Taylor Swift Fans Not Happy About New ‘Buy On’ Ticket Policy
The Taylor Swift team and Ticketmaster have added a new and profitable twist to fan ticketing. Every dollar spent on Taylor Swift merchandise that a fans buys moves them forward. Continue reading
Spotify Exec Confirms Self-Serve Ad Platform, Shares Future Plans and It’s Good News For Musicians, Marketers
Spotify recently launched Ad Studio, a self-serve, targetable audio ad platform, in beta. As we reported, these 15 and 30 second ads play in-stream on Spotify's free tier, along with. Continue reading
Prince Gets His Own Official Shade Of Purple
The Prince Estate and Pantone, the global arbiter of color, have announced the creation of a standardized custom color to represent and honor the music icom Unsurprisingly its a purple. Continue reading
My Song Stories: Stef Pascual of Sony Red Essential
Music shapes our identities and changes our lives. It brings back our memories and stirs up our emotions. My Song Stories asks music professionals and indie artists questions about the. Continue reading
TakeLessons Acquires Competitor Chromatik
TakeLessons has acquired Chromatik, a digital sheet music and music education platform. Details of the deal were not announced, but Chromatik had raised $7.7 million from Rustic Canyon Partners, Learn Capital, Plus. Continue reading
Artist & Manager Relationships – A Look At Recording Industry Management Agreements [Part 2 Of 2]
In the second part of a set of articles exploring the different music business agreements, Justin M. Jacobson dives into the world of management agreements, the additional clauses associated with. Continue reading
Ed Sheeran Ticketing Fiasco Casts Harsh Light On Broken Industry [Mark Mulligan]
Upset that tickets for his upcoming show are being sold at absurdly inflated prices on ticket reseller sites, Ed Sheeran's recent woes are drawing attention on an aspect of the. Continue reading
Backline With Mary Timony [INTERVIEW]
In this edition of Backline, Mary Timony guitarist and singer of the group Ex Hex, takes us behind the scenes to discuss her gear and instrument preferences, as well introduce. Continue reading
4 Things I Would’ve Done Differently In My Successful Music Crowdfunding Campaign
Here Chris Robley describes four things that he would've done differently in the wake a crowdfunding campaign campaign which, although successful, could have been improved upon for an even better. Continue reading
