Score: Music Industry News
Could this be the year of pop?
According to Hit Songs Deconstructed, all six Hot 100 #1 Hits in Q1 2019 was a Pop song. And, for the first time since Q4 2017, the number of Pop songs in the Top 10 surpassed the number of Hip Hop songs. What other major shifts are they seeing so far in 2019? Our friends at Hit Songs Deconstructed just released their quarterly trend report, The State of the Hot 100 Top 10, which provides a snapshot of Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 compositional and industry trends. They are making highlights from the reports available as a PDF, and you can download them here. – by Hit Songs DeConstructed
64 Pop/Indie Spotify playlists you should be pitching (and how to reach them)
The streaming giant has many amazing playlists for every niche in music, and hundreds more are added with each passing day. A great playlist placement can change someone’s career, but all too often the contact information for influential curators is hard to find. We’re here to help. With the assistance of several friends in the music business, we have uncovered more than sixty (sixty) influential pop and indie playlists that are actively helping artists at every level raise their profiles on a global scale. – by James Shotwell / Haulix
Behind Billie Eilish: Meet the managers guiding the artist’s global success
Billie Eilish is a cultural phenomenon. The singer and her songwriter brother, Finneas O’Connell, have created a debut body of work that transcends genres, reflecting the vast multi-artist listening habits of the music streaming generation – while at the same time tearing apart the notion of the album’s death in the age of the playlist. Oh, and she owned Coachella for fun, too. Meet her Managers who have guided her career. – by Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide
TikTok’s next ambitious goal is to discover future music stars
TikTok needs a lot of music. A lot. The short-form video service began life as a lip-synching app in China, where it’s called Douyin, and although other categories of content, like skits and life hacks, later took off, music remains a key element to the app as its users in the hundreds of millions grow accustomed to soundtracking their video clips. – by Rita Liao / TechCrunch
Thinking in sync: Video interview with top Music Supervisor Amanda Krieg Thomas
Great interview with top music supervisor Amanda Krieg Thomas about her new book, Thinking In Sync: A Primer on the Mind of a Music Supervisor. Discover some of the most important (and often forgotten) steps of having a success in placing your music info film, television and other viual media. – by Chris Shreenan-Dyck / Sync Songwriter
Techstars’ 2019 Class of music startups offers startling vision of the industry’s future
Nine music-technology companies presented their creations to a room filled with potential investors Thursday evening. – by Chris Eggerston / Billboard
The death of the album campaign
Was releasing an album without any prior notice a risky move? At the time, yes. Before Beyoncé pioneered the art of the surprise release, artists would announce their album titles and release dates months before the release would take place. During the time between the release date announcement and the release itself, the artist’s record label would allocate money towards campaigns and promotions to build up anticipation for the album. – by Alex Gonzalez / Medium
Music streaming dervices are gaslighting us
At every step of the way, streaming services are essentially gaslighting us that this ecosystem is an amazing new development. Just like Silicon Valley in general, there is this mindset that having everything available all the time is a good thing. It isn’t — and it is arguably damaging art and culture as a result.
– by Darren Hemmings / Medium
Apple Music strengthens publishing division with Head of Creative Services hire
Apple Music is continuing to build out its publishing division, recently hiring Lindsay Rothschild as Head of Creative Services, Music Publishing, for North America. Rothschild arrives from Google where she led songwriter and publisher relations for YouTube as well as music publishing business development for YouTube and Google Play. – by Shirley Halperin / Variety
Indie publishers like Big Yellow Dog, Sea Gayle become farm clubs for major country labels
“We’re not here to compete with the labels,” says John Ozier, who heads the new Reservoir publishing office in Nashville following a run as ole Executive VP creative. “We don’t have the experience they do in radio promotion and marketing and sales. If we can get their attention by building these streaming numbers and creating great music, and handing it off to them or partnering with them, that’s the end goal.
– by Tom Roland / Billboard
Copyright: Appeals Court reverses controversial fair use ruling in copyright case
A U.S. Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s finding of fair use in the case of Brammer v. Violent Hues. The lower court had rejected photographer Russel Brammer’s claim of infringement after his photo was used without permission to promote a film festival. – by David Walker / PDNPULSE
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Film & Television Music Monthly
12 pdf issues
A must-have resource for anyone looking to place music into films, television, video games, and other visual media.
With over 23 unique sections, this directory provides all of the direct contact information you need to get your music licensed for film, television, and video games.
Every issue contains thousands of company listings, with hyperlinks to their websites, and direct phone numbers and email addresses to all of the film and television music professionals.
Monthly issues include the latest data as well as curated news items relevant to the music licensing community, an extensive calendar of music conferences and conventions, and all the contact information you need to put your music to work.
Available in print, pdf, csv, and “live” online at mblists.com.
12 pdf issues
The music industry’s only contact directory specifically focused on A&R executives at the major and top independent labels in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, London, Chicago, Atlanta, Vancouver, Toronto, and Sydney.
With monthly pdf updates, you can have the most complete and current contact data — information not available anywhere else. Each issue contains over 800 listings with basic info about each company, social media and email links for over 1800 record label A&R professionals.
Issues include informative and insightful interviews with a wide variety of industry professionals, curated A&R-related news, an extensive calendar of music conferences and conventions, and a quick-reference alphabetical personnel index that makes locating any A&R executive fast and easy.
Available in print, pdf, csv, and “live” online at mblists.com.
12 pdf issues
A comprehensive list of all the major and independent music publishers in the US, Canada, and the UK. The Publisher Registry lists full contact information including address, direct dial phone, email, assistant’s names, website, and the style of music on which they focus.
You have the most complete and current contact data — information that is not available anywhere else.
Also includes informative and insightful interviews with a wide variety of industry professionals, a calendar of music conferences and conventions, and a quick-reference alphabetical personnel index that makes locating anyone in music publishing fast and easy.
Available in print, pdf, csv, and “live” online at mblists.com.
Music Attorneys, Legal & Business Affairs Registry
This exclusive directory covers two distinct areas of the music business:
1. Music Attorneys in the US
and Canada and the services
they provide.
2. Legal and Business Affairs includes the personnel in the legal and business departments at all the record labels, music publishers, film studios and television network music departments.
You have the most complete and current contact data — information that is not available anywhere else.
Also includes a quick-reference alphabetical personnel index that makes locating anyone in the music business legal arena fast and easy.
Available in print, pdf, csv, and “live” online at mblists.com.
Indie Bible lists 4,200 publications from around the world that will review your music, 3,400 radio stations from around the world that will play your music, and 600 vendors and services that will help you sell your music. Also included are 350 websites where you can upload your music, 500 helpful resources and websites where you can promote your music, and 52 articles that can move your career forward.
The Looking List
May 2019 Edition
The Looking List is a complete list of every record label’s artists who are looking for songs, co-writes or collaborations for their upcoming projects with their contact information.
What sets the Looking List apart is that you can buy it only when you need it. The Looking List is updated and published on the first day of each month. Save 15% when you subscribe for twelve issues.
Each new issue lists complete information on over 3,000 of the top music blogs from around the world. Each listing includes the name of the music blog, website address, contacts, email, a full description including what style of music the blog focuses on, location, as well as their Twitter contact info. The Music Blog Directory is available in Excel / database format.
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