Your Hootsuite dashboard should be a main part of your independent marketing strategy. Here’s how to use it to connect with people on Twitter For those of you that don’t know, Hootsuite is a social media management platform that allows you to manage your Facebook, twitter, Instagram and even Linked in accounts from one place. …
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Music Trade magazine Billboard have reportedly conducted a survey among US music industry executives and results indicate that they apparently despise rap and adore Taylor Swift. More than 50 “top executives” completed an anonymous survey for the magazine, and the initial results are interesting, to say the least. Taylor Swift was named as the artist …
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The Xube is a collective of music and business enthusiasts coming together to help independent artists navigate their way to sustainable careers in the music industry. Success looks different for everybody. Some people want to top the charts, some want to have sold out tours, while others are just happy to be in the studio …
The following blog comes from Alison Wenham, CEO of the UK’s Association for Independent Music (AIM) and the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN). Recent events in the global music industry have clarified a simple fact – the power dynamics between the major record companies and the independent music sector, and with artists, are changing. …
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Getting exposure is vitally important when you are in the driving seat of your music career and one of the key aspects of this will be getting reviews from music blogs Please don’t take it for granted that because you make music, no matter how good it is, that the blogs will be knocking at …
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Well if you’re in the music industry and haven’t heard about Apple Music, then you’re probably not really in the industry. While browsing Apple Music, it is clear that they are now paying more attention to the independent music providers. This is evidenced by a link targeting independent artists that are not distributed, to …
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The Independent Music Industry had a helping hand from Taylor Swift in getting Apple Music has to reverse its payment policy. We would like to think that the calls from the independent community were heard but it coincidentally, the announcement came a day after the singer Taylor Swift said she was refusing to allow the …
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SoundCloud has signed a deal with Merlin, the digital rights agency that represents more than 20,000 independent artists and record labels This marks another step towards making streaming a significant source of revenue in addition to exposure for independent artists and musicians. The Berlin-based music streaming service announced on Thursday, June 4th that it had …
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,PRS For Music has announced it was extending the consultation period on its latest review of the royalties paid by concert and festival promoters in the live music sector As previously reported, the publishing sector’s collecting society announced the review back in April of this year. Promoters are obliged to pay royalties to songwriters and …
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A nightclub owner in Wales has been ordered to pay a fine of £18K for playing music without a license The High Court judgment was handed to the owner of Fountains Bar and Nightclub in LLandudno as the club was found guilty of playing music without a license. They have been ordered to £10000 to …
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