For years, I thought part of my job as an artist was convincing institutions that I belonged. If I made the right record, earned the right review, landed the right nomination, or extended the olive ...

The correct answer is E. But are there any other places for musicians to share their gifts with the world and to be paid well too? Yes, there are, but the answer may not be obvious: F) Conferences.

Spotify has issued a one-year progress update detailing its campaign against AI music, revealing that it has pulled over 50 million "slop and spam" tracks out of its recommendation algorithms so far ...

Last year, 88% of tracks on streaming platforms received fewer than 1,000 plays. Let that land for a second. The default reading of those numbers is that there's simply too much music. The market is ...

On this second episode of Roots In The Bronx, a new interview series from the Renaissance Youth Center celebrating the people, culture, music, and stories that make The Bronx special, Bervin Harris ...

Live Nation Entertainment reported Q2 2026 revenue of $7.7 billion, a 9% increase over the same quarter last year, just beating analyst expectations. A record 49 million fans attended concerts.

"American consumers are pissed off." Multiple witnesses told Democratic members of Congress that the Live Nation and Ticketmaster DOJ settlement, currently under Tunney Act Antitrust Procedures and ...

A new national nonprofit is offering independent musicians a year of practical career development, industry mentorship, and financial support. Musician Growth Lab has opened applications for its ...

Indie stalwarts Los Campesinos! have done something radical: they opened their books. In a recent Substack post, the band shared a line-by-line breakdown of their North American tour finances. While ...

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Music catalog acquisition has become increasingly sophisticated. Buyers have access to detailed royalty histories, financial models, legal diligence, rights databases, streaming analytics, and ...

Welcome to our new interview series, Manager of the Month, in which we spotlight the work of successful pros in the artist management space, and ask them to share (just a few of) their coveted trade ...