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Live Music Society small venue grants 2025

2025 Live Music Society Toolbox Grants awarded, surpassing $5.1M in total support for Small Venues

Live Music Society is closing out 2025 with a major boost for small independent venues. The nonprofit announced recipients of its 2025 Live Music Society Toolbox Grants, awarding $252,500 to 33 small performance spaces across 19 states and Washington, D.C.

Bruce Houghton on 12/10/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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6 New Year’s Resolutions for Musicians in 2026

2026 is right around the corner. Need help figuring out your musical goals for the next year? Here, borrow some of ours.

Jeremy Young on 12/10/2025 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Bruce Houghton Talks Touring, American Music Fairness Act & More

Bruce Houghton from Bandsintown, Hypebot, the Skyline Artists agency and Berklee joins Michael Bandvold and Jay Gilbert on a new Music Biz Weekly Podcast to talk about touring, the American. Continue reading

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Music Business News and Live Music Industry Updates

We search the web so you don’t have to. Find the latest Music Business News under BUSINESS NEWS & Live Music Industry News under LIVE INDUSTRY NEWS tabs above.

Bruce Houghton on 12/10/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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African Artists Are Reaching More Global Listeners With Help From Audiomack

Music industry data analytics collector, Soundcharts, is teaming up with streaming and discovery platform, Audiomack, to help continue African Music’s global expansion trajectory.

Jeremy Young on 12/09/2025 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Clipping. Announced as the 2026 Sled Island Music Festival Guest Curator

In this post, we share details of Sled Island’s announcement, plus how and why guest curators can offer local audiences a more bespoke largescale event experience in 2026.

Jeremy Young on 12/09/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify adds Music Videos in US and Canada, soon for all Artists

Spotify adds Music Videos in US and Canada, soon for all Artists

Spotify is adding music videos for Premium users in the U.S, and Canada. While only a limited catalog of videos is available at launch, Spotify plans a much broader selection in the future.

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How the ‘Middle-Class’ Nightclub Once Kept the DJ Club Scene Together

We can now veritably declare that the “middle-ground nightclub is dead.” You now have two choices: enter the “Hyperclub” to perform for the algorithm, or pay a premium to hide in the dark.

Jeremy Young on 12/09/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Small Venues in Small Cities: A Playbook for Building Community

In this post, we offer strategies for live music venues, promoters, and festivals in smaller markets around how to strengthen and develop the local community rather than focus on growth.

Jeremy Young on 12/08/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Congress’ Radio Loophole, Spotify Wrapped, & Suno/Udio

Episode 279 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

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Copyright Royalty Board logo 2026 U.S. Mechanical Royalty Rates

2026 U.S. Mechanical Royalty Rates Increase: CRB Sets New Rates

The Copyright Royalty Judges have officially announced the new 2026 U.S. mechanical royalty rates for physical formats and permanent downloads, delivering a modest cost-of-living increase that will affect labels, publishers, and songwriters beginning January 1, 2026.

Bruce Houghton on 12/08/2025 in Copyright Law | Permalink | Comments (0)
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