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Promoting Music On A Budget

New music, merch, or an upcoming tour are like any product or service, in that they need some form of promotion in order to be successful. Here we look at. Continue reading

admin on 05/17/2018 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Fire TV, Android (operating system), AngelList, Artist, Automated teller machine, Music Ally, New York City, Product (business), Production of Avengers: Infinity War and the untitled Avengers sequel, Spotify

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Using Merch Sales To Engage With Fans

While making money in the music has in many ways changed and become much harder over the years, merchandise sales have generally remained much the same. Additionally, merch provides an. Continue reading

admin on 05/10/2018 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 24-hour news cycle, Amazon Fire TV, Anaconda (Nicki Minaj song), AngelList, Automated teller machine, BandPage, Music Ally, Product (business), Production of Avengers: Infinity War and the untitled Avengers sequel, Spotify

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Live Money vs. Streaming Money: Which Comes First?

Professor David Phelp of William Paterson University examines how the balance of power has shifted between live and streamed music, and where both areas may have their financial limitations when it comes. Continue reading

Guest Post on 05/07/2018 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: '60s on 6, Album-equivalent unit, Amazon Fire TV, American frontier, Android (operating system), Apple Inc., Apple TV, Booth Newspapers, music industry, Streaming media

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Pandora Q1 2018 Beats Expectations, Listener Hours Fall

Pandora reported smaller than anticipated losses in Q1 2018, sending the stock up 8% in after hours trading. Total Pandora Plus and Premium subscribers grew 19 Year over year to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/03/2018 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: 2 Dope Queens, Adweek, Africa, Amazon Fire TV, American Public Media, Android (operating system), Android Auto, AV receiver, Digital audio, HBO, Hulu, IOS, Music Genome Project, Pandora, Smart TV, Streaming media, Tim Westergren

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Spotify Expands Voice Control To All Android Devices via Google Assistant

Voice control, some analysts believe, is the killer app that will take music streaming mainstream, as well as, encourage more paid subscribers. This week has been flooded with major voice. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/05/2017 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 4K resolution, Amazon, Amazon Echo, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Music, Amazoncom, Apple, Apple Music, Google, Google Play Music, music, music business, music industry, music tech, musician, musicians, Pandora, Spotify, Streaming media, tech, YouTube

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Music Industry Asks Google Why It Doesn’t Do More To Stop YouTube Stream Ripping

Last week, when an RIAA lawsuit forced YouTube-MP3 offline, we asked why Google has not worked to shut it down sooner. With other stream ripping sites still live, others in. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/12/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon Fire TV, Amazoncom, Android (operating system), Azmi v Kirklees Metropolitan BC, Cats and the Internet, Facebook, Google, Streaming media, TorrentFreak, YouTube

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RIAA Rebuts Songwriter Moral Rights Critics: ‘We love metadato too!’

We share at the full text of an open letter from the the RIAA to songwriter groups in response to their criticism after the RIAA's filed a letter with the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/30/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 24/7 Wall St., ABC News, Albuquerque, Amazon Fire TV, Arizona, Donald Trump, Illegal immigration to the United States, Mexico–United States border, New Mexico, United States, United States Border Patrol, Yuma

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TUE BRIEF: Feds Fund Arts, PBS • Twitter, Live Nation To Stream Concerts • Indies Talk Music Tech • More

TUESDAY 5.2.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Twitter's live streaming are an extension of it's "now" brand, but is this how we want to watch concerts? Updated under. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/02/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 4K resolution, Affiliate marketing, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Web Services, App Store (iOS), NASA, Streaming media, Subscription business model, Twitter, YouTube

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5 Things Congress Can Do To Curb Mass Filings Of “Address Unknown” NOIs

Owing to a loophole in the Copyright Act, streaming services like Pandora, Spotify, and Google are able to avoid paying royalties to songwriters and publisher by filing "address unknown" notices. Continue reading

Guest Post on 05/01/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Copyright Office Modernization Through an Artist’s Lens

[Op-Ed] Copyright Office legislation is moving through Congress, and the House of Representatives is expected to take up the bill when they return from Easter Recess. In this op-ed, leaders from. Continue reading

Guest Post on 04/20/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Fire TV, Ceremonial ship launching, Copyright registration, Hyderabad, India, Library of Congress, Maria Pallante, Register of Copyrights, Samsung Galaxy, United States Copyright Office

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