Independent Live Music community to gather in New Orleans for NIVA ’24
Hundreds of independent live music venues, promoters, festivals, and agents will gather in New Orleans from June 3 to 5 for NIVA ’24, the third annual convention of NIVA (The National Independent Venue Association), with programming at iconic independent venues Generations Hall, Tipitina’s, Republic NOLA, and dba…..
NOLA’s Favorite Band Just Bought NOLA’s Favorite Nightclub
Galactic has announced that they’ve purchased the iconic New Orleans nightclub Tipitina’s. The recently finalized deal, which has been in negotiation for most of the year, will transfer ownership of. Continue reading
LiveXLive To Live Stream Major AEG Festivals
LiveXLive has expanded its partnership with concert promoter AEG to add two music festivals to its slate of live music programming – Global Dance Festival, July 20-21 in Denver and Decadence NYE. Continue reading
Musicians Dominate Top Earning Dead Celebrities List
Forbes' annual list of the estimated annual earnings of dead celebrities is out, and musicians dominate the rankings. Michael Jackson holds the top spot for the 5th year in a. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this edition of our scroll back through the past week's music industry news, we revisit the legacy of Fats Domino and his musical traits, an advocacy group's calling out. Continue reading
R.IP. Fats Domino: His Musical Traits, Most Popular Songs Explored
Renowned musical icon Fats Domino passed away on Tuesday, but the artist's legacy endures. Here we use Pandora's Music Genome project to take a look at some of the traits. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Tips, tricks, advice, and more this week, are share ideas on time management, what metadata is and why artists should manage their own, why moving to Brooklyn isn't essential for. Continue reading
Record Store Day Summer Camp: 200 Record Store Staffers Converge On New Orleans
Going strong for ten years, Record Store Day has become a big part of the independent music retail business, but besides just being a single day, the event has grown. Continue reading
SoundExchange Reaches Out To Help Gulf Coast Musicians
SoundExchange is reaching out to its members based in Texas and throughout the Gulf Coast to speed secure distribution of royalties in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and epic flooding. Continue reading
