The good people over at Rap Rehab took the time out to chop it up with Zach Quillen, indie star Macklemore’s manager. They talk 4 things you can learn for their rise. All you indie artists should be paying close attention. 1. Apply the 80/20 rule to your social media strategy. Rather than create a profile on […]
The American Association For Independent Music has put together a small chart comparing market ownership. As you can see, its another big win for indie record labels. These two charts respectively show the slow, but steady growth of indie labels from 2011 to 2012. Indie labels are beginning to control more and more of the market. My guess is […]
Falling sales of MP3 players, impacted by feature-filled smartphones, could turn out to be one of the music industry’s biggest opportunities in years. It should come as no surprise that market research company Mintel announced this week that MP3 player sales in the UK had fallen 22% from 2011 and will be cut in half by 2017. […]
