It’s one thing to have a big promotional campaign for a new release, but after a song or album has been out there for awhile we all tend to forget that there’s still promotion we can do to help it along. Benjamin Groff actually has 50 ideas for doing just that, but I really liked […] The post 5 Excellent Ideas For Promoting Your Music After It’s Released appeared first on Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog ..read more

There are over 100 music streaming platforms around the world, but only 19 that are considered “major.” That said, Spotify is the service that rules them all and there’s a lot of data to prove it. Here are some amazing Spotify statistics that illustrate just how important the platform is to the music industry. Spotify […] The post Amazing Spotify Statistics That Every Artist Should Be Aware of appeared first on Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog ..read more

Concert promoter Live Nation recently was charged with an anti-trust lawsuit from the U.S. Department Of Justice for having too much influence of the market by not only controlling most major U.S. venues, but also owning Ticketmaster, the service we all love to hate. The government says that the company has grown so large that […] The post Live Nation Is Being Sued By The U.S. Government For Being A Bully appeared first on Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog ..read more

My guest on my latest podcast episode is Lara Chapman, who’s an award winning singer/songwriter turned viral vocal coach and the Founder of VoxTape Studios. Born in Switzerland, her aspirations quickly took her to New York City, where she studied Musical Theatre and Acting for Film and Television. After that she moved to Boston to […] The post Viral Vocal Coach Lara Chapman On My Latest Podcast appeared first on Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog ..read more

Tribute bands are big these days, since so many classic rock bands have stopped touring, their tickets cost too much for the average consumer, or they’re never coming to your town. Name the legacy band and they probably have a tribute band out playing their songs, maybe even better than the original band itself. This […] The post Earth, Wind And Fire Lawsuit Shows How A Tribute Band Can Get In Hot Water appeared first on Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog ..read more

Ai has taken the music world by storm, for better or worse, and even though record labels like the idea of virtual artists that they don’t have to pay, they’re not crazy about Ai music companies using their song catalogs to train on. Sony Music has made a move that some thought was inevitable by […] The post Sony Music Getting Tough With Ai Music Companies appeared first on Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog ..read more

On my latest podcast episode, my guests this week are Matt Wallace and Will Kennedy, the Grammy-winning immersive mixing team that has done spatial mixes for Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, The B-52s, Kid Rock, Selena Gomez and many more. Before entering into the spatial mixing world, Matt’s work as a producer includes hits for Maroon […] The post Immersive Mixing Team Matt Wallace And Will Kennedy On My Latest Podcast Episode appeared first on Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog ..read more

It wasn’t that long ago that music industry pundits were saying that the business would prosper as soon as we hit 100 million paid streaming subscriptions worldwide. We’ve soared way past that number and the industry is indeed in a boom period, but that might not last for long, according to a new study. The […] The post Music Consumers Are Pressing Pause On Paid Music Streaming appeared first on Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog ..read more

On my latest podcast episode: Listen to it at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Mixcloud, YouTube Music, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the show! The post Trevor McShane, UMG And TikTok Settle, And Music Gear Retail Changing On My Latest Podcast appeared first on Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog ..read more

While once AM Radio was a broadcast powerhouse that garnered huge number of listeners, today it’s a failing bastion dedicated to sports and talk radio. Even FM, which captured most of AM’s audience, is giving way to streaming, and that has caused auto manufacturers to reconsider the viability of AM Radio in their vehicles. In […] The post You Probably Don’t Listen To AM Radio, But Congress Thinks You Should appeared first on Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog ..read more