "Really Evil"
The CEO and Chairman of Azoff MSG Entertainment, Irving Azoff, is leveling some heavy criticism at YouTube in very public war as he attempts to get the popular video sharing site to properly compensate artists for their music. ______________________________ Guest Post by Dave Brooks on Amplify When you work in…
Universal, Sony Team To Launch Low Cost Streaming Music Service
Sony and Universal Music have quietly teamed to launch their own budget streaming music service. Extending the popular NOW music compilation brand, Now That’s What I Call Music+ will offer streams of hit songs at a budget price. __________________________________ Universal Music Group and Sony Entertainment have team to launch a…