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By Aaron Ford for the Sonicbids Blog. Picture this: You’ve just finished recording a song with your co-writing partner. You’ve discussed how splits would work in the past. Let’s say you’ve agreed, “How does a 60/40 split sound to you for this song?” Your co-writer responds, “That sounds great!” Then, your friend at an advertising […]

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Honda is certainly not new to music or to youth with, for example, the Honda Civic Tour now in its 13th year. But they do seem to be upping things with their new Honda Stage program that includes partnership efforts with Clear Channels’s iHeartRadio, Live Nation, REVOLT, Vevo and YouTube. They’ve also launched a dedicated […]

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zbXTPBkzFw] As the 13th Bonnaroo Festival kicks off today, I thought it’d be a good opportunity to share this video discussion between Bonnaroo founder Ashley Capps and Steve “Renman” Rennie of Renman Music & Business. Check out the video above to hear them chat about the ins-and-outs of the festival business, how Capps took […]

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Lessons learned in the middle of a Kickstarter Campaign [This article was written by jazz pianist and CD Baby artist George Kahn.] Perhaps you have thought about using Kickstarter to finance your next (or first) album. I have released seven albums on CD Baby, and now my new group, The Jazz & Blues Revue, is […]

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Country ruled the Nielson Billboard charts this week with Miranda Lambert’s “Platinum” grabbing the top spot selling 179,000 copies. Along with strong recent debuts from Eric Church and Brantley Gilbert, country is again proving itself as a major force in music sales. While Coldplay’s Ghost Stories, which held the top spot for the previous two […]

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Amazon’s new Prime Music is here, a streaming service that’s “free” to Amazon Prime subscribers only. If you’re wondering if Spotify users will switch over then you’re on the wrong track. Having watched Amazon grow what’s now called Amazon Prime Video I know that what we’re seeing today is just the beginning and that Amazon’s […]

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THURSDAY 6.12.2014 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot’s More News Tab …read more Source: Hypebot.com     

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Almost every artist who approaches me has had one or more negative experiences with music promotion in the past, and this is largely due to the “quick fix syndrome” on behalf of both individuals who engage in the partnership. First of all, there are the automated music marketing services who I tend to call the […]

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U.S. music publishing earned $2.2 billion in total revenue in 2013 across all income sources. However, according to a new National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) survey, roughly $2.3 billion more is lost every year due to outdated copyright law and government regulations. Thanks to recent changes in the way data is collected, the NMPA can […]

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Operating social media profiles has become commonplace, if not a requirement, for most of today’s top brands. However, social media networks have some restrictions in their terms of service that mean that brands may not able to directly market to their goal demographics. Every social media channel has some limitations that prevent children from joining. […]

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Balancing the diverse needs of customers while maintaining your brand’s image and keeping everyone happy is no small feat. Being a community manager can be a high-stress job, but walking the metaphorical tightrope between the needs of your business and the needs of your customers is exactly what community managers have signed up to do. […]

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Big changes in the world of music management. Just months after a nasty split with longtime manager Troy Carter, Lady Gaga and her new manager, Bobby Campbell, have joined Artist Nation, Live Nation’s artist management division. In the days other shift, mega-manager Irving Azoff has signed Gwen Stefani and No Doubt. Both moves were first […]

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Up until this year it looked like one or more startup mobile apps related to music concert discovery such as WillCall and Jukely were going to gradually build out the concert discovery space city by city. While that work continues new entries are to be expected. But not only are nightlife and event apps entering […]

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By music licensing expert Andy Lykens. The C-levels at a music publisher I used to work at would drop by my cube once every few days. All nice people, they did their best to be friendly when asking “working on anything big?” They’d ask that question because I was the person who had developed a […]

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A glut of companies have recently unbundled their mobile apps. Google, Facebook, Foursquare, and the The New York Times have all started splitting their apps apart like a reverse Voltron, each addressing a specific task. Each company has unique motivations driving its decision to unbundle: Microsoft’s release of Office apps for iPad may have had […]

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Tango continues to expand the marketing possibilities on its highly popular messaging app. In April they added a news feed which opened up some marketing options. Yesterday they launched Tango Channels, official channels for businesses and celebrities forefronted with an attractive directory. Launch partners include music brands and musicians Spotify, Vevo, 8tracks, OK Go and […]

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Though sometimes described in such forms as “Lady Gaga’s Backplane,” the social networking company is an independent entity and Lady Gaga is an investor and shining star. Backplane gradually grew from LittleMonsters.com to an odd assortment of brands tied together by the platform. Now they’re planning to open the whole thing up, according to new […]

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U.S. independent music trade group A2IM has named the nominees for its 2014 Libra Awards. Designed to showcase the diverse landscape of independent artists and the companies that support them, The Libras are on track to replace a plethora of competitors as the indie music most prestigious seal of approval. The full list of 2014 […]

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