Should You Promote Your Music on Tidal? [EPISODE # 07]
Can you recall your high school years? Can you recall the sounds of the hallway and the smells of the cafeteria? Do you remember the...
An Unsigned Artist Makes 4X More from Streaming Than a Major Label Artist
(By Paul Resnikoff 10.13.16 for DigitalMusicNews.com) Signing to a major label used to be the only way to succeed. Now, in a world...
Amazon's full on-demand streaming music service launches
(By Dan Seifert 10.12.16 for TheVerge.com) Amazon’s long-rumored on-demand music streaming service is now available. The company is...
Music Industry’s Latest Piracy Threat: Stream Ripping
(By Hannah Karp 9.13.16 for The Wall Street Journal) Earlier this year, a federal judge shut down the free music-download site...
Why Is Pandora Paying Up? [Episode # 04]
When you think of Pandora what are the first things that come to mind? Perhaps it’s a bracelet with charms that indicate the months of...
iHeart Media to launch paid music-streaming service: sources
(By: Claire Atkinson 9.20.16 for nypost.com) Terrestrial radio giant iHeartMedia will announce this week the launch of a major paid...
Is Apple Music Playing Dirty? [EPISODE #03]
I honestly remember it like it was just yesterday. I was checking Instagram, as sometimes I normally do right before bed, and there it...
LYOR COHEN JOINING YOUTUBE AS GLOBAL HEAD OF MUSIC
(By: Tim Ingham 9.28.18 for MusicBusinessWorldWide.com) Shocking news: Lyor Cohen is joining YouTube. The former Def Jam and Warner exec...
US music business in growth spurt as streaming doubles
(By: Afp 9.20.16 for Dailymail.com) The US music industry posted its strongest growth in more than a decade in the first six months of...
How to Release Your Music [EPISODE #02]
Well, this is a question that is heavy on the minds of young millennials and creatives alike. With the birth of digital stores and...