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Pulitzer Prize Winner Ian Urbina On Navigating The Music Industry

Posted by Hypebot - February 18, 2022

(Hypebot) — Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Ian Urbina is charting a course for the non-profit Outlaw Ocean Music Project that includes navigating the choppy waters of the music business. A…

Kanye West To Release His Next Album, Donda 2, Exclusively On His $200 Stem Player

Posted by Hypebot - February 18, 2022

(Hypebot) — Kanye West announced overnight that fans would not find his upcoming Donda 2 release on any streaming music service. The only way to listed to Donda 2 will…

Spotify Spends Millions On Naming Rights While Songwriters Struggle

Posted by Hypebot - February 17, 2022

(Hypebot) — Spotify recently buys naming rights to Barcelona FC’s super stadium for approximately 225 million euros, while songwriters and artists are still receiving pennies in royalties, write Chris Castle.…

Here’s The Best Example Of Why Radio Is Losing The Entertainment Game

Posted by Hypebot - February 17, 2022

(Hypebot) — As technology advances, radio seems to become less and less necessary. Can it survive? A guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0. It doesn’t matter your age or where you…

Thirty Tigers’ Dave Macias Offers A More Nuanced Look At Spotify, Streaming Royalties

Posted by Hypebot - February 16, 2022

(Hypebot) — David Macias, who runs Nashville-based label-services company Thirty Tiger, has been frustrated by the prevailing narrative that Spotify is an evil corporate giant picking the pockets of poor…

How Musicians Can Protect Themselves From NFT Scammers

Posted by Hypebot - February 15, 2022

(Hypebot) — Unfortunately, musicians get scammed everyday in the wild world of NFT, crypto and Webn3. Here’s how to prepare, if it happens to you. A guest post from the Symphonic Blog.…

Coachella NFT Collection Tops $1.4M

Posted by Hypebot - February 15, 2022

(Hypebot) — The Coachella Festival’s NFT collection drop brought in $1,474,000 according to marketplace FTX.US. Bidding began on Feb. 4th and closed Feb. 11th. Unlike many NFTs, the official Coachella…

Music Streaming Really Does Pay, You Just Aren’t Doing The Math Right

Posted by Hypebot - February 14, 2022

(Hypebot) — “The ‘streaming is evil’ narrative is doing more harm than good, particularly for independent artists,” writes Anthony Maker By Anthony Maker of Group Projects I’m constantly amazed by the persistence of…

Spotify Hit By New Controversy: Playlists That Actively Promoted Anti-Vaccine Tracks

Posted by Hypebot - February 14, 2022

(Hypebot) — Songs claiming that Covid-19 doesn’t exist and calling its vaccine a ‘poison’ are not just available on Spotify but are being actively promoted on the streamer’s algorithmically produced…

Op-Ed: Spotify’s Environmental, Social And Corporate Governance Fail

Posted by Hypebot - February 11, 2022

(Hypebot) — If you already thought that artists get the short end of the stick when it comes to Spotify revenue, the stick just got a whole lot shorter. Op-Ed…

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