Increase Your Artist Income | Build Your Fanbase
The internet is a veritable treasure trove of information, but at the core of it, all are three key principles which are at the heart of basic music marketing. To increase your income you must first increase your active fanbase. These principles are critically important. None of these three parts are brain surgery. But they do take […]
10 Indie Women Killing The Game
1. CupcakKe Surely you’ve heard of CupcakKe before, but if not, you’re about to. This woman is INSANE, in the best way possible. I feel like I shouldn’t even share this video because it is so #NSFW, but it is so good. After collabing with tons of heavy hitters like Charli XCX plus being […]
Corn on My Dinner Plate
I could kick myself for having never seen Corn On My Dinner Plate live considering they’re here in Chicago and they’ve been making the rounds at small venues. The band has been together since they were sophomores in high school and dropped their first EP when they were seniors. Now they’re releasing their latest album […]
Justin Timberlake No. 1, MercyMe Manager, Jim Jefferies Agent Speak
Justin Timberlake jumps to the No. 1 spot on the Pollstar Global Concert Pulse, as the “Man Of The Woods” tour gets underway with sellouts reported to Pollstar already. Those shows include two at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, which sold 32,142 tickets and grossed more than $3.5 million March 13 and March 15, as well […]
NMPA To Begin Copyright Royalty Board Proceedings For Streaming Mechanical Royalty Rates
This week, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has begun a proceeding before the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) that will determine the mechanical royalty rates paid by digital streaming services for the next five years. ASCAP’s mission is to protect the rights of our songwriter, composer and music publisher members and to make sure you […]
Jeff Krause – Naked & Hardhearted
Jeff Krause plays music rooted in the tradition of classic Americana & folk storytelling. On his exceptional EP Naked & Hardhearted he doesn’t seem to be stuck trying to reinvent a genre that is almost as old as the hills themselves. On that note Naked & Hardhearted contains all the things I hope to hear […]
Ben Noble – Whiskey Priest
Ben Noble Whiskey Priest self-released; 2018 The new album Whiskey Priest by Ben Noble was apparently recorded in a cabin. However, I get the feeling this album was not recorded on a laptop with a two hundred dollar interface. The whole album is extremely polished and is filled with instrumentation like guitar, viola, cello, drums […]
Interview With Tim & Puma
Photo Credit: Moritz Bichler Tim of the upbeat and enjoyably quirky Swiss and Japanese electronic pop duo Tim & Puma Mimi takes some time out of his busy schedule to update us on the duo’s latest creations, including the just released album Der Die Das, crazy-fun animated video for Dupi Dough from the award-winning short […]
Does Milan Matter?
MILAN — It was 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, the Bottega Veneta show was about to start, and François-Henri Pinault, chief executive of Kering, the French conglomerate that owns the Italian brand, was het up. Were the models late? Had some clothes not arrived? Did he — oops — not like what he saw? Nope. His […]
Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ to Hit Theaters in August, Timed to Charlottesville Anniversary
Jordan Peele is among those producing the drama, which stars John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier and Topher Grace. Filmmaker Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman will open in U.S. theaters on Aug. 10, timed to the one-year anniversary of the protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Focus Features movie (previously titled Black Klansman) is based on the […]
Jean-Luc Godard nostalgia: is it time to stop pining for the great director’s past?
Brace yourselves for a wave of Godard nostalgia. It’s 50 years since Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and co closed down the 1968 Cannes film festival in solidarity with student protests in Paris. This year’s Cannes poster also pays tribute to Godard’s 1965 film Pierrot Le Fou. Those were the days, eh? When cinema was radical […]
Logic And Marshmello Share A Really Cool Video For “Everyday”
It’s a blessing to wake up everyday and be able to get paid for performing tasks that you would do for free. This is the message that Logic is spreading today . The Maryland native and Marshmello unleashed the cool ass video for “Everyday,” for all of the big dreamers of the world. With Alan Ferguson handling […]
The Princess Project Los Angeles
The Princess Project’s mission is to promote self-confidence and individual beauty by providing formal wear and accessories to high school teens who cannot otherwise afford them. Our effort is made possible through invaluable volunteer, donor, and community support via donations and financial gifts to further our goals throughout California with locations in San Francisco, Silicon […]
Sinoptik – Standalone Syndrome
Ukrainian alternative/hard rock band Sinoptik originated a few years ago in the city of Donetsk. Its band members had to flee the region due to war, but have stuck together through thick and thin as Sinoptik. The act, whose musical influences include the psych-rock and stoner rock styles, has recently released the bludgeoning and exhilarating […]
Universal Dice – Birth, Love, Hate, Death
Produced and written by the band’s creative mastermind, Gerry Dantone, Universal Dice’s birth, love, hate, death sports sixteen tunes with strong musical and lyrical backbones aiding Dantone and his fellow musicians to realize the conceptual ambitions of the piece. Referred to as a “rock opera”, birth, love, hate, death doesn’t go from A-Z in a […]