Association Updates
New Member Profile Feature: Triton Digital
Triton Digital is the leading digital service provider to traditional and online radio with a rapidly expanding roster of media clients emerging from the television and print space. Their infrastructure, applications, and innovation are powering digital audience and revenue growth for clients around the globe. Read more about this new member here. More...
‘Breakthrough Artist’ Award Presented to Emeli Sandé at Music Biz 2013
NARM presented soul-pop up-and-comer Emeli Sandé with the Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award at Music Biz 2013’s Awards Dinner Party on Thursday, May 9, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. More...
Blues Legend Buddy Guy Receives ‘Chairman’s Award’ at Music Biz 2013
Buddy Guy, a six-time Grammy winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Kennedy Center honoree received the prestigious NARM 'Chairman’s Award for Sustained Creative Achievement' at the Awards Dinner Party at Music Biz 2013. The Award celebrates Guy’s five decades as a musician, including the next stage of his career with the recently released Live at Legends album, which also features three new studio recordings. More...
RIAA Presents Gold & Platinum Awards to Artists at Music Biz 2013
The RIAA has announced the integration of digital streams to its historic Gold & Platinum Program, the industry’s premier award for recognizing artistic achievement in the marketplace. They presented the first of these awards to Cher Lloyd, Jason DeRulo, and Emeli Sandé at Music Biz 2013! More...
Music Biz 2013 Keynote Panel Showcases Billboard’s “40 Under 40”
Billboard presented the Keynote Panel at Music Biz 2013 today, showcasing the perspectives of young executives from its 2012 “40 Under 40” Power Players list, who were honored for “propelling the industry with their artistic and business vision.” Representatives from Coca-Cola, Motown Records, AEG Live, and Epic Records participated. More...
Ted Cohen Receives Presidential Award at Music Biz 2013 Opening Session
Music and tech evangelist Ted Cohen, Founder and Managing Partner at TAG Strategic, was recipient of NARM’s Presidential Award for Sustained Industry Achievement. Cohen received the Award at the Music Biz 2013 Breakfast & Opening Session, which was held on Wednesday, May 8. More...
Record Store Day Receives Independent Spirit Award at Music Biz 2013
NARM presented its prestigious Independent Spirit Award to Record Store Day, which celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2012. Representatives from the three founding organizations – the Department of Record Stores (formerly Music Monitor Network), the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), and the Alliance Of Independent Media Stores (AIMS) — were on hand to accept the Award. More...
Sister-Act von Grey Perform at Music Biz 2013 Opening Session
This morning, NARM & digitalmusic.org hosted a special performance by up-and-coming indie alt-folk band von Grey at Music Biz 2013’s Breakfast & Opening Session. The performance honored Independent Spirit Award winner, Record Store Day, as well as provided great entertainment for guests. More...
Town Hall Gives Music Biz 2013 Attendees Connected Car Experience
Today, we tackled in-car music listening trends during Music Biz 2013 at a Town Hall entitled “The Connected Car Experience." During the Town Hall, representatives from top companies in the space such as the Team Detroit, Warner Music Group, Pandora, Slacker, Gracenote, Aha Radio/Harman International, and Kenwood USA Corporation were on hand to discuss how both the music and auto industries can take advantage of these trends and examine exactly what consumers want from their music experience while on the road. More...
Industry Style Guide Aims to Get Everyone on the Same Page with Metadata
digitalmusic.org is looking to clean up and simplify the listing, ingestion, and management of music at digital retailers with its Music Industry Style Guide, released today during the Music Biz 2013 Metadata Summit. The document outlines a set of metadata guidelines that can be used by musicians, managers, and labels to improve data quality for artist, track, and album information through common naming conventions and data entry standards. Download here. More...
Acronym Updates at digitalmusic.org’s Music Industry Metadata Summit
Music Biz 2013's Metadata Summit included five minute presentations by leaders of various global metadata and information infrastructure initiatives: DDEX, EIDR, ISRC, CME, GRD, ISNI, MusicBrainz. Check out a summary of their initiatives here! More...
LiveMusicStage to Stream Select Panels from Music Biz 2013
LiveMusicStage, an online platform for live-streamed concerts, will be broadcasting select panels in their entirety live from Music Biz 2013. Streamed panels include among others Selling To Fans vs Selling To Consumers; Monetizing Music, Marketing & Data in the New Music Business; and Discoverability in the Digital Age. They will feature senior executives from leading companies such as Scott Ambrose Reilly (CEO of X5 Music), Steve Savoca (Head of Content at Spotify), Benji Rogers (Founder / CEO of Pledge Music), and Paul Springer (Senior Vice President Product Management of Rhapsody). More...
INFOGRAPHIC: Search Engine Optimization for Music Websites
Released today during the Music Biz 2013 Metadata Summit, a new infographic from digitalmusic.org is giving bands, record labels, physical and digital music retail outlets, and other music companies a crash course in search engine optimization (SEO). Supported by Acquia and titled “Search Engine Optimization for Music Websites,” the infographic walks readers through the basics of how search engines such as Google and Bing work, then provides a series of easy-to-implement tips including the S.T.A.C. (Structure, Topicality, Content, Authority) method, + so much more! More...
Five Finalists Will ‘Take A Swim In The Shark Tank’ At Music Biz 2013
We received a great amount of submissions for our contest with car rental giant Hertz and premier online music creation site Indaba Music. Five artists have be chosen to pitch one of their songs to an esteemed group of music marketing experts at Music Biz 2013’s “Music & Brand Partnerships: Take a Swim in the Shark Tank” panel. Take a listen! More...
Music Biz 2013 Gathers the Best of the Music Business May 6-9 in Los Angeles
NARM and digitalmusic.org have announced the full schedule for must-attend music industry event Music Biz 2013, which will be held May 6-9 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The event will simultaneously honor the past while looking to the future, celebrating NARM’s 55th Anniversary while featuring a variety of panels and other events showcasing the musical stars and industry innovators of tomorrow. More...
New Member Profile Feature: vivogig
Vivogig is a fan engagement platform based on user generated photos taken with the vivogig app. Fan content can then be shared by the artists, media partners, (Billboard, United Stations, etc.) as well as by other fans. The photos will also be distributed to tech platforms, (Rdio, Spotify, Xbox, StubHub, etc) through vivogig’s self- serve API to power visuals to match their media, ticketing or streaming services. More...
Music Biz 2013 Awards Dinner Party Featuring Artist Meet & Greet
Join us for the Music Biz 2013 Awards Dinner Party on Thursday, May 9 at 7 PM for a fabulous evening of drinks, dinner, dessert, music, awards, and more! Joining award recipients Buddy Guy and Emeli Sandé for the artist meet & greet are Tom Jones, Natalie Cole, Jason Derulo, Kelly Rowland, Troy Landry, Booker T, Jessica Sanchez, Olly Murs, Trevor Jackson, Cher Lloyd, and more. More...
We Look to the Future with Opening Session of Music Biz 2013 on May 8
The opening session of Music Biz 2013 has its sights set on the future of the industry, featuring the Billboard keynote presentation “The Future of the Biz on the Future of the Biz,” with 40 Under 40 Power Players Joe Belliotti of Coca-Cola, Ethiopia Habtemariam of UMPG and Motown Records, Rebeca Leon of AEG Live/Golden Voice, and Tricky Stewart of Epic Records, and a performance from the teen alt-folk sister act von Grey. In addition, Record Store Day will receive the Independent Spirit Award and tech evangelist Ted Cohen, Founder and Managing Partner at TAG Strategic, will receive the Presidential Award for Sustained Industry Achievement. More...
VP Bill Wilson Talks ‘Why Musicians Should Care About Metadata’ on Hypebot
"Metadata. It’s a jargon-y word that probably turns a lot of artists off at the mere mention of it. It’s also one of the main things standing between them and a variety of new opportunities to make money. And those new opportunities are becoming increasingly important for cash-strapped musicians." Read more from VP of Digital Strategy & Business Development, Bill Wilson, on Hypebot here. More...
Track & Album Sales Down, But Fall Out Boy Is Saving Rock And Roll
“Fall Out Boy won their sales battle with Kid Cudi this week, debuting at #1 on the Billboard charts with their comeback album, Save Rock and Roll. The record sold 154,000 copies, edging out Cudi’s Indicud with 136,000." Click here for more of President Jim Donio's sales quote. More...
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