Everything Spotify just launched for Artists + a new home feed built for ‘deep engagement’“Welcome home, artists,” declared CEO Daniel Ek as he kicked off Spotify’s Stream On event Wednesday. “Spotify is open for business.” Spotify unveiled a new mobile home feed on Wednesday. Continue reading
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How musicians can still leverage Music NFTsDespite the crypto crash, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have become an important new avenue for artists to monetize their work and for fans to invest in their favorite artists. The team. Continue reading
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Study shows we stop discovering new music when we turn 30If you’re past the age of 30, then you’ve probably noticed that you’re a lot less curious about new music than you used to be. And that will happen more. Continue reading
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2 words Daniel EK did not say at Spotify’s Stream On: ‘price increase’Sometimes what you don’t say is just as important as what you do say, and during Wednesday’s Spotify Stream On, Daniel EK did not announce an anticipated price increase. All. Continue reading
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Spotify approaches $40bn in all-time payouts to the music industrySpotify says that 'nearly 70%' of every dollar it generates from music 'is paid back as royalties to rightsholders'.
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Japan generated over half a billion dollars from subscription music streaming in 2022New stats published by local trade body RIAJ
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25% of artists earning $10K+ on Spotify are self-distributed, as total payouts near $40BSpotify shared some stats at today’s Stream On event that independent musicians will find both sobering and hopeful. Spotify shared just how much competition there is, but with 914,000 songs. Continue reading
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Reid Signs Publishing Deal with Chester Music LimitedWise Music Group is pleased to announce a global exclusive publishing deal between American composer and sound artist Ellen Reid and Chester Music Limited. A composer and sound artist whose breadth of work spans opera, sound design, film scoring, ensemble and choral writing, she was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her opera, p r i s m. Reid is currently working on a work for string orchestra commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic with generous support from the Esa-Pekka Salonen Commissions Fund. West Coast Sky Eternal will be premiered in May 2023. Other projects include a stage work for Dutch National Opera.

In collaboration with composer Missy Mazzoli, Ellen co-founded the Luna Composition Lab. Luna Lab is a mentorship program for young female, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming composers. During the 2022-2023 season, Reid serves as Composer-in-Residence with New Mexico Philharmonic and is Contemporary Music Chair for Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

In 2020, she created Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK, an ongoing work of public art that reimagines city parks as interactive soundscapes. SOUNDWALK premiered in New York’s Central Park, featuring the New York Philharmonic, and continues to expand to parks around the world, fostering collaborations with ensembles such as Kronos Quartet and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

"I am honored to join Chester Music's phenomenal line-up of composers — these are artists whose work I deeply respect and admire”, says Ellen Reid. “And I couldn’t ask for a more talented and passionate team than those at Chester and Wise Music Group to help guide me through the next chapter of my career."

Managing Director of Chester Music Limited, Wiebke Busch, comments: “The team at Chester Music is honoured to welcome Ellen Reid, composer and sound artist of a unique dimension! We are inspired by her creative energy and honoured to be part of her creative journey.”

Gill Graham, Group Head of Promotion and Creative Director UK Rights Companies, comments: “I heard SOUNDWALK quite by chance in Central Park and since then it’s been both inspiring and rewarding getting to know Ellen and her catalogue. We look forward to collaborating with Ellen and her team on exciting musical adventures.”

Price hike for touring visas is a bad idea coming at the worst timeProposed increases of 205% and more for visas for foreign musicians performing in the U.S. threatens to make coming to America to tour financially impossible for most artists. By Rufus Sivaroshan, a. Continue reading
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Band Submission Are Now Open For Joshua Tree Music FestivalFounded in 2003, the bi-annual (May & Oct) Joshua Tree Music Festival is held at the gateway to the world-renowned National Park. JTMF is a resource-generating powerhouse of passionate creativity, community empowerment, and arts education for all ages. A family inclusive global music experience in the magical Mojave. Committed to radical inclusion, these four-day funky desert-style festivals create experiences where passion, purpose, family, and friends come together, and the boundary between performer and patron is blurred. The music is diverse and eclectic, from dance-world-electro-funk’n groove to soulful global-ethno melodies.

To apply, fill out this ARTIST/BAND SUBMISSION FORM.

British MP slams TikTok’s Australia music test, says app is ‘silencing creators in favour of its own self-interests’Conservative MP Damian Collins criticises TikTok in an op-ed written for The Telegraph
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Jennifer Blakeman joins Evan Bogart’s Seeker Music as Chief Rights & Royalties OfficerExec joins Seeker from her previous role as President and CCO of boutique music publisher one77 Music
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TikTok ban more likely as China asks private firms to ‘fight’ alongside the Communist PartyChina wants to weaponize private companies like TikTok in what it sees as its battle against Western oppression, according to remarks yesterday from the country’s leader Xi Jinping. Xi attacked the. Continue reading
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What to expect (and not) at Spotify’s Stream On eventSpotify is holding its annual Stream On event this Wednesday. The usual slate of announcements comes at a time of growing pressure on the streamer from the music industry amid. Continue reading
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Microstreaming: How brands use niche music streaming to reach key audiencesWhile the industry measures streams and steamers in the tens of millions, there are also successful and profitable ways to use music and streaming to serve far smaller niche and. Continue reading
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