10 essential online music marketing tools and more

10 essential online music marketing tools

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Here’s a list of online music marketing tools for independent musicians and bands to help you cut through the noise and find fans.

How This Song Got 12 Million Spotify Streams In 6 Months

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Here’s how we got this song 12 million Spotify streams in 6 months using Facebook ads. 🚀 Spotify Growth Machine Course: https://geni.us/SpotifyGrowthMachine 🏆 Hire us to run your ads: https://geni.us/ForbidMedia 🌍 Best website / store / funnels for music artists: https://geni.us/MusicFunnels (get your 14-day FREE trial!) 👥 Fan Growth Machine:…

ECSA Panel for Songwriters

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Playlist Push, YouGrow, Omari MC, Independent Music Promotions

The Meade County Messenger – Statsndata published a report on the process of collecting, analyzing and interpreting Music Marketing Market data. New published reports on companies to collect, analyze and interpret Music Marketing market data.

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Latin music super fans spend +30% more on music-related activities than other music super …
Music Business Worldwide

Latin music’s share of overall US recorded music revenues grew from 7.1% in the first half of 2022 to a new high of 7.5% in the first half of 2023, the RIAA report found … music business from Latin Music could be even larger than that estimate. “There are considerable opportunities to further monetize fandom as Latin …

Producer Boi-1da teams with Bacardi for ‘A.I. Powered Album’

Music Ally
Every new music-tech trend has its moment where the brands start piling in. We appear to now be reaching that moment with AI music…
“Music as an art has continually grown thanks to innovative technology, and with AI, I believe we can revolutionise the music industry for good if …

Big Loud Rock Signs Alt-Pop Artist Bizzy

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Bizzy. Photo: Hunter Henderson. Alt-pop songstress Bizzy has signed with Big Loud Rock, the alternative/rock imprint of Big Loud Records that is home to Hardy, Blame My Youth, Letdown., Jagwar Twin and Yam Haus. “I’m so incredibly stoked to join the Big Loud Rock family,” shares Bizzy. “The support around me is everything I’ve dreamed of and mor…

3 reasons to do a music release launch show

RouteNote Blog

Image credit: Edward Cisneros So it’s time for a new release, the big day is approaching and you need to do something special to mark it and boost your audience. Don’t let your new drop fall on death ears, instead play a launch show and get ears on to your music. It’s one of the best ways to build hype in the lead up to your release, …

Music industry cheating artists out of royalties, says civil rights lawyer

The Times
“R&B artists began contacting me saying they believed they were being discriminated against and the music industry was not compensating them fairly,” …

French Cassettes Drop Their Quirky New Single ‘Medium Horny’ After Three-Year Break

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Bay Area rockers French Cassettes return with their third new single in three years ‘Medium Horny‘. Probably one of the strangest songs we’ve ever written, but the only hiccup was when I told the band the name of the song and I remember there was a full three seconds of pause,” vocalist Lorenzo Scott Huerta shares of the new song, which is call…

Supreme Court’s Big New Music Copyright Case Explained

Billboard
The Supreme Court is tackling a copyright case that music companies call “vitally important to the music industry.” Here’s everything you need to …

The Bipartisan Inquiry into TikTok Continues in the US Senate

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The wheels of justice turn slowly but they do turn. As MTP readers will recall, I have had grave concerns about the TikTok trojan horse from the time the app was first injected into the U.S. (See my 2020 post, Why Is TikTok Getting Banned? China’s National Intelligence Law.). I have no illusions about the phenomenally consistent ability of th…

The Deals: Multimedia Music Acquires Christopher Lennertz Catalog; MQA Finds a Buyer

Music Industry News

… to MQA’s administration.” Universal Music Middle East & … on talent discovery, development, music production, marketing and promo … . Under the agreement, Universal Music MENA announced three signings … the amount of time music companies spend evaluating …

Do artists know enough about the music business?

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It is common knowledge that artists haven’t always been treated well by the music business, particularly when it comes to contracts and commercial terms. And the rest…

deadmau5 manager and other industry veterans launch The Circuit Group to acquire stakes in song catalogs

Music Business Worldwide

Company was founded by Dean and Jessica Wilson of Seven20, and Brett Fischer, David Gray, and Harvey Tadman of AYITA Source…

Belmont University’s Music Business Program Celebrates 50 years
Nashville Lifestyles
“While there are incredibly talented creatives across this campus, the Curb College – and it’s pioneering music business program – is the major …

Music Biz Member Downtown Sponsors Music Creative Category At Women In Music Awards 2023

News Archive – Music Business Association

Independent music services company, Downtown is set to sponsor the Spirit Of The Studio category at the 2023 Women In Music Awards. This year’s awards ceremony will return on Friday, November 10th at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in London.  “Downtown is proud to be partnering with the Music Week Women in Music Awards on this year’s Music…

Spotify’s audiobooks move is another brick in the audio wall

Music Industry Blog – WordPress.com

Streaming has come a long way since its days as a pure music service for super fans. Spotify’s announcement that it is making 15 monthly audiobook hours available to premium subscribers is simply the latest step in a journey that has seen streaming become the 21st century’s …

The Convergence of Music and Gaming: Personalized Soundtracks and Revenue Opportunities
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– Music Business Worldwide: “UK-born Reactional Music claims to be the ‘missing link’ between the music business and ‘the next generation of …

Vocal Coach Reveals Why Artists Who Can’t Sing Are Successful | NLN100 Ft. Lara Chapman

Brandman Network

Get Your Tickets to The 90 Day Blueprint Live in Washington, DC: http://www.nolabelsnecessary.com/dc?el=100 Check out Lara Chapman’s Vocal Lesson Courses: https://voxtapestudios.com/ This channel is ran by the founders of ContraBrand Agency, Sean “Brandman” Taylor and Jacorey “Kohrey” Barkley. ContraBrand Agency is a music-first marketing agenc…

WARM CEO Jesper Skibsby, Songtradr Acquires Bandcamp, And Super-Long Albums On My Latest Podcast

Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog

On my latest podcast episode: Listen to it at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the show! The post WARM CEO Jesper Skibsby, Songtradr Acquires Bandcamp, And Super-Long Albums On My Latest Podcast appeared first on Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog…

here’s what you missed in social media

Music Industry

Hey friends, Here are the latest social media changes and how they affect you, as a music artist. AI is everywhere. And many content creators are benefiting from its assistance. However, some believe that content modified by AI is inherently deceptive and must be clearly identified. For this reason, TikTok is introducing a new tool that allows …

Big Loud Rock Signs Bizzy

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Today, alt-pop songstress BIZZY is announced as the latest signing to Big Loud Rock, the alternative/rock imprint of Big Loud Records and home to genre standouts HARDY, Blame My Youth, Letdown., Jagwar Twin, and Yam Haus. “I’m so incredibly stoked to join the Big Loud Rock family,” shares BIZZY. “The support around me is everything I’ve dream…

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What Does Explicit Content Mean In Music?

Music Industry How To

You may have noticed how some music has been marked “explicit,” and the reasons are even obvious. But the standard can seem nebulous at times, with relatively innocuous-sounding music being marked “explicit,” and far more suggestive music not being marked explicit at times. So, what does explicit content mean in music? When is music considered… …

Why Is THIS the Most Influential Music Cue in Hollywood?

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From 20th century minimalism to early Gregorian chant structures, this film cue has it all…and it’s probably not the one you’re thinking of. The post Why Is THIS the Most Influential Music Cue in Hollywood? appeared first on Flypaper. …