Tag: Billboard Magazine

7 Tips For Tweeting A Live Event

Have a live event planned? Before recklessly blowing up your fans' Twitter feeds, review these seven helpful tips on how to effectively live tweet an event.

Guest Post on 07/17/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Artist, Automation, Billboard Magazine, Blog, Business software, Click-through rate, Eddy Cue, IOS, Twitter

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BuzzAngle Music Takes On Billboard, Nielsen With Dynamic Daily Charts

What constitutes a hit used to be just about weekly airplay and sales; and for decades Nielsen/Billboard produced the only charts that mattered. Now, upstart BuzzAngle Music is challenging both Billboard's chart supremacy. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/13/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ace Frehley, Airfoil, Airplay, AirPort Express, Apple Inc., Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Record chart, YouTube

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Sony To Court: Of Course We’re Allowed To Contractually Screw Over Our Artists [INFOGRAPHIC]

Details regarding a recent lawsuit filed by several artists associated with American Idol have revealed some rather alarming details about the manner in which Sony is able to negotiate its contracts. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/13/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 19 Entertainment, American Idol, Billboard Magazine, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, lawsuit, record label, royalties, Sony, Spotify

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Sony Music Tells Court It’s Not Their Job To Make Artists Money

Sony Music is being sued by American Idol winners including Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and their label 19 Recordings who say that the company's equity stake in Spotify sells them short. The. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/10/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (9)

Tags: 19 Entertainment, American Idol, Billboard Magazine, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, music industry, record label, royalties, Sony, Spotify

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New Music Fridays: Global Release Day Shifts Today

[UPDATED] The shift to Friday as the "official" release day for music in 45 countries began today July 10th at 12.01 AM. Friday was already the new release day in. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/10/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amoeba Music, Billboard 200, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, iTunes, NPR, Planet Money, Record chart, United States

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Music Tech Salaries [INFOGRAPHIC]

Once it leaves the creative stage, music is more and more dependent upon the tech community than ever before. Today's distribution, communication, interaction, marketing and promotion all depend on tech.

Guest Post on 07/08/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 3 Inches of Blood, Apple Inc., Australia, Billboard 200, Billboard Magazine, Hard (music festival), Massachusetts, Record chart, Revocation (band), Zeuss

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21,000+ Sign Petition Calling For Musician Credits On Apple Music [SIGN ON HERE]

There are two main reasons we should all demand full credits be published on Apple Music and all digital services.: 1) its only fair that musicians, producers and others get. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/06/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Apple Inc., Beck, Beggars Group, Billboard Magazine, Fiona Apple, independent music, Merlin Network, record label, Spotify, Taylor Swift

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This Friday July 10th Is 1st Global Music Release Day

The shift to Friday as the "official" release day for music globally begins this week. Friday, July 10th at 12.01 AM will be the new official date for new global music releases.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/06/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adam Lambert, album, Apple Inc., Artist, Billboard 200, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Record chart, release music, United States

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Apple Music Directs Independent Artists To CD Baby

While checking out Apple Music after it launched this morning, I noticed a link targeting undistributed independent artists that points straight to CD Baby. While another link below it leads to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/30/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele (singer), Andy Heath (puppeteer), Apple Inc., Arctic Monkeys, Beggars Group, Billboard Magazine, independent music, Independent record label, Martin Mills, Merlin Network

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What Apple Music Will Mean To Artists

Eventually the current battle with Apple Music will be settled, and most artists and labels will sign on. When they do and Apple Music launches next week, it is a. Continue reading

Guest Post on 06/23/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Advanced Audio Coding, Apple Inc., Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Billboard Magazine, BuzzFeed, California, Cupertino, Data rate units, music industry, Spotify, Streaming media

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