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How Can Festivals Track and Drive Digital Ticket Sales?

January 26, 2015

How can festivals effectively attribute digital traffic, and how can they use that information to plan marketing campaigns? The following post is an excerpt of a white paper written by Jason Hobbs, CEO and... Read More...

What I Learned While Sneaking Into a Google Party…

Lauren DeLisa Coleman

December 22, 2014

Everyone loves a good industry party. More often than not, though, it’s not just about the comp bar and (hopefully) good DJ, but it’s really more the possibility of making the right connections, talking to ... Read More...

We Have Just As Many Fans as Pomplamoose. But We Aren’t Losing Money On Tour…

Tomas Barfod

December 10, 2014

The following comes from Tomas Barfod, drummer in the band Whomadewho. Pomplamoose wrote a nice, well-written and honest article about their 28-day US tour which ended up costing them more than $10,000. ... Read More...

How One of the Hottest Independent Labels Thinks About Social Media…

Dan Polaske

September 23, 2014

The following is a conversation with Dame Ritter, CEO of one of the hottest independent labels, Funk Volume. It was conducted for Digital Music News by Dan Polaske of Mayo Music. ___________________________... Read More...

Over the Past 12 Years, Streaming Services Have Failed to Pay $100 Million In Royalties…

Jeff Price

September 3, 2014

The following guest post comes from Jake Smith, head of Digital Services at Audiam. Every month for almost 12 years, somewhere between 10% - 30% of the money owed to songwriters/publishers is not p... Read More...

Why the Copyright Monopoly Is Damaging Your Artistic Career…

Zacqary Adam Green

August 8, 2014

The following comes from Zacqary Adam Green, founder of free culture arts collective Plankhead and activist in the New York Pirate Party. So you’re an artist, author, or creative person, and you’ve h... Read More...

The Working Musician Series: Drowning

Mike Repel

July 18, 2014

Photo by John Mourlas. Used with permission. To further reinforce my adamant stance on the things that artists are failing to do -- along with the things that they need to do -- I have decided to create a ... Read More...

6 Reasons Why Nobody’s Attending Your Shows

Mike Repel

June 25, 2014

Over the course of almost three decades, I have seen the telltale reasons that shows have really great or really poor turnout and attendance. These reasons have become textbook at this point and as business ... Read More...

Smart Decisions: What Artists Need to Know…

Tommy Darker

May 12, 2014

The following guest post comes from independent musician and 'musicpreneur' Tommy Darker. A whitepaper excerpt from his latest book, The Indecisive Musicpreneur, can be found here. It’s impressive to thin... Read More...

STOP Making Viral Videos. START Making a YouTube Content Strategy…

Lucy Blair

March 26, 2014

The following guest post comes from Lucy Blair and Caroline Bottomley of Radar Music Videos. It’s an inescapable fact that YouTube is now the world’s largest music streaming site, and also its second bigge... Read More...

Sometimes, Failure Has Nothing to do With the Music…

Sahpreem A. King

January 15, 2014

The following guest post comes from Sahpreem A. King, a multi-platinum music producer, DJ, and author of industry books 'Gotta Get Signed: How To Become A Hip Hop Producer' and 'Surviving the Game: How To Suc... Read More...

Musical.ly's Userbase Is Crashing - Just Like Vine, Dubsmash & Snapchat

The Five Most Common Reasons Why Bands Fail

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October 22, 2013

Having been in a number of bands that have failed, while being friends with plenty of people whose bands have done well, I’ve started to pick up on a few things that bands often do wrong. Let’s be clear from... Read More...

"My Whole Source of Income Just Disappeared" — How Two Musicians Are Dealing With Cancelled Concerts

Kate Bush Thanks Stranger Things Fans for Giving ‘Running Up That Hill’ a New Lease on Life

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How to Game the Billboard Charts (And Why You Shouldn’t)

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