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Magnifi Consolidates Concert Listings, Artist Previews, and Ticketing Into One App

November 10, 2015

San Francisco-based Magnifi has just released an app designed to address major shortcomings in the concert-buying experience, one that can solidly be described as 'fragmented'. Building from the ... Read More...

If You Love Adele’s “Hello” This Will Positively Break Your Heart

Ari Herstand

October 28, 2015

Milwaukee native (now residing in Brooklyn), Grace Weber, is an indie soul singer who has performed on Oprah and The Today Show. Her most recent album (self-released and funded through a PledgeMusic campaig... Read More...

People Are Receiving Mysterious Cassette Tapes In The Mail

Ari Herstand

September 17, 2015

Call it the most creative marketing ploy of the year. Or the plot of the next installment in the Saw movie franchise. Or maybe just call it effective. About two months ago, kids started receiving unmarked, h... Read More...

Breaking: Believe Digital Is About To Screw 100,000 Musicians

Ari Herstand

September 10, 2015

Earlier this year, the indie label digital distribution company, Believe Digital, acquired the indie artist digital distribution company TuneCore. All well and good. This stuff happens with companies all th... Read More...

How Signing A Major Record Deal Nearly Destroyed My Music Career

Ari Herstand

September 9, 2015

The following comes from Terra Naomi, who was the #1 most subscribed musician on YouTube in 2006 (Puff Daddy was #2). She started the music revolution on YouTube and paved the way for every other musician w... Read More...

Dear SoundCloud, Please Stop Ruining Music. Signed, an Artist You Just Removed.

JakK'D

August 14, 2015

The following comes from JakK'D, a DJ duo from New England that just had their SoundCloud page removed after multiple warnings. For real… Our JakK’D profile was taken down today ( inserting 45 sad fa... Read More...

You’re Running Out of Excuses For Not Getting A Music Degree

Ari Herstand

July 29, 2015

"The Logic class is kicking my butt a little bit... in a good way," - Stefan Lessard, Bassist, Dave Matthews Band For those of you outside of America, the Dave Matthews Band (DMB) is one of the most success... Read More...

I’m An Independent Artist And Apple Music Screwed Up My Entire Discography

Ari Herstand

July 7, 2015

Let me start off by saying that I'm a full-time, independent artist and have been making the majority of my living off of music for the better part of 7 years (after quitting Starbucks in 08). I've released 4... Read More...

Indie Labels Accept Apple’s Extremely Crappy Terms…

Paul Resnikoff

June 24, 2015

Indie labels are accepting Apple's terms, and liking it. Yesterday, we learned that Apple will pay a paltry $.002 per stream during the free trial of its upcoming streaming services. Just this morning, we'r... Read More...

Apple Facing ‘Massive Withdrawal’ from Independent Artists, Labels…

Paul Resnikoff

June 15, 2015

Apple is now facing the prospect of a 'massive withdrawal' from a 'very large group of indie' artists and labels from Apple Music, according to multiple sources speaking with Digital Music News this weeken... Read More...

Apple Shines Spotlight On Unsigned Artist… Who Doesn’t Exist

Ari Herstand

June 8, 2015

Finally, a major tech company is looking out for unsigned artists. The ones who are working tirelessly to make a full-time music career a reality! Thanks Apple Music. But wait... Monday morning's Apple K... Read More...

Artists Just Need to Be More Patient, Says Streaming CEO

Paul Resnikoff

May 19, 2015

Deezer is one of the largest streaming music services in the world, and has more than $100 million in financing. Hans-Holger Albrecht, the new CEO, was just interviewed by the Associated Press. Ryan Nak... Read More...

Jack ‘Wildchild’ Brown and Miles Brown: Funk, Family, and Creative Excellence

Musicians Organization Renews Discovery Mode Criticism Amid Indie Expansion: ‘The Most Brazenly Anticompetitive Form of Payola We’ve Seen in Digital Music’

As Catalog Acquisition Matures, Open On Sunday Offers a Fresh Approach for IP Owners

Roughly 60,000 ‘Professionally Aspiring Artists’ Generated $10,000 Or More In 2022 From Spotify (According to Spotify)

How Artists Are ‘Purchasing’ Record Deals — Before They Get Signed

Magnifi Consolidates Concert Listings, Artist Previews, and Ticketing Into One App

If You Love Adele’s “Hello” This Will Positively Break Your Heart

People Are Receiving Mysterious Cassette Tapes In The Mail

Breaking: Believe Digital Is About To Screw 100,000 Musicians

How Signing A Major Record Deal Nearly Destroyed My Music Career

Dear SoundCloud, Please Stop Ruining Music. Signed, an Artist You Just Removed.

You’re Running Out of Excuses For Not Getting A Music Degree

I’m An Independent Artist And Apple Music Screwed Up My Entire Discography

Indie Labels Accept Apple’s Extremely Crappy Terms…

Apple Facing ‘Massive Withdrawal’ from Independent Artists, Labels…

Apple Shines Spotlight On Unsigned Artist… Who Doesn’t Exist

Artists Just Need to Be More Patient, Says Streaming CEO