Milk & Honey boss Lucas Keller on scaling his business, chasing money from majors, new norms for producer splits, and how some of the biggest hits get made.
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Fuel your noggin with wise words that tackle music’s present and future.
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Blogs aren’t dead yet. We chop it up with Boston writer Seamus Fay (Lyrical Lemonade, Pigeons & Planes) about covering special songs at all costs.
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The Nations, Lowly Palace, and Arrested Youth made fans family. Now they're all winning.
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Close Talker’s outside-the-box tour drove merch sales and follower increases.
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On the ground in a remote, mythical country exporting music around the world.
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An all-star tour manager on avoiding drunk stage hands, fast food marathons, & missing money.
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The 16-year-old designer’s viral remixes of classic artwork provide lessons for all of us.
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Feed your noggin with wise words every artist and manager can benefit from.
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See what it really takes to score a view on Instagram, YouTube, and other socials.
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TV’s a powerful source of music discovery across the pond. Peek under the hood.
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Lessons from a successful tour manager who ditched her desk job and never looked back.
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Pushbacks once felt like standard fare for hip-hop. We explore why, and how that’s changing.
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Cash flow rules everything around us. So does financial forecasting. Leverage both.
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Information is power. Or just plain interesting. Big think pieces, coming in hot.
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Emerging artists are putting up big numbers on streaming platforms.
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AMRA is changing performance royalty collection for the better. See how.
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Protect your mental with hard-earned lessons from a music writer who’s been to hell and back in this unapologetically honest guest op-ed.
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We tackle the weird words & strange phrases rising teams should know about when signing a record deal.
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Our team traveled back in time and dug up the different ways record deals have changed. Step inside the time machine to see where we're going next.
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Creative directors are extremely important in the music space. They shape worlds for musicians, & their fans. They're the x-factor in most artist careers.
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Some know Bach like the back of their hand, others have no clue who tf that is. Either way, music producers help craft the songs that soundtrack our lives. This Dream Team piece spotlights everything they do to help artists find their stride.
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From Katy Perry to Q-tip these women have produced, engineered and mixed some of your favorite songs. Now, it’s time to make room for many more women to do the same. Let’s get, celebrate, and keep #womeninthemix.
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The man behind one of music’s biggest radio promo companies, Dale Connone of in2une, explains why business is still booming.
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PR ≠ premieres. A good music publicist molds perception. Read what they’re all about.
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Music’s biggest producers dropped free knowledge with our parent company, Kobalt. Click through for can’t-miss wisdom from the folks behind “Sicko Mode,” “Nice For What,” and many more.
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Back in 2016, financial services juggernaut Goldman Sachs dug deep into music business economics. Their research team recently refreshed the study with new statistics, painting an ever-clearer picture of fan demographics, streaming adoption, and global business growth.
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A music lawyer has a massive impact on the music business writ large. Get to know them.
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Equal parts coach, utility role player, and, in their own way, franchise star, music managers, and the music management companies they sometimes work for, are mission critical for a successful artist career.
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Our entire team is grateful for a game-changing 12 months. Here’s what we’ve been up to.
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Is new music released around the holidays doomed to obscurity? Our team backtracks its way to the origin of this slice of music business conventional wisdom.
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We dive into the ever-changing world of corporate music collections, pay-to-play schemes, and fine-tuned pitches for busy curators.
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You’re on tour. You’re tryna figure out what’s good in each city. We’ve got your back. Dodge road boredom with AWAL’s PLACES. First stop: Pittsburgh.
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2000 people spent time in the AWAL Lounge at BBC Music Introducing LIVE to hear icons perform classics, masterminds share wisdom, and newcomers show and prove. Click through to see what went down.
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Learn how machine learning, affinity research, and product testing are redefining what it means to create and consume in the new music economy.
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Dig into the pros and cons of making music freely available on social networks.
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Our VP of digital marketing, Aaron Bogucki, talks smart speakers, emerging music economies and the laws that govern it all ahead of his Music Week Tech Summit panel discussion.
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Rising stars and seasoned execs explain why owning your master recordings is always worth more in the long run than surrendering control for that short term cash grab.
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When choosing a music distributor, you'll also likely have to choose between two types of deals: upfront fee or share in revenue. Here's the difference and how to pick which one is right for you.
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In the wake of Spotify’s new playlist submissions tool, artists will enjoy more opportunities for their music to make an impact. The open-door pitching portal will benefit teams that execute platform-transcending campaigns, both big and small.
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With Vevo "phasing out" its own website and mobile app properties, plus official Vevo channels merging with existing artist YouTube channels, we explore what this ultimately means for the music community
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While all-important personal contact between artist and fan is still the ideal, chatbots (or messenger bots) are gaining ground as a way to automate interactions and build those relationships.
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Last year, Help Musicians UK created Music Minds Matter to help artists dealing with mental-health issues. Here's how the organization provides support — along with other resources for musicians.
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Recently, Spotify announced some major changes with its latest app update, some of which directly impact artists and their fans. Here's what you need to know.
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A recent study of self-identified musicians found that depression and anxiety are on the rise among artists. Here are four major factors behind what's fueling this mental health crisis.
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Listen to Megan West, SoundCloud’s VP of Content and Community, chat with AWAL CEO Lonny Olinick about how the company is helping independent artists measure and redefine what success means to them.
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In a chat with DIY-musician guru, AWAL artist VÉRITÉ shares how she earned 173 million streams as an independent artist and created a sustainable, successful career without giving up control.
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Music industry experts Tom Windish and Jake Udell weigh in on why it's crucial to sustain a career as an artist in the long term — and how to get there.
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Music journalism as we know it may look very different than ever before, but it's still as vital as it ever was. Here's how it's changing — straight from writers and editors.
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Our latest edition of AWAL Sessions in London focused on the all-important topic of artists' mental health. Here are the top findings, which revealed the startling truth about the effects of the music industry on musicians.
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