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Industry Profile: Vocana Ushers in a New Generation of Streaming and Fan Interaction for Independent ...
For better or worse, the music industry leans heavily in favor of supporting major artists. If big time musical acts want their songs available for ... -
Industry Profile: Native Instruments
The quality of home studio recording has rivaled that of commercial facilities for years. That shift is evident in pop albums like Billie Eilish’s When ... -
Industry Profile: AMOS Sweets Brings Delicious Flavors, Bumping Beats, and Novelty to This Year’s GRAMMY ...
The music industry has been through many changes. From the invention of the phonograph to MP3s and streaming, the ways in which fans access recorded ... -
Industry Profile: B.B. King: The Legacy Continues
Working a series of odd jobs (including driving a tractor and street performing) after a move from Mississippi (where he was raised by sharecroppers on ... -
Industry Profile: Fame, The Swampers, and the Concrete Bunker: A Walk Through Muscle Shoals, Where ...
Three years ago, somewhere between a string of shows across Alabama, Nashville, and Mississippi, this writer did what musicians have been doing for decades: we ... -
Industry Profile: Steel, Soul, and Six Strings: Inside the World of Mike Slotboom’s Telecasters & ...
This writer met Mike Slotboom in Memphis, TN, at the International Blues Challenge—though at the time, we had no idea we were standing next to ... -
Industry Profile: Streams Get You Heard, Sync gets You Paid
Ever since streaming has become the primary way people consume music, the entire business model has been fundamentally transformed, replacing revenue from CD and record ... -
Industry Profile: Vomit Face Records
Sid Wilson is many things to many people. As the DJ and keyboardist with metal giants Slipknot, Wilson was designated the number 0, and he ... -
Industry Profile: Beatport
By Lily Moayeri Communities. Influencers. Superfans. These buzzwords have dominated music industry discourse in recent years—but they’ve always been integral to DJ and electronic dance ... -
Industry Profile: Derek Shulman's Giant Steps
The complete title for musical raconteur Derek Shulman’s new book for Jawbone Press is Giant Steps: My Improbable Journey From Stage Lights to Executive Heights. ... -
Industry Profile: High Moon Records
This is the age of artificial intelligence and streaming, where music is accessed and consumed through virtual means. In many cases, cell phones and various ... -
Industry Profile: Wavemakers: Paving the Way for 40+ Women Musicians
Navigating the music business presents many challenges regardless of age or sex; however, women 40 and over face their own unique set of obstacles. In ... -
Industry Profile: The Evolution of Radio Evolve
Radio Evolve is a recently-launched endeavor from Evolve Entertainment Network, which was: “created to produce and provide family-friendly content that inspires you. Told through our ... -
Industry Profile: Focusrite Celebrates 40 Years of Helping Artists Realize Their Creative Visions
Whether recording an album or jamming out in front of a live crowd, musicians need technology to get the job done. Everyone knows players require ... -
Industry Profile: Cobra Kai Never Dies
The Netflix show Cobra Kai, which offered viewers a chance to return to the ’80s Karate Kid universe, was so well-received by both fans and ... -
Industry Profile: Norman's Rare Guitars Celebrates 50 Years
Celebrating their 50th year in business, Norman’s Rare Guitars is a unique and renowned vintage guitar shop in Los Angeles. It evolved from Norman Harris’ ... -
Industry Profile: Utonium Music Capitalizes on Bringing Together Creators From Different Cultures
Eureka moments are rare. Such flashes of inspiration can also be transformative and set the recipient on an unexpected journey. That was the case for ... -
Industry Profile: KPop Demon Hunters Score Hit of the Summer
Nobody saw Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters coming, but it ended up being an enormous hit for that streaming service. At the end of July, Netflix ... -
Industry Profile: Fender Vintage II 65 Stratocaster: As Good As It Gets
By Brian Stewart The first electric guitar I owned was a 1968 three-color sunburst Fender Stratocaster my parents bought me in 1974. Since then, I’ve ... -
Industry Profile: AKG Offers Unprecedented Insight into the Creative Process with Stories Behind the Sessions
Musicians are endlessly unique, and so is their music. When one of their creations falls perfectly into place, it enters the pantheon of enduring classics. ...
