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RSS Oct 30, 2025 3:55pm · Hypebot
LA Hosts 3 Major Music Industry Conferences Next Week
Next week three major music industry conferences are coming to greater Los Angeles. Explore highlights of the Music Managers Forum-US LA Summit, Billboard Live and Music Tectonics. Plus read on to learn a common thread (other than AI...) running through them. The post LA Hosts 3 Major Music Industry Conferences Next Week appeared first on Hypebot.
RSS Oct 30, 2025 1:19pm · Hypebot
New SoundCloud All-in-One Artist Subscription: More Control, 100% Earnings
The new SoundCloud All-in-One Artist Subscription offers musicians and creators more control of streaming, fan funding, merch, vinyl and more with fewer hands in their pocket. The post New SoundCloud All-in-One Artist Subscription: More Control, 100% Earnings appeared first on Hypebot.
RSS Oct 30, 2025 12:30pm · Hypebot
Live Music Industry News: GigSalad gets Cool • Billboard Power Players • More
In the latest live music industry news, Dave Cool has been named VP of Marketing & Business Development at GigSalad. Cool (his real name) spent 14+ years at Bandzoogle, most recently as Chief Relationship Officer. This includes after its 2023 acquisition by DistroKid. The post Live Music Industry News: GigSalad gets Cool • Billboard Power Players • More appeared first on Hypebot.
RSS Oct 30, 2025 12:20pm · Hypebot
AI and the Future of Music Licensing: From Uncertainty to Opportunity
Music supervisors—the people who choose and license songs for film, TV, and ads—are often the gatekeepers to massive exposure for indie songwriters. A single placement can reach millions of new listeners and open career-changing doors. But as AI-generated tracks flood the market, authentic, human-made songs are more valued than ever. The post AI and the Future of Music Licensing: From Uncertainty to Opportunity appeared first on Hypebot.
RSS Oct 17, 2025 10:58pm · Payusnomind
Spotify's New AI Initiative Is Terrifying
Spotify recently announced plans to develop its own AI products in collaboration with the three major record companies — Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony. Here’s an excerpt from their announcement, followed by Payusnomind’s interpretation of what it really means: Some voices in the tech industry believe copyright should be abolished. We don’t. Musicians’ rights matter. Copyright is essential.…
RSS Sep 15, 2025 6:10pm · Payusnomind
Substack vs Beehiiv vs Kit (2025): Best Newsletter Platform for Creators
Substack might be the number one newsletter management service for creatives. One major reason for that is the price - you can’t beat free! But, it also has a ton of great features that integrate Podcasts, Live video streaming, and messaging. Technically, in its current form, I could argue it’s more of a social media platform than a newsletter but I digress.…
RSS Sep 6, 2025 9:46pm · Payusnomind
Ultimate Indie Artist's Guide: Tools You Need, Lies You Don't
In this guide, we give our best pick for every tool and service you'll need to launch and optimize your career as a music artist.  No lies, no affiliate hustling, only an honest breakdown of what we think are the best options and why.  Download PDF to Read Offline Music Distribution: Top 3 Choices Landr: Visit Landr.com 20% Off Amuse: Visit Amuse.io 10% - 30% Off with Promo Code PAYUSNOMIND Venice Music: Visit Venicemusic.…
RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:49pm · Payusnomind
Web3 Music Monetization: Ultimate Guide to Music Monetization
NFTs: Digital Ownership or Digital Illusion? What Is an NFT? NFT stands for non-fungible token. At its core, it's a digital certificate of ownership that lives on a blockchain - a decentralized, public database maintained by computers around the world. Unlike cryptocurrencies (which are fungible, meaning one unit is the same as another), NFTs are unique, and each has a token ID that acts like a registration key.…
RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:43pm · Payusnomind
Digital Real Estate: Ultimate Guide to Music Monetization
Digital Real Estate - B2B When we talk about digital real estate, we’re not talking about directly monetizing music. Instead, it’s about leveraging the value that music creates. Music opens the door to opportunities - opportunities that can be monetized by using your digital presence strategically. Artists operating online have digital properties. These include their YouTube channel, where music is shared through videos.…
RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:40pm · Payusnomind
Selling Music Royalties: Ultimate Guide to Music Monetization
Advances: Monetizing the Monetization There’s monetizing your music, and then there’s monetizing the money your music earns. In recent years, fintech platforms have introduced a new model of music financing: catalog advances. These aren’t payments for streams or licenses - they’re lump-sum payouts offered to independent artists based on their past royalty earnings. In short, you're borrowing against your future royalties.…
RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:34pm · Payusnomind
Monetizing Music Through Licensing: Ultimate Guide to Monetization
Licensing How your music earns money from TV, games, covers, AI, and more Music licensing is one of the most powerful yet misunderstood forms of monetization in the industry. When someone pays to use your music - whether in a TV show, video game, cover version, or even an AI-generated remix - they’re paying for a license. That license gives them legal permission to use your work, and in exchange, you get paid.…
RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:30pm · Payusnomind
Selling Music Direct: Ultimate Guide to Monetization
Direct Sales Selling music today is a charity. Music fans are donating to support your career, not because they need your music, but because they want to see you continue making it. Here's why. Vinyl records served a purpose and solved a problem. They allowed people to bring music out of clubs and off the radio into their homes. Cassette tapes improved on that by giving listeners the ability to fast-forward, rewind, and pause songs.…
RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:20pm · Payusnomind
YouTube Monetization: Ultimate Guide
YouTube Monetization YouTube has always provided artists with expansive opportunities for monetization. In its early days, creators could integrate direct ads from their partners, having YouTube manage the delivery of impressions and track views. It also offered the ability to sell video on demand. While complaining about low royalty payments from YouTube, the industry never took advantage of any of these tools.…
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