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How to Be a Star in Your Hometown

October 22, 2019

As important as establishing yourself online is, everyone has a hometown community they come from. This is an excerpt from Ari Herstand's new book How to Make it in the New Music Business (Second Edition) Y... Read More...

Should You Tour on a Private Jet? (No, Seriously)

Richard Zaher

October 14, 2019

For the hour or so that they’re on stage, it might look like an artist has the world in their hands. The following comes from Paramount Business Jets, a proud partner of Digital Music News. Their name in br... Read More...

How to File Taxes When Self-Employed: 4 Tips for Musicians

Gabe Yont

October 13, 2019

What do Whitney Houston and Judy Garland have in common? Both of these musicians were completely broke when they died. Whitney Houston earned over $33 million, yet when she passed all of her accounts were at... Read More...

FIX Music Rewards Layers In Credit & Debit Card Points

Ashley King

October 10, 2019

FIX Music Rewards says it's changing the way fans engage with music. Nearly one million installs on, it might be on to something. The app rewards music fans with points for listening to music and engaging wi... Read More...

Alibaba's Xiami Music Partners with MQA to Offer Lossless Audio Streaming in China

Tunecore, CD Baby Broker Massive Chinese Distribution Deals for DIY Artists

Marsha Silva

October 10, 2019

Tunecore and CD Baby have both signed deals with Tencent Music Entertainment Group, which is the largest music streaming service in China. But Chinese distribution could be tricky for certain artists. Tunec... Read More...

YouTube Music Says It Pays the Same Royalty Rate as Spotify — At Least on Its Subscription Streams

Paul Resnikoff

October 9, 2019

Not sure this is good news, exactly. But YouTube Music is at least offering some data on its per-stream royalty payouts. Spotify is notorious for crappy royalty payouts to artists. But compared to YouTube,... Read More...

Iceland Offers Massive Incentives to Attract Foreign Musicians and Producers

Marsha Silva

October 8, 2019

Iceland has unveiled a subsidy program that's designed to entice foreign-born music professionals to record their work in the country. Per the program's official website, "producers can apply for reimburseme... Read More...

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe Decides He Wants to Make Money, Skips Spotify, Apple Music, Other Streaming Services on His New Single

Marsha Silva

October 8, 2019

Michael Stipe's "Your Capricious Soul" is available exclusively on Stipe's website for a suggested $0.77. After a long creative hiatus, Michael Stipe has released his first song since R.E.M. broke up in 2011... Read More...

Spotify’s Shopping Spree Continues — This Time, It’s a SoundBetter Acquisition

Paul Resnikoff

September 12, 2019

Buying SoundBetter's the easy part. Now, Spotify's gotta figure out what to do with it. And Spotify's latest acquisition? That would be SoundBetter, an audio production professional marketplace that's bee... Read More...

PledgeMusic Almost Killed Artist Crowdfunding — Bandzoogle Has a Plan to Save It

Paul Resnikoff

September 12, 2019

Moksha Sommer of HuDost is one of the many artists impacted by PledgeMusic. She ended up on Bandzoogle. It was a disaster that almost killed artist crowdfunding entirely. As PledgeMusic disappeared with pote... Read More...

Deezer Introduces a New Payment System to Directly Compensate Artists for Their Streams

Ashley King

September 11, 2019

Photo Credit: Deezer Deezer launched a new website today touting the benefits of a 'User-Centric Payment' system. The music streaming service is hoping to get rights holders on board to create a new payment ... Read More...

What Is Sync Licensing? A Look at One of the Music Industry’s Fastest-Growing Sectors

Songtradr Joins the Growing Music Industry Recovery Effort — Donates All Sync Commissions to Musicians

Here Are Some of the Latest — and Most Significant — Sync Music Deals

Sync Music Licensing: Secrets for Scoring Deals and Maximizing Revenue

Burt Bacharach Dazzles at the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards in LA — Here’s Who Took Home Trophies

Songtradr’s Big Sync Music Embarks on a Global Expansion — Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany

Our Latest Podcast: Latin America Has 640 Million People. Why Are Fewer Than 5% of Them Paying for Streaming?

Spotify Probably Owes You More Money — Here’s How to Get It (Our Latest Podcast)

Meet the Artist Who Is Literally Saving His Fans’ Lives — Our Latest Podcast

How to Game the Billboard Charts (And Why You Shouldn’t) — Our Latest Podcast

Meet the Single Mom Cellist Who Makes a Living Off Her Music — Our Podcast Interview

How to Protect Yourself From the Copyright Trolls — Our Latest Podcast

Stop Chasing Playlists and Start Building a Music Career — Our Latest Podcast

As Coronavirus Shuts Down Shows, AirGigs Offers Relief for Isolated Musicians

Coronavirus Stimulus Check Calculator — How Much Will You Get?

Learn How to Live Stream and Collect Donations on Twitch, Facebook, and More

Help Musicians Is Sending £500 Checks to British Musicians — Here’s How to Apply

How to Master Opera Singing Technique

Spotify Plucks 36 Artists for Its Global Emerging Artist Program, ‘Radar’

How to Be a Star in Your Hometown

Should You Tour on a Private Jet? (No, Seriously)

How to File Taxes When Self-Employed: 4 Tips for Musicians

FIX Music Rewards Layers In Credit & Debit Card Points

Tunecore, CD Baby Broker Massive Chinese Distribution Deals for DIY Artists

YouTube Music Says It Pays the Same Royalty Rate as Spotify — At Least on Its Subscription Streams

Iceland Offers Massive Incentives to Attract Foreign Musicians and Producers

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe Decides He Wants to Make Money, Skips Spotify, Apple Music, Other Streaming Services on His New Single

Spotify’s Shopping Spree Continues — This Time, It’s a SoundBetter Acquisition

PledgeMusic Almost Killed Artist Crowdfunding — Bandzoogle Has a Plan to Save It

Deezer Introduces a New Payment System to Directly Compensate Artists for Their Streams