Festival Thrower’s Bible: Festival Logistics

In this excerpt, experienced festival organizer Robby Black offers advice on how to plan your festival in such a way as to reduce stress for both the organizers and attendees, creating a festival experience. Continue reading

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Soundcloud Cuts Universal Music Group Licensing Deal, Sony Still A Holdout

SoundCloud is much closer to launching a paid subscription service, thanks to a deal to licence the massive Universal Music Group catalog. But two of the world's largest music companies Sony. Continue reading

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Universal Music Group Planning Virtual Reality Concerts

While the majority of VR content has, up to now, been focused on games and films, UMG and iHeartMedia have major plans in the works to release several VR concerts in. Continue reading

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WED. NEWS BRIEF: BMG, RightsCorp Pay $450K Penalty • Spotify Adds Genius Playlists • Bowie To #1 • More

Wednesday 1.13.2016 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  Penalties, pirates, playlists and Bowie @ #1.  Gotta love the music industry… Updated continuously under our More News tab here. 

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My New Year’s Resolution: No More Fans

Artist and performer Shannon Curtis explains her distaste for the term "fan" and how house concerts put musician and listener on equal ground in a way which is beneficial to both.

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4 Ways To Network In The Music Industry For Free

Even more so than in other professions, networking is hugely important when it comes to building a career in the music industry, but the cost of attending festivals and conferences. Continue reading

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Blockchain Music, And Benji Rogers 75% Superb Idea [ANDREW DUBBER]

Here Andrew Dubber responds to Benji Rogers' recent piece discussing how the Blockchain and VR could be implemented to better organize and protect music moving forward. In this article, Dubber. Continue reading

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TUE. NEWS BRIEF: Top S. Korea Music Service Sells For $1.6B • Bowie Remembered • Lost Concert Pics • More

Tuesday 1.12.2016 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  The consolidation of streaming music continues, as Apple and Spotify move into the fast growth lane. Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

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Capitol Records Names Nate Albert EVP A&R

They may be laying off executives and staffers in some executive suites at the Capitol Music Group, but they are hiring in others. Today, Nate Albert was named EVP of A&R. Continue reading

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Millennial Are Making The Music Business Bite-Sized

As the ease with which millennials can access media increases, the brevity with which music and other entertainment can be absorbed becomes more and more important.

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