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May 10, 2018
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20 Tips And Tricks To Make Your Twitter Life Easier
Twitter is great for building your brand and an amazing way to reach a lot of people that you probably couldn’t reach any other way. That’s said, after eleven years and over 300 million daily active users, many musicians are still confused by Twitter. Many seem baffled as to why anyone would want to use […]
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May 9, 2018
Sweden May Be Telling Us About Streaming’s Future
The latest IFPI annual study on last year’s global music sales has posted and there’s a wealth of data there, although no surprises. There is one piece of data that Mark Mulligan of the Midea research group dug out that may give us a look at the future of streaming. Mark noted that IFPI’s report showed […]
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May 8, 2018
Disney Audio Director Nick Peck On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast
My guest this week is composer, sound designer, musician and technologist Nick Peck. For the last 20 years Nick has been a sound designer and audio director for interactive projects and games at Skywalker Sound, Activision, Lucasarts, and now at Disney Publishing Worldwide. Nick runs the audio department at Disney that handles sound design, music […]
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May 7, 2018
Don’t Look Now But Twitter Is Making A Comeback
For a while it looked like Twitter would eventually become a casualty of the social media wars, as its user base had plateaued and it continued to lose money. That now looks to be in the past as Twitter has just posted its second consecutive solid quarter of profits. On top of that, the service […]
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May 4, 2018
More Music Is Played On YouTube Than All Other Platforms Combined
The latest IFPI report describing the economics of the recorded music business of 2017 is out and among the interesting tidbits is the fact that there was more music streamed from YouTube last year than Spotify, Apple Music and all other streaming platforms combined. Considering that the per user royalties paid back to the music […]
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May 3, 2018
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6 Steps To Building Your Instagram Audience
You’re on Instagram both to build your audience and inform them about what you’re doing. Since you can’t inform them until they follow you, these 6 tips from the 2nd edition of my Social Media Promotion For Musicians handbook can help you build your audience on the platform. #1: Include A Call To Action A […]
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May 2, 2018
With A U.S. IPO, Tencent Will Become The Next Big Streaming Service In North America
There have been multiple reports that Chinese streaming service Tencent Music is getting set to file for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) very soon. An even bigger story is the pegged valuation is in the neighborhood of $25 billion, which would make it the 4th largest U.S. listed tech stock ever, just a little behind […]
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May 1, 2018
Film Composer Chris Boardman, Virtual Radio, And Instrument Insurance On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast
My guest this week is television and film composer Chris Boardman, who was one of my first guests when I started this podcast 4 years ago. He was originally on episode #11. Acknowledged for his work in film, TV, records and academia, Chris is a six time Emmy Award winner with 13 Emmy Nominations, and […]
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