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If UMG Gets Its Way, Smaller Indie Artists Won’t Get Paid As Much From Streaming
Last week, UMG and Deezer made an announcement that is set to be the biggest upheaval to the recorded music industry payment structure since the launch of streaming.
Spotify Opens Up ‘Discovery Mode’ Wide Enabling Artists To Get More Listeners and Streams – For a Cost
Discovery Mode is basically a program where Spotify will help get you more listeners by inserting your songs into other artists’ radio stations and general “autoplay” sessions - for an additional commission. More on the commission part in a minute.
Best Music Distribution Companies in 2024 – Full Comparison Chart
This is the most comprehensive digital music distribution review comparison between Amuse, AWAL, CD Baby, DistroKid, Ditto Music, LANDR, TuneCore, Songtradr, and more.
How This Record Label Sells More Vinyl Than Streams
This week, Ari is joined by Terry Cole, owner and operator of Colemine Records and Plaid Room Records.
BMG A&R on Pub Deals, Artist Development and Signing Frank Ocean
This week, Ari is joined by Tab Nkhereanye, Senior Vice President of A&R at BMG.
Sync Agent Breaks Down TV, Film, Advertising Music Licensing
This week, Ari is joined by Jen Pearce, Founder of Low Profile, a sync licensing agency.
Roc Nation Is Actually Developing Artists
This week, Ari is joined by Shari Bryant and Omar Grant, co-presidents of Label at Roc Nation, the entertainment powerhouse chaired by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter.
How Lawrence Got Live Nation To End Merch Fees
This week, Ari is joined by Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence, and Jordan Cohen from the band, Lawrence.
Building an Artist Management Empire and Breaking Country Artists with Bruce Kalmick
Bruce Kalmick, CEO of WHY&HOW (a full service artist management company), is changing the narrative of "artist manager."
Creative Music Marketing, Spotify Discovery, TikTok Strategies
This week, Ari is joined by Dustin Boyer, Director of Marketing at Venture Music.
Streaming Fraud is More Serious (and Inventive) Than You Think
This week, Ari is joined by Andrew Batey and Morgan Hayduk, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Beatdapp.
How To Hack Spotify (and TikTok)
This week, Ari is joined by Ryan Vaughn, Artist Manager at Backline Creative and CFO of Head Bitch Music.
A Sync Licensing Music Executive is Changing the Game
This week on the New Music Business Podcast, Ari is joined by Jessica Vaughn, Head of Sync at Venice Music and President of Head Bitch Music.
Dance Music Record Labels Do It Differently
Ari is joined by Deron Delgado, Label Manager at DIRTYBIRD, and Sam Sciarra, the Head of A&R and Brand Director for Higher Ground.
AI Music Co. CEO on Future of Music Creation (and Streaming Fraud)
Alex Jae Mitchell is the founder and CEO of Boomy Corporation (boomy.com), an AI-powered music creation and distribution platform where over 500,000 creators make, publish, and monetize instant songs.
TikTok Music Marketing Grows Up
Joining us this week on the New Music Business is Johnny Cloherty, the founder and CEO of Songfluencer. Songfluencer is a global, innovative creative marketing agency of music experts that turns followers into fans by strategically pairing songs, artists, and brands with key tastemaker influencers on music-forward social media platforms including TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. They’ve worked with artists such as Lil Nas X, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Fleetwood Mac, and many more.
SoundCloud is Allowing Artists To Contact Fans (and Get Paid More)
Joining us this week on the New Music Business are SoundCloud’s very own Tracy Chan (Chief Content Officer) and Emmy Lovell (Global Head of Music).
Dear House Sound Engineers: We Love You, We Need You, Please Stop.
Few people in the live music industry give me as much anxiety as the house sound engineers.
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