Apple Music Now In Far More Countries Than Spotify

Apple  has done a great job making  Apple Music  available throughout the world. As a matter of fact,  Music Business Worldwide  notes that ...

Rumors Untrue - Twitter Not Changing To Facebook-Like Newsfeed

Twitter was in a panic last week as rumors circulated that the service was moving towards an algorithm-based feed that would select which t...

Warner Music May Give Spotify Windfall Back To Artists

Major record labels aren't known for being particularly generous to their artists, but in at least one case, that might change a little....

SoundCloud Rolls Out Its Own Version Of Pandora

SoundCloud is angling to become a full-fledged streaming service, and it just took a big step towards that goal with the introduction to wh...

1500 Track Streams Now Equals 1 Album Sale

The RIAA announced that it will now count 1500 track streams as 1 album sale when it comes to qualifying for awards like gold records. This...

The Best Way To Live Stream To Multiple Platforms

Live Streaming is becoming an important part of an artist's social repertoire, but until now it was limited to one platform like YouTube...

Artist Management Consultant Mike Gormley On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

My guest on this week's Inner Circle Podcast is artist management consultant Mike Gormley . Mike was head of PR for Mercury and A&...

Small Webcasters Forced To Shut Down Thanks To Royalty Increase

A number of issues seemed to have doomed thousands of small webcasters who use the Live365 platform, which closed down today. The webcaster...

Philly Musicians May Have To Register With The Police To Play A Gig

A city councilman in Philadelphia isn't exactly showing much brotherly love to musicians, as he's introduced a bill that would requi...

LVO 2016 - GSI Will Be There!

It's been a long time since I've posted.  I'll pick up the pace on posting again after the Las Vegas Open!  Green Stuff Industri...

Different Age Groups, Different Beatles Favorites

The Beatles music truly transcends generations, and it's even more apparent now that the Fab 4 have embraced streaming. What's inte...

Spotify To Begin Streaming Videos

Spotify is introducing streaming video to its users, first on the Android platform and shortly followed by iOS . What's interesting is...

Finally, A Streaming Service At A Reasonable Price

The major record labels have been largely responsible for the $9.95 per month prices being charged by the streaming services, even though mo...

AM Radio May Soon Be A Thing Of The Past

For most of the last century, AM radio is where new music broke. It was local due to the limited range (depending upon the wattage of the st...

Adele Fastest To 1 Billion YouTube Views

While everyone has marveled at Adele's physical sales power, her online video views are nothing to sneeze at either. Her "Hello...

Pollstar's Top 20 Club Venues

If you ever wondered what the best clubs to play were, Pollstar has that info for you. Here are the top 20 clubs in the world according to ...

Greacenote Automatically Sets Your Playback EQ

The "Internet of Things" has everything in our lives connected, and while that might make it OK for your toaster to talk to your r...

Old Albums Now Outsell Current Ones

According to the latest Nielsen report on the music business of 2015, catalog albums (defined as any album more than 18 months old) outsold...

Engineer Phil Rohr On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

I'm pleased to have engineer/producer/bass player Phil Rohr on my latest podcast. Phil specializes in recording both audiobooks and lon...

Apple To Charge For iTunes Radio

I you like listening to iTunes Radio , it's going to cost you soon. Apple just announced that as of January 28th, the service will beco...

Spotify Launches A New Backstory Feature

Spotify has teamed up with a company called Genius in an effort to try to take using the platform to the next level. G enius provides anno...

Who's The Biggest Label?

With the latest Nielsen  music figures in for 2015, we begin to see the full picture of the music industry. One piece is how the major label...

Apple Music Has 10 Million Subscribers

It looks like Apple Music has beaten the predictions by making it to 10 million subscribers much faster than anticipated. Although no offic...

The Making Of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust Album

Major Tom has left the planet, and I can think of no better tribute to music legend David Bowie than an excerpt from producer Ken Scott’s ...

Studio Bass Player Paul ILL On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

The studio business has changed drastically in recent years and it's been especially hard on studio musicians. My guest this week is Los...

The 20 Top Grossing Tours Of 2015

One of the cool things about the music business in 2016 is that it looks like analytics have finally caught up to the business to the point ...

Universal Music Group To Present Virtual Reality Concerts

There's no doubt that virtual reality will be a hot item this year, but so far most of the attention of VR content has been around games...

7 Tips For Publishing Facebook Videos

Facebook is becoming more and more a force when it comes to online videos, so it's important that you optimize your videos for the plat...

Physical Album Sales Actually Increased Last Year

After years of decline, physical album sales actually increased 1.1% in the U.S. in 2015, according to Nielsen . There's a caveat there ...

The Top Amazon Holiday Audio Product - The Turntable

One of the more interesting aspects of the vinyl revival is the fact that so many buyers don't actually play them, instead considering t...

Manager/Producer Walter Turbitt On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

I'm pleased to be able to speak with my old friend Walter Turbitt on my latest podcast. Walter is a gifted producer, engineer and music...

5 Bold Music Business Predictions For 2016

The new year is upon us, which means it’s time to look into the crystal ball to foresee what might happen in the music business in 2016. Her...

Have A Great 2016!

I want to thank everyone for reading my musings, for your input and suggestions, your questions, and all the love that you send. We don'...