December 10, 2024

Tips for your next release and more

How to prepare your next Single Release

Groover

Stuck with your single release? We’re here to help! 🫶🏼 After spending months and months of writing and recording your single you want to make sure your music is heard! Here are some tips from the Groover team to make your release as smooth as possible! #independentartist #singlerelease #musicrelease #musictips #songrelease…

022 – How to Turn a Negative into a Positive

The New Music Industry

Sometimes, you don’t get what you’ve asked for. You can pivot and go in an entirely new direction. Or you can decide to do everything yourself. In this episode of Creativity Excitement Emotion, David shares how he decided to learn new media all by himself. Sponsors: Clean Slate: The most exciting and inspirational New Year live music and multi-…

Are you too old to make it in music?

ReverbNation Vidieos

Musicians, this is the one big takeaway from the 66th Grammy Awards: You are never too old to see success! Share this with an artist that needs to hear it. #grammys #musicianlife #makeithappen #success…

A Songwriter’s Guide to Music Publishing

Hypebot
Whether you end up signing with a music publisher or are doing it yourself, all songwriters and composers should know the business side of their craft. This guide introduces even the newest of newbies …

Serving Fans When Shutting Down a Music Service: A TikTok case study

musictechpolicy

Well, it’s been a week of TikTok. One reason is because it doesn’t happen every day that a major label shuts down their catalog on one of the big platforms. The experience highlights some issues that we may not have focused on with clarity in the past, but now become significant and worthy of some thought about how to do it better in the future. …

Level up your music marketing game with these tools

RouteNote Blog

Take your music career up a level with these powerful music marketing tools that are easy to use – some of them are even free!

Looking to supercharge your music marketing without breaking the bank? The biggest challenge as a musician is reaching new audiences authentically without going broke on marketing…

Music Entrepreneur Choyce Schwartz: Aims to expand with his multifaceted entertainment …
Digital Journal
When it comes to music industry millennials who will drive new ideas and create innovations in music, amongst those young innovators is Choyce Schwartz…

How to remix a music videos on YouTube into a Short

RouteNote Blog

Remixes on YouTube allow you to integrate an existing long-form or short-form video into your own Shorts. Whether that’s reusing the sound, creating a collab alongside the video, using the video as a background, or using a segment from the video in your own creation. Most videos are opted into to remixes by default, however until now, mus…


UMG, Tik Tok, and the Copyright Fight

Groover

You may have noticed that, since late last week, Tik Tok has been devoid of most of the immensely popular songs that have fueled the trends on their platform over the last couple years. Dancers are no longer able to use Drake’s latest releases for new choreography, creators can’t make memes using Ariana Grande’s recent “yes, and” anymore, and Tay…

Universal Music Group defends artists from AI with TikTok music removal

The Oswegonian
In an attempt to save its artists from having their music be exploited on TikTok, Universal Music Group (UMG) has made a decision that will likely have massive negative impacts on its artists’ music promotion abilities and ultimately harm both the artist and the label…

The harder you work, the luckier you get

Tom DuPree III

Quality beats quantity, but quality quantity will be quality every time. Winning the music game in 2024 is all about output. The faster you can build a catalog of great work, and the more shots you take at the marketing net, the faster you will grow. So keep showing up. — Subscribe to my weekly newsletter 👉🏻 https://tomdupreeiii.com. …

What Does It Take to Get on a Spotify Editorial Playlist? #musicpromotion #spotify #musician @HuaLi

LANDR

Discover the secrets of getting playlisted on Spotify with industry veteran Peggy Hogan. Learn all about the Spotify algorithm, different types of playlists, and how to optimize all of your social platforms from Spotify for Artists, to TikTok and Instagram: https://bit.ly/3SRzt9E —————— Try LANDR for free: https://bit.ly/2WppOwI Sub…

TikTok Creators Silenced: The Battle Between TikTok and Universal Music Group
BNN Breaking

Patrick Hicks, a TikTok creator with nearly half a million followers, finds himself silenced due to a disagreement between TikTok and Universal Music Group over licensing. UMG accused TikTok of inappropriate compensation, leading to the removal of all UMG songs from the platform’s music library…

Events: Durango Songwriter’s Expo: Ventura, CA

bmi

BMI is proud to sponsor the Annual Durango Songwriter’s Expo, taking place at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Ventura, CA, February 8-10. The Expo is one of the nation’s premier artist/songwriter event.  The Expo is limited to 200 attendees and with over 40 music industry pros present (including BMI’s Alex Bostelman), it is a networking and relation…

85% of TikTok and 84% of YouTube videos include music

Hypebot

A new analysis shows just how high the stacks are in the battle between TikTok and UMG and reinforces how important music is to TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram… The post 85% of TikTok and 84% of YouTube videos include music appeared first on Hypebot. …

Forget the TikTok Feud. The Music Business is Getting Its Groove Back.

Barron’s

Music is famous for feuds—Taylor Swift and Kanye West, Elton John and Madonna. The latest spat has pitted social media site TikTok against music …

Chill Out | Relaxing Music : Spotify Playlist [Submit Music Here]

SoundPlate

ABOUT THIS PLAYLIST This playlist was made in a need of relaxing while you chill at home through the whole week, we looking for good music of all kind of chill vibes from piano to any other instrument as long as is slow and relaxing music.         The post Chill Out | Relaxing Music : Spotify Playlist [Submit Music Here] appeared first on Soundpl…

Another Huge Pitfall

Ryini Music Marketing

Focusing on your music as an artist requires a combination of discipline, creativity, and effective time management. Define specific, achievable goals for your music, such as completing a song, recording an album, or learning a new instrument. Break these goals into smaller tasks to make them more manageable. Remember, finding the right balance …

Fuse Audio Labs launches VREV-63 Surf Spring Reverb plug-in 

Music Connection

Truly analog-sounding plugins developer Fuse Audio Labs is proud to introduce its VREV-63 Surf Spring Reverb plug-in — presented as a ripping reincarnation of a celebrated Sixties-vintage tube-driven spring reverb recognized as the godfather of surf guitar sound — as of February 9. By being hooked up in front of an amp, the splashy sound of t…

A2IM offers indie sector support to UMG in TikTok licensing dispute

Music Week

A2IM is the latest music industry organisation to support UMG’s stance on TikTok.

It follows interventions in the debate from Downtown, Primary Wave and the National Music Publishers Association.

Universal Music Group recordings catalogue was pulled from TikTok from January 31, following a breakdown in talks for the licensing renewal…

From Warner’s best-ever quarter to Spotify’s $9bn payout to the music industry… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

Music Business Worldwide

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days… Source…

WMG boss ‘confident’ that UMG and TikTok will reach a deal

Music Ally

Analysts in this week’s WMG earnings call asked CEO Robert Kyncl for his view on the recent dispute between UMG and TikTok. The post WMG boss ‘confident’ that UMG and TikTok will reach a deal appeared first on Music Ally. …

295 Tracee Perrin – The Evolution Of Her New Single (Poison In The Water), Nashville’s Population Explosion, So Far Sounds, Self Care For The Voice, Musical Theater, 2024 Release Plans & Strategy

unstarvingmusician

Tracee Perrin is a graduate of the Musicians Institute (MI) in Hollywood, where she learned how to produce and engineer her own music. In 2010 Tracee was accepted into the ASCAP Lester Sill Songwriters Workshop, an experience she says reinforced her desire to build a career in music. Tracee has its roots in the Los Angeles, but now lives in Nashvi…

Jon Bon Jovi Invades Nashville with His Own Lower Broadway Honky Tonk

Digital Music News

Jon Bon Jovi and his band are the latest musicians to announce opening a new bar in downtown Nashville. The growing list of stars looking to open a new bar in downtown Nashville continues to grow, as Jon Bon Jovi and his band prepare to open JBJ’s Nashville this spring. The project, headed by Josh […] The post Jon Bon Jovi Invades Nashville with …

SongCast New Music – Week of February 12, 2024

SongCast Music Distribution Blog

Welcome to the SongCast New Music Showcase!  Every week, we give you a sampling of new music that we have added to our distribution network.  Follow us on Spotify for weekly playlists of the best new indie music from around the world! Click here for this week’s New Music Playlist! Check out this YouTube promo video for a teaser  Continue Reading …

Warner Music Group (WMG) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Music Industry News

… with both our Recorded Music and Music Publishing segments generating … with Swedish Bolaget, both Warner Music recording artists. We also … items affecting comparability include the BMG digital revenue roll-off, … a lot of copyright. Sony has a lot of copyright ……

How do musicians make money on TikTok? – Hypebot
Hypebot
… music off the platform has presented a unique opportunity for independent musicians to fill the void. But how do independent artists make money on …

The Beyoncé Song That Reba McEntire Regrets Recording

American Songwriter

In 2010, Reba McEntire released her 28th album, All the Women I Am, which went to No. 3 on the Country chart and No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. The opening track and first single “Turn On the Radio” went to No. 1 but it was the song that followed, a cover of Beyoncé‘s “If […] The post The Beyoncé Song That Reba McEntire Regrets Recording appeare…

CRS Reveals 2024 ‘Amazon Music Presents: Country Heat’ Lineup

musicrow

The “Amazon Music Presents: Country Heat” showcase lineup for Country Radio Seminar (CRS) 2024 has been revealed. Lady A will headline the event, which will also include performances by Chayce Beckham, Ella Langley, Dylan Marlowe and Josh Ross. The trio is bringing their request line to CRS, as song requests will be gathered in advance to buil…

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