August 2025: Aly Gillani, artist and label relations lead at Bandcamp. He talks about why downloads are still a lifeline for many artists, how paying to own music has become […]
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President of CD Baby, Molly Neuman: “There is a narrowing of success where there should be a big pool of possibility”
April 2025: Molly Neuman, president of CD Baby. Creation degeneration: musicians can theoretically reach the entire world, but making their streaming and live income add up and work symbiotically has […]
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beatBread CEO Peter Sinclair on getting more options, insight and choices in music funding
In the latest episode of the Music Ally Focus podcast, we speak to beatBread CEO Peter Sinclair – on getting more options, insight and choices in music funding, and how […]
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“It’s like having a focus group for each track”: how a sea-change in A&R and music discovery is leveling the playing field for artists
This is a post by Andreea Gleeson, Chief Executive Officer of TuneCore (pictured), who writes about what she sees as a “sea change in A&R” – how artists are now testing […]
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Sandbox Issue 239: Music and Advertising’s tense union
Lead: The old rules of advertising are long gone – as is a lot of the inherent guesswork around advertising’s effectiveness. In its place has come greater tracking of ad […]
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WiMP goes DIY
WiMP DIY, as the name suggests, is the Scandinavian streaming company’s new service for unsigned acts, giving them a release platform for their music.
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Sandbox Issue sixty five: DIY FTW: Alex Day sounds out
DIY artist Alex Day outlines his tips on how artists can: genuinely go it alone without even having a manager; why the new breed of musicians are as tech- and business-savvy as they are musically creative; how a career in music can be like an episode of Total Wipeout.
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Interview: DIY musician Alex Day talks fans, the irrelevance of radio and why YouTube changes everything
Music Ally speaks to YouTube sensation and DIY musician, Alex Day, to hear his views on releasing music without a label and how does it himself.
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Billboard kills off its Billboard Pro artist service
Billboard has finally axed its Billboard Pro analytics and social media management service for artists. “Billboard Pro has been discontinued, effective March 1, 2012.
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BandApp to relaunch its DIY apps platform in March
We reported earlier this year on Midemlab finalist BandApp’s temporary shutdown of its platform for artist apps (Bulletin, 20-Jan-12).
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New viral videos for OK Go and Red Hot Chili Peppers
OK Go have launched a video for their new single ‘Needing/Getting’ that involves driving a Chevy Sonic car around the desert outside Los Angeles, using its ‘retractable pneumatic arms’ to hit various instruments at the roadside.
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March of the DIY iPhone artists
Remember the Mentalists and Gary Go? These two UK artists created a stir last year by making/playing music on iPhones and iPod touches. Now other artists are getting to grips with the creative potential of iPhone apps
