Indie UK Music Publisher Sentric Adds $3.7M To Fund Int’l Expansion

Liverpool, UK base indie music publisher Sentric Music, has closed a £3m funding round led by the Business Growth Fund (BGF). The new funding will be used to expand internationally,. Continue reading

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5 Essential Tools For DIY Music PR

In the current music economy, up and coming artists are often expected to do work traditionally handled by labels and A&Rs themselves, including most of the leg work when it. Continue reading

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CD Baby Publishing Now Represents 100,000 Songwriters, Expanding To 18 More Countries

Indie music services platform CD Baby is now providing publishing administration to more than 100,000 songwriters, the company announced today, alongside a major expansion into new territories.

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Musicians React To SXSW Contract That Threatens To Inform Immigration Authorities, Festival Responds

SXSW has been dragged kicking and screaming into the immigration debate thanks to its official contract which threatens to notify U.S. immigration authorities if an artist plays official or unofficial. Continue reading

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4 Things Which Will Score You A Record Deal Long Before Social Media

Gone are the days of A&R executives scouring artist's social media to determine an artists popularity. Now, these executives have in many ways fallen back on older methods of gauging whether. Continue reading

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CD Baby Back Online After Multi-Day Outage

CDBaby.com is back online after an outage that lasted much of the last 5 days. The indie music and musician's services company blamed a corrupt database caused during routine maintenance. 

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Bandcamp Makes Major Improvements To Help Sell More Merchandise, Physical Goods

Sales of music merchandise, along with other physical formats, continue to grow on Bandcamp. To accelerate growth, Bandcamp has unveiled major improvements. 

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

This week on Hypebot, Our most popular and well read posts from the past week included a look at the day the music died in Canada, Facebook's new Global Music. Continue reading

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The Musicians Guide To SoundCloud: Part 2 [CyberPR}

We’re back with part two of our “Musicians Guide to SoundCloud!” Today we’ll be tackling the issue of what you need to look for when submitting to playlists or accounts. Continue reading

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Which Apple Music Playlists Get You The Most New Fans?

Curated playlists are how many fans listen to and discover music; and a great way for independent artists to market their music. But which Apple Music playlists deliver the most. Continue reading

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