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A Special Message From Lady Gaga

8 July 2020 Pump It Up Magazine 0

Your favorite independent venue is at risk of closing forever, but together we can help. 90% of National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) members report they’ll go out of business if the shutdown last 6 months […]

Spotify setting up to compete against YouTube 2021 with video streaming

3 July 2020 Pump It Up Magazine 0

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Spotify will be delivering video content to users later this year and has already approached big YouTubers for exclusivity deals. Could they take on YouTube in 2021? YouTube is not the platform that it used […]

Releasing a single song: The 10 best strategies for 2020

28 May 2020 Pump It Up Magazine 0

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It all starts with a song. You write a song, or you find a song; the song moves you and you want it to move the world. So you record and distribute that song as a […]

15 Ways to Get More Music Fans

22 May 2020 Pump It Up Magazine 0

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They say you need a thousand true fans to build a sustainable music career. But getting those first few die hard fans who play such a crucial role in building momentum can feel almost impossible […]

Primary Wave agrees multi-million dollar deal to acquire majority stake in Ray Charles catalog

22 May 2020 Pump It Up Magazine 0

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Primary Wave Music Publishing has finalized an agreement with the heirs of Ray Charles which will see the publishing firm acquire a majority stake in the pre-1964 music publishing catalog of the 17x Grammy Award […]

20 Tips For Pitching Your Music

21 May 2020 Pump It Up Magazine 0

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Crafting a successful email pitch is an art form and can make or break your marketing campaign to influencers. A great email pitch is concise, yet informative, and personal, yet professional. Over the years we’ve […]

SPOTIFY INVITES RECORD LABELS INTO SPOTIFY FOR ARTISTS, SHUTTERS SPOTIFY ANALYTICS

18 May 2020 Pump It Up Magazine 0

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Spotify is rolling its user-base for Spotify Analytics, the data dashboard for record labels and distributors, into Spotify For Artists, the app used by artists and their managers to manage and market profiles. The move, […]

HOW DO MY SONGS MAKE MONEY?

17 May 2020 Pump It Up Magazine 0

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ROYALTIES EARNED BY YOUR SONGS When you a write a song, it has the potential to be streamed, downloaded, printed, sampled, pressed, transmitted, re-transmitted, broadcast, re-broadcast and performed live. Basically, your music can be used […]

The 18th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners

28 April 2020 Pump It Up Magazine 0

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Announced Online Today @ 2pm EST Lucinda Williams, Jesse Malin, Jonatha Brooke, Heilung, Sofía Rei & JC Maillard, Kevin Hays & Chiara Izzi, Sawyer Fredericks, Jake La Botz, FLOW, John Fields, The Dollyrots, STORRY, Mary […]

Songwriters, Self-Employed Music Workers Eligible for Relief in Federal Stimulus Bill

30 March 2020 Pump It Up Magazine 0

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Songwriters, along with other “gig economy” workers in the music industry ranging from producers to roadies, will be eligible for grants and loans under the $2 trillion stimulus bill passed by the Senate in response […]