US independent music venues are in crisis, and the UK has a solutionConcert attendance grew 20% last year, and if you read the headlines, the entire US and global live music business is booming. Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, and more are breaking revenue and ticket sales records.
But beneath the surface, a storm is brewing......
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Building a loyal Audience Community: a new frontier in Performing ArtsLearn about the importance of nurturing a loyal community of superfans, using data analytics to find new fans, and getting an audience fully engaged.....
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SoundExchange royalty distributions pass $11 billionCulumative SoundExchange distributions have passed $11 billion in digital performance royalties since its launch in 2003.....
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Wendy Wang at the Whisky A Go Go

Wendy Wang took the Whisky A-Go Go stage Sunday night armed with a guitar and her band. Wendy began her set with an acoustic ballad filled with nostalgia and sung by her soothing voice. As her set continues she integrates ethereal love songs about her pets. "The pluto song" is a dreamy reminiscing about her love for her pet gecko that has since passed on. "Sunlight" is another track dedicated to her pomeranian, that makes you feel as if you're spending a spring evening in the sun with your beloved childhood dog. Wendy and her band transformed the hardened rock venue to a light sunny day filled with nostalgia of early 2000's pop. Similar to the vocal styling of Sza or Bôa's Jasmine Rodgers, Wendy Wang blends dreamy vocals with passionate love letters to create the perfect wistful song. Wendy is a fresh voice and powerful songwriter, who has the potential to be the new sound of this generation of music. 

Primary Wave Music bolsters sync team with new hire and promotionsCompany hiredJulianne Wilson as Senior Director, Creative Sync, and promotes Peter Kurczaba and Derek Pierce to new roles
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The MLC has distributed over $2bn to songwriters and publishers since 2021Nashville-headquartered organization just reached a significant milestone
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Tidal just made sharing music easier. Will Apple and Spotify follow?With the addition of universal links, Tidal just made a key avenue of music discovery - sharing music with friends - much easier.....
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SHE’S EVERYWHERE! Berklee adds online Taylor Swift Songwriting classTaylor Swift really is everywhere, including at the venerable Berklee College of Music, whose online school will begin teaching songwriters the secrets of Swift's songwriting success this spring.....
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Social Media Likes and Shares mean much less than we thoughtEvery creator knows the importance of engagement on their content when it comes to boosting the algorithm, but likes and shares don't mean users are actually digesting the content.....
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Weverse boss Joon Choi: ‘The potential for growth in the superfan business is limitless.’MBW speaks in depth to the leader of HYBE's much talked about superfan platform
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Green Day at the House of Blues, AnaheimIn mid-March, punk powerhouse Green Day was neck-deep into its four-day Saviors rehearsal at Anaheim’s 2,200-capacity House of Blues. But playing to a virtually vacant venue wasn’t a particularly telling measure of the band’s bearing and it lacked the all-important audience energy. So the trio elected to put up an actual show and at noon on Monday, March 18, a pop-up at Anaheim’s House of Blues was announced for the following day. Like a Taylor Swift show squared, the intimate jamboree sold out in minutes rather than hours.

In a case of tasty timing, Punk opener Ultra Q – fronted by Billie Joe Armstrong's youngest son Jakob – had released its second record Empty Eddy on March 13. Following the solid thirty-minute warm-up set, Green Day took the stage and launched into “American Idiot,” its de facto signature anthem. Throughout the hundred-minute, thirty-song performance, every track from the fifteen-song Saviors was played, virtually in order, save for the title track. “Saviors” was delivered second, which marked its live debut, as did several other first-time tunes, as below. Selections from American Idiot and Dookie – which this year celebrate their twentieth and thirtieth anniversaries, respectively – were likewise sprinkled in. Accordingly, bangers such as “Homecoming,” “She” and show-closer “Minority” electrified show-goers. Spotted in the audience was Green Day’s longtime master mix engineer and friend to Music Connection Chris Lord-Alge accompanied by his assistant Brian Judd.

After the post-show house lights had come up and the crowd had thinned, drummer Tré Cool doled out drumsticks from the stage, which had the feeling of an after-dinner mint. The remaining flock of fans couldn’t have been served a daintier dessert. Produced by longtime collaborator Rob Cavallo alongside the band, Saviors dropped on January 19. The world tour kicks off May 30 in Spain.

Setlist

American Idiot

Saviors

The American Dream Is Killing Me

Look Ma, No Brains!

Bobby Sox

One Eyed Bastard

Dilemma

1981

Goodnight Adeline

Coma City

Corvette Summer

Suzie Chapstick

Strange Days Are Here to Stay

Living in the ’20s

Father to a Son

Fancy Sauce

Burnout

Chump

Pulling Teeth

Coming Clean

She

F.O.D.

Give Me Novacaine

She’s a Rebel

Extraordinary Girl

Letterbomb

Homecoming

Whatsername

Encore:

All By Myself

Minority

Universal Music invests in ‘superfan’ platform Weverse, as it strikes new 10-year agreement with HYBEHYBE has struck an expanded long-term agreement with Universal Music Group
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A musician’s view of TikTok legislation: Guest post by @TheBlakeMorganMusician, artist advocate, and founder of #IResepectMusic, Blake Morgan, cuts through the TikTok mania to offer a musician’s view of legislation that overwhelmingly passed the US. House and is currently. Continue reading
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Spotify tests courses in Songwriting, Production, Performing Live & moreSpotify is testing the addition of video-based courses from BBC Maestro, PLAYvirtuoso, Skillshare, Thinkific, and others. Lessons in songwriting, music production, overcoming live performance anxiety, and more can be found alongside how-to's on entrepreneurship, photography, and productivity.....
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5 bands that empower just like Riot GrrrlHappy Women's History Month! These five groups bring a similar anti-patriarchal punch to punk music just like Riot Grrrl.....
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