MusicThinkTank weekly recap: Creating your own festival stage • Guitar finish • Fan engagement • More
On MusicThinkTank this week, our contributors shared advice on how to create your own summer festival stage, how to choose the best finish for your guitar, why fan engagement is. Continue reading
DistroKid adds d.i.y. Dolby Atmos distribution to Apple Music, TIDAL
DistroKid has added DIY distribution of Dolby Atmos spatial audio tracks to Apple Music and TIDAL. While Tunecore has said its working on the addition of spatial audio delivery, today’s. Continue reading
The 10 Most Interesting People I Met At Pollstar Live!
As the first major post-pandemic in-person music conference, Pollstar Live! offered the live music industry a chance to reconnect after 15 months in quarantine. The annual LA gathering brings together. Continue reading
8 kinds of Social Proof to promote confidence in your website
When fans go to purchase merchandise on your website, they’ll likely want some kind of evidence that whatever they’re spending their money on is worthwhile – enter social proof. Guest. Continue reading
Top music ‘growth hacks’ you need to avoid
While every scrappy artist out there is eager find ways to quickly grow their success, many “get famous quick” schemes out thre are simply too good to be true, and. Continue reading
6 ways to begin safely reintegrating into in-person music sessions
Along with concerts and tours, in-person sessions are starting to return to some of the nation’s major music cities. While a good thing overall, adjusting to once again making music. Continue reading
Chicago distributes free Lollapalooza tickets to encourage COVID-19 vaccination
In the latest effort to encourage more of its citizens to get the COVID-19 vaccine, public health officials in Chicago are now offering free passes to Lollapalooza in exchange for. Continue reading
Spotify eyes expansion into live, virtual events [REPORT]
Spotify is reportedly exploring a deeper commitment to both virtual and live concerts in hopes of enhancing its relationship with artists and adding a new revenue stream for them and. Continue reading
Live streamer Mandolin adds $12M in funding
Music live streaming service Mandolin has closed a $12M Series A funding round, co-led by 645 Ventures and Foundry Group, with returning investments from High Alpha and TIME Ventures. Given. Continue reading
Pandora AMP adds robust Track Reporting as free Artist Audio Messages pass 12B listens
Pandora’s free artist marketing platform AMP has added Track Reporting providing deeper insights into a tracks’ performance on the platform. The new feature goes beyond stream counts to shows how. Continue reading
