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2021: The Music Boom is Coming

What a year 2020 was. When it began, the outlook for the music industry hadn’t looked so good in decades. Then came Covid-19, the industrial equivalent of a comet hurtling in from deep space. As we emerge into 2021, it’s time for some damage assessment. What exactly has been destroyed? Who has benefitted from lockdowns? […]

New Music App Offers Up to $1,000 for Spotting Potential Hits

Music startup Djooky, an emerging artist platform, has launched a new feature on its app called HitHunter that promises to pay its users cash prizes for identifying potential hits. The new A&R feature follows the inception of the Djooky Music Awards in July 2020. Described as “the world’s first global online music contest”, the competition is […]

DigitalRadioTracker.com Simplifies Broadcast Monitoring Worldwide

DigitalRadioTracker.com Inc. is a private U.S. based firm that has developed a user-friendly platform which provides music clients with lucrative and creative marketing research initiatives. The company also provides insights that are personally designed to help music related companies all over the world drive profitable
growth and expand to new heights.

Luxury Soul Family Compilation – A must-have for lovers of jazz. r&b,

Luxury Soul Family is a must-have for lovers of jazz. r&b, and soul and all those that support the traditional values established by these genres in modern form. Expansion Records has produced one of the finest collections of music to date. Luxury Soul Family is a creative work that endears a fabulous taste of chorale with a live band expertise – an experience that truly reaps a beatific reward. Thank you!

HOW HAS HIP-HOP POSITIVELY IMPACTED SOCIAL MOVEMENTS?

For decades, hip-hop has been perceived as empty and lacking in thought, which has led to harsh criticism of it.  However, hip-hop has also been effective in creating and expanding the awareness of various social movements, despite being an unorthodox way of doing so and often being overlooked as a successful means.  As hip-hop has […]

MUSICIAN SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES FOR FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND OTHER WEBSITES

There are do’s and don’t for using social media effectively, and that applies to musicians, too. Here’s some basic advice to get the most out of social media as a hip hop artist, DJ, folk artist, or any other type of independent musician. Keep your content varied. From a user’s perspective, nothing is more boring (and […]

Book Festivals and Events | Black History Month

Book Festivals, Events, Fair, dedicated to African American literature and Black Literature from around the world, for writers, thinkers and readers Select LocationAlabamaAlaskaAnguillaArizonaArkansasAustraliaBelizeCaliforniaCanadaChinaColoradoCubaDistrict of ColumbiaEgyptFloridaFranceGeorgiaGermanyIllinoisIndiaIndianaItalyJamaica, W.I.KentuckyLouisianaMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriNetherlandsNevadaNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNigeriaNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaSomalilandSouth AfricaSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseTennesseeTexasThe GambiaTrinidad & TobagoU.S. Virgin IslandsUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsin Black Writers On Tour – Los Angeles, California Website: Black Writers On Tour Date: Saturday, March 28, […]

THE 2021 NAMM ‘BELIEVE IN MUSIC’ WEEK VIRTUAL EVENT BEING HELD JANUARY 18-22

    FREE to all Music Makers, Artist appearances include Garth Brooks, Melissa Etheridge, Dave Navarro, The Go-Go’s, deadmau5, Orianthi and more    Grammy Award-winning Composer and Pioneer of the Virtual Choir Eric Whitacre to Discuss Virtual Music Making with Grammy Winner Imogen Heap   Grand Rally for Music Education Presents L.A. Philharmonic’s Gustavo Dudamel, Soprano […]