Association & Member Updates
Here you’ll find the latest announcements on Music Biz events & partnerships, our most recent podcasts & thought leadership articles, and updates on the newest companies to join our Association. If you’d like to receive updates like these sent directly to your inbox, sign up for our weekly news feed email today!
March 22, 2021 – NEW MEMBER PROFILE: RIVIDIA
We’re pleased to welcome RIVIDIA to the Music Biz member community! The company implements a unique “Fan Journey” approach to marketing for its clients, nurturing new audiences from first-time exposure to becoming superfans to create endearing, financially impactful audiences. RIVIDIA’s services include social media management, digital advertising & data management, fan endearment strategy, email &… Read More
March 18, 2021 – Music Business Association Taps LVRN Co-Founders Tunde Balogun and Justice Baiden as #NEXTGEN_NOW Keynote Speakers
Duo joins more than 30 industry professionals speaking at April 13-15 virtual event, sponsored by DistroKid, Songfluencer and Spotify March 18, 2021 — The Music Business Association (Music Biz) has today confirmed the inclusion of LVRN Co-Founder & President, Tunde Balogun, and Co-Founder & Head of A&R, Justice Baiden, as keynote speakers for its upcoming… Read More
March 17, 2021 – Music Biz Member DistroKid Adds Distribution to Snapchat
Earlier this month, digital music distributor DistroKid announced that it would add Snapchat to its list of platforms could upload their music to. This opens up DistroKid’s artists up to a new audience of 245 million users, who send roughly 5 billion “snaps” a day. Music can be accessed on the platform via the new… Read More
March 16, 2021 – [Keeping Tempo With Music Biz] Is 2021 “The Year of Search?” — A Conversation with Hazel Savage and Team Musiio
The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning into a well-established, storied industry like ours has presented both exciting possibilities and potential concerns. Specific applications are a perfect fit for AI tech, particularly those that require menial data-entry tasks. Enter Musiio, who have programmed an AI that can “listen” to up to 1 million… Read More
March 16, 2021 – Music Biz Member Amazon Music Begins Integrating In-App Music Product Sales
Earlier this month, Amazon Music rolled out its first in-app purchasing options for Amazon Prime-eligible artist merch, vinyls and more, allowing music fans to purchase curated music products from their favorite artists without having to leave their music app. The rollout includes merch offerings featured on the pages of hit artists including Billie Eilish, King… Read More
March 15, 2021 – Music Biz Member Apple Music Launches “Behind The Songs” Portal, Shining Spotlight on Songwriters, Producers & More
Apple Music has launched “Behind the Songs,” a new portal dedicated to highlighting songwriters, producers, session musicians and the songs they have contributed to via the platform’s key playlist brands. The portal also allows songwriters and publishers to participate in regularly updated editorial features & promotions with Apple Music and its subscribers. This new offering… Read More
March 15, 2021 – NEW MEMBER PROFILE: Soundtrack Your Brand
We’re pleased to welcome Soundtrack Your Brand to the Music Biz member community! The company helps thousands of stores, hotels, restaurants, and other commercial entities enhance their customer experience via an all-in-one background streaming music solution, giving them access to the world’s largest commercial catalog with more than 51 million songs in 74 markets. The… Read More
March 10, 2021 – Music Biz Member Big Machine Enters Sub-Publishing Deal with peermusic Outside of the U.S.
Earlier this month, Big Machine Music (part of Big Machine Label Group) announced a new sub-publishing deal with peermusic, which will see the international publisher represent copyrights for Big Machine’s artists and catalog of more than 12,000 songs in territories outside of the U.S. This catalog includes the label’s many recent chart-topping tracks, such as… Read More
March 10, 2021 – Music Biz Member Vydia Partners With Royalty Exchange For Indie Artist & Label Advances
Digital distribution company Vydia has announced a new partnership with Royalty Exchange, which will now serve as the platform by which indie artists and labels using Vydia can use to request advances. This move allows creatives to retain the rights to their music, as well as completely control the borrowing and repayment terms of their… Read More
March 9, 2021 – Music Biz Member TuneCore Launches Indie Artist Rewards Program and Digital Milestone Plaques
Independent music distributor TuneCore has announced the launch of two new programs in support of its artist community: The first, TuneCore Certified, presents digital plaques to artists in recognition of single or album milestones from 100 to 1 billion streams across all DSPs. The digital nature of these badges make them easy for artists to… Read More
