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YouTube Tells Musicians: “You Need to Make a Lot of Content”

March 5, 2015

...from a discussion in Oslo with Jeroen Bouwman, manager of content partnerships for YouTube Music, as reported by Music Ally. "Nine out of 10 of our most-watched videos are music videos. Music is a ty... Read More...

Global Album Release Day: Indie Labels Say the IFPI Told them to ‘F*ck Off’

Nina Ulloa

March 3, 2015

A significant portion of the independent community voiced their disagreement with the IFPI's new Friday global release day. Many independents spoke up way ahead of time, but the IFPI moved forward with Frid... Read More...

17 Reasons to Fire Your PR Person…

Paul Resnikoff

February 12, 2015

1. They aren't creating a compelling, heartwarming story that works. Why did Spotify fire their PR agency? The reason is that a lot of artists now hate them, including the most powerful artist in the world... Read More...

Independent Labels Announce ’10 Point Action Plan’ Against YouTube…

Paul Resnikoff

January 27, 2015

After an ugly set of exchanges involving independent artist Zoë Keating, Digital Music News, and YouTube last week (here, and here), a consortium of independent labels is now getting involved. The European-bas... Read More...

AdRev Is Illegally Preying On DIY Musicians

Ari Herstand

August 14, 2014

I got two emails from "Katherine Foster" within 10 minutes of each other to two separate email accounts - one which I haven't used in years. They both read: Subject: Missing Info Body: I have not yet received... Read More...

25 Reasons Why YouTube Doesn’t Care About Indies…

Paul Resnikoff

July 3, 2014

These are the 25 most-watched music videos on YouTube in 2013. Every single one of these artists is either signed directly to a major label, or signed to a label that is distributed through a major label. A... Read More...

19 Indie Label Organizations Speak Out Against YouTube…

Paul Resnikoff

May 22, 2014

YouTube has already inked lucrative licensing deals with Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment for the upcoming YouTube Music launch. But according to dozens of in... Read More...

Want To Know What A Big Time Manager Says To Indie Bands?

Ari Herstand

April 30, 2014

This past Saturday I caught the Building Your Team panel at the ASCAP EXPO at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. The panel included entertainment attorney, Josh Binder Esq., artist manager, Marcus Grant from The Coll... Read More...

Despite Surging Sales, Independent Artists Are Still Getting Marginalized…

Paul Resnikoff

March 25, 2014

Last week, we reported that fan-created videos are getting more traffic than official artist videos. Now, there's another eye-popping stat: according to data just shared by Tunecore, indie artist r... Read More...

The “Indies” Didn’t Just Win the Grammys. And Neither Did the Majors

Paul Resnikoff

February 11, 2014

It's 2011. Can we please move past this artificial, cooked-up "indie v. major" divide? On Monday, we received an email from A2IM declaring that "indies" had "reigned" at the Grammys, while citing Arcade Fir... Read More...

Online Music Community Rushmore Merges With Broadcasting Platform Zuzeen…

Nina Ulloa

January 22, 2014

Online music community Rushmore has merged with another startup, Zuzeen. Read our review of Rushmore here. Zuzeen is a live broadcasting platform for artists. The two companies have already worked together ... Read More...

Amanda Palmer Is Now Defending Her Solicitation of Free Musicians…

Paul Resnikoff

March 1, 2013

The question is why Amanda Palmer apologized and backed down in the first place, why she didn't stick to her values. September 13th, 2012: "Amanda Palmer, Kickstarter Millionaire, Asking Musicians to Play for... Read More...

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PlayTreks Establishes Proof-of-Concept In the Indie Music NFT Space — Thousands of Musicians Are Now Using ‘The Playgrounds’

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YouTube Tells Musicians: “You Need to Make a Lot of Content”

Global Album Release Day: Indie Labels Say the IFPI Told them to ‘F*ck Off’

17 Reasons to Fire Your PR Person…

Independent Labels Announce ’10 Point Action Plan’ Against YouTube…

AdRev Is Illegally Preying On DIY Musicians

25 Reasons Why YouTube Doesn’t Care About Indies…

19 Indie Label Organizations Speak Out Against YouTube…

Want To Know What A Big Time Manager Says To Indie Bands?

Despite Surging Sales, Independent Artists Are Still Getting Marginalized…

The “Indies” Didn’t Just Win the Grammys. And Neither Did the Majors

Online Music Community Rushmore Merges With Broadcasting Platform Zuzeen…

Amanda Palmer Is Now Defending Her Solicitation of Free Musicians…