Tag: Associated Press

Aykroyd & Belushi Launch A New Blues Label

The blues gets an important new advocate as Dan Aykroyd and Judy Belushi team up wIth Blue Note Records to launch a new blues label, Blues Brother Records.

Bruce Houghton on 03/18/2015 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Associated Press, Blue Note Records, Capitol Music Group, Dan Aykroyd, House Of Blues, John Belushi, Los Angeles Film Festival, record label, Saturday Night Live (season 4), The Blues Brothers (Full Screen 25th Anniversary Edition)

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A College Professor Describes How His Student’s Music Listening Habits Have Shifted

According to professor Aram Sinnreich, author of the 2013 book The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry’s War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties, college students have changed significantly. Continue reading

admin on 03/13/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (4)

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Managers Think Tank Forms To Advise New Grammy Creators Alliance

The Recording Academy has formed a Managers Think Tank to advise the new GRAMMY Creators Alliance on issues pertaining the the music creator community.

Nia R Jones on 03/10/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Associated Press, Chinese language, Ed Sheeran, Grammy Award, Hans Zimmer, Herbie Hancock, Lang Lang (pianist), Metallica, Pharrell Williams, Pianist

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Using Spotify Playlists To Boost Your Fan Base

One thing that artists can do to increase fan engagement and even their fan base is to create and share Spotify playlists.This has been shown to gain a lot of attention with. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/03/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), Apple Inc., Arctic Monkeys, Associated Press, Atlanta Hawks, Coca-Cola, Minnesota Timberwolves, playlist, Spotify, Twitter

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FRI. NEWS BRIEF: Bjork Boycotts Spotify, 2nd UMG Digital Exec Exits, Unprofitable YouTube?, Meerkat & More

Friday 2.27.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE

Bruce Houghton on 02/27/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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How To Protect Your Music

The rise of social media, websites, email lists, platforms for music promotion has impacted the music industry in a positive way, but with all upsides come downsides. Yannick Ilunga spoke. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/24/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Associated Press, Authors and Publishers, Copyright Royalty Board, How To Copyright A Name, Investor relations, music industry, Salon (website), SoundExchange, Terms of service, United States Patent and Trademark Office

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It’s Time For Artists To Get Paid For AM/FM Plays

Many digital services would like to see AM/FM radio pay a performance right, too, but the American federal government is giving giant commercial broadcasters a subsidy – one that’s gone on for. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/20/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: American Music Award, Associated Press, Billboard Music Award, Dionne Warwick, Dolly Parton, Google, Guinness World Records, List of best-selling music artists, Whitney Houston, YouTube

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AM NEWS BRIEF: Pandora’s Problem, Snapchat Music Licensing, Dre Turns 50, Azalea Quits Twitter & More

Friday 2.20.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE

Bruce Houghton on 02/20/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 18th and Vine-Downtown East, Ally Bank, ariel hyatt, Associated Press, Bandcamp, Book, Cabazon, California, Google, Kansas City, music video, musician

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THU. NEWS BRIEF: Snapchat Adds Music, Pandora Tests Artist Audio Messaging, Spotify, UMG & More

Thursday 2.19.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE

Bruce Houghton on 02/19/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adult FriendFinder, ariel hyatt, Associated Press, Bandcamp, Barack Obama, Billy Dec, Black people, Google, music video, musician

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SoundExchange Adds Two Music Industry Veterans To Executive Suite

SoundExchange continues to add to its senior executive team with the hiring of two music industry veterans as VP, Strategic Initiatives and SVP, Communications.

Bruce Houghton on 02/17/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advisory board, Asa Somers, Associated Press, BMG Rights Management, Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Las Vegas, Sony Music Entertainment, United Kingdom, Universal Music Group, Vice president

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