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Top Music YouTubers Reveal Their Secrets At VidCon
From left: Margaret Gregory, Alejandro Manzano, Tyler Ward, Mike Falzone, David Choi, Meghan Tonjes, Peter HollensI originally wrote this for Digital Music NewsThis past weekend in Anaheim, CA was the world's largest gathering of YouTube lovers. Nearly 19,000 people attended the...
Community
9 Reasons Why You Have No Twitter Followers
I get a lot of questions from bands about how to get their numbers up on social media sites. After a 2 minute scan of their sites I completely understand why their numbers aren't higher (and it's not because they suck - many of these bands are actually great). It's because they d...
Promo
Fuck Facebook… In the Face
I hope you have heard by now that Facebook has changed the way that users see Page posts in their newsfeed. Before this move, Facebook's algorithm to display Page posts in users' newsfeed was mostly based on how many users initially interacted with the post organically (liked, co...
Income
Buy My Music Dammit (Spotify vs iTunes)
**The biggest news story in the music world last week was David Lowery's response letter to the NPR intern Emily White about the moral implications to not purchase music. This has been a massive debate ever since Napster hit over a decade ago. My post below was written before Low...
Media
It Doesn’t Take a Web Genius
To me, the most frustrating thing is when my friends' bands, who are incredibly talented, either don't know how the web works, don't care to learn the intricacies or just don't put the time in to understand what's important when interacting and posting on the web. People are lazy...
Latest News
Austin Powers Music Supervisor and KCRW DJ Chris Douridas
You probably know Chris Douridas from Los Angeles' iconic, trend-setting radio station KCRW. He was the host of Morning...
Politics
Musicians Will Receive Assistance Under the Stimulus Package
Late last night/early this morning, Trump administration officials and top Democrats finalized an agreement on a nearly $2 trillion rescue package which will include provisions that help musicians, freelancers and other gig workers. As the New York Times reports: “At the insist...
Podcasts
Lauv’s 4 Billion Streams, Top 40 Hit, Without a Label
This episode comes to you from Foundation Management's offices in Brooklyn, New York, which is Lauv's management company. I sat down with Emma MacDonald,...
Podcasts
Andy Grammer on Songwriting, Fear and Persistence
Welcome to episode number one of the New Music Business podcast! This interview with Andy Grammer was recorded...
Podcasts
Euphoria Music Supervisor Jen Malone Gives a Sh*t
Today's episode is with superstar music supervisor Jen Malone. She has placed music and worked on Euphoria, Atlanta,...