Two U.S. Senators Ask SXSW To Leave Texas In Protest Of Anti-Immigration Laws

Two U.S. Senators have called on the organizers of South by Southwest (SXSW) to relocate the annual conference and festival out of Texas until President Trump's anti-immigrant SB4 law is. Continue reading

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DistroKid Adds Vault: Free, Unlimited Audio File Backups For Musicians

Upstart digital music distributor DistroKid has launched Vault, offering unlimited free audio file backups to its users. The Vault provides backups and downloads of all uploads, including the 1.5 million tracks. Continue reading

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CMA Music & Fan Fest 2017 Reports Record Attendance

Despite stiff competition from rivals, the Country Music Association reported record attendance for the 46th annual CMA Music Festival. The festival drew capacity crowds to Ascend Amphitheater and other venues. Continue reading

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SEO Checklist For Musicians

Figuring out how to begin optimizing your band's presence within search engines can be a complicated and confusing process. This article makes it easier by breaking down the steps into. Continue reading

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Techstars Music Graduate Hurdl Raises $2.5 Million For Concert, Live Event Data Collection

Live event data startup Hurdl has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The experiential marketing company has built an analytics platform for collecting and analyzing data from concert and other. Continue reading

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AM BRIEF: Bonnaroo Attendance Up 43% • LCD Soundsystem vs Rhino • Latest Spotify Payment Controversy • More

Tuesday 6.13.17 Music Business News From Around The Web  Have we past peaked festival? At a time when many fests are struggling, Bonnaroo attendance was up 43%. Updated under our More. Continue reading

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Pandora Stock Tanked Monday Despite $680 Million Cash Infusion, Cleaner Balance Sheet

[UPDATE 2] A $480 million investment in Pandora by SiriusXM along with a $200 million sale of Ticketfly were not enough for Wall Street to regain confidence in the music. Continue reading

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How To Be Successful In Licensing Your Music For Film And TV

Here Cathy Heller outlines the top three factors which get taken into account when considering an artist's music for placement in television, ads, and film and provides advice on how. Continue reading

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Portia Sabin (Kill Rock Stars), Glen Barros (Concord) Vic Zaraya (Razor & Tie) and Thaddeus Rudd (Mom+Pop) Join A2IM Board

A2IM (The Association Of Independent Music) has named four top independent label execs to its Board of Directors, along with three new members of its CEO Advisory Board.  

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Thanks For Pushing @Hypebot Passed 55,000 Followers

Thank-you to you all for pushing @hypebot passed 55,000 active followers on Twitter.  Our writers, advertisers and followers all tell us how engaged our audience is on social media, particularly. Continue reading

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