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Concord Music Publishing signs a worldwide publishing deal with multi-Platinum singer-songwriter Russell Dickerson. Concord Music Publishing has announced the signing of country singer-songwriter Russell Dickerson. The worldwide deal is effective immediately and includes Dickerson’s complete catalog and future works. A Tennessee native, Dickerson is the first artist to release four consecutive singles that reached number […]
Mixcloud is expanding into short-form audio by allowing users to upload original tracks. Users can now upload a short-form audio file–between 30 seconds and 15 minutes–via the ‘Create’ button. Tracks now reside under their own tab on the Mixcloud creator channel. They’re separate from any live streams or long-form audio content like podcasts. Mixcloud has […]
Music distribution is the link between your finished record and your future fans. Distribution is a crucial part of music promotion. Brick and mortar music distributors used to be the only way for record labels and independent artists to get their records in the hands of listeners. But digital music distribution has taken the center stage. Digital surpassed […]
1. Introduction to the Market Population: 317,098,309GDP per capita: $49,965 In terms of consumption and production, North America remains the world’s largest music market. However, with the shift to digital media and online communications, the opportunities for international artists and industry professionals to take export-ready entertainment to US audiences have greatly increased. The US recorded […]
Since music is such an integral part of our daily lives, to ask “what is the future of music?” is really to ask a question about ourselves, and how music will continue to shape how we live. The future of music will most likely follow the same trends we are seeing in modern technology. It will […]
We may have been able to predict what transpired, but some aspects of the music business shocked us. The environment for artists is evolving daily. Let us look at what the music industry looks like in 2023, and how an independent musician stays competitive with the changing trends. TikTok will take over the digital world […]
Just in time for the second pandemic winter, a new iOS feature is helping sad souls add rain noises to breakup songs. WITH THE ROLLOUT of iOS 15 this week, along with significant updates to apps like FaceTime and Safari, Apple quietly released background sounds — a nifty new feature that allows iPhone users to turn on classic […]
After a relatively quiet summer of music business commercial activity, one story looks likely to dominate the headlines in the month or two ahead. That story is the well-reported sell-off of Pink Floyd’s catalog. But when we say ‘catalog’ we should get much more specific, because this career-spanning catalog, according to multiple MBW sources does […]
SoundCloud just launched a new creator dashboard and a new name for its artist services platform, now dubbed SoundCloud for Artists. ‘SoundCloud for Artists’ was formerly known as ‘Repost’ which SoundCloud acquired in May 2019 for around $15 million. Following the acquisition of Repost, in April 2020, SoundCloud launched its Repost by SoundCloud marketing and distribution platform. At the time, it said that it […]