Image created with DALL-E We’re all artists, right? Well, yes. We create art. But maybe we are the actual art. I saw someone online pose this idea, and I think there’s merit to it. So let’s talk about building a music career around your personality, not just your music. You Are the Art Technology has […]
Photo Credit: Eyestetix Studio An appeals court has officially overturned the dismissal of a lawsuit that accuses Google-owned YouTube of violating multiple states’ laws (as well as COPPA at the federal level) by collecting and tracking children’s user data without parental authorization. A three-judge appeals panel just recently reversed the district-court dismissal of the relatively […]
Photo Credit: James Sutton Album success in 2022 is shared across the regions of the UK, while new album releases lead a predicted 15th successive annual uplift in vinyl LP sales, with eight of the year’s Top Ten sellers released in 2022. Music talent is flourishing across the UK, with most of the year’s biggest-selling […]
Photo Credit: Souvik Banerjee Twitter Blue subscribers receive new features, including 60-minute videos plus “prioritized rankings in conversations.” Twitter has updated its list of features for its Twitter Blue service, enabling subscribers paying $8 a month to upload 60-minute videos at 1080p resolution and 2GB file size. Additionally, subscribers will receive “prioritized rankings in conversations,” […]
TikTok is officially banned in the House of Representatives, the chief administrative officer has revealed in a formal notice sent to lawmakers and their staff. TikTok has now been banned in another legislative chamber. This newest setback for ByteDance-owned TikTok, which has faced considerable data-related scrutiny from states since November’s beginning, came to light in […]
Photo Credit: LiveOne LiveOne (NASDAQ: LVO) has officially confirmed that it “remains committed” to spinning off its PodcastOne subsidiary “as a separate public company to be listed on a national exchange.” Los Angeles-headquartered LiveOne, which in November highlighted its plans for PodcastOne, just recently confirmed the spin-off via a formal release. In this announcement message, […]
Photo Credit: The United States Army Band / CC by 2.0 Beef over Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” continues as the singer responds to co-writer Walter Afanasieff’s claims. Mariah Carey’s former co-producer and co-writer, Walter Afanasieff, told the “Hot Takes & Deep Dives” podcast that stories of the singer writing her […]
Photo Credit: WBLS / CC by 3.0 Mariah Carey’s perennial holiday favorite “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has broken Spotify’s single-day global streaming record. This latest commercial feat for the nearly 29-year-old track, around which Mariah Carey scheduled several performances in 2022, just recently came to light in a social-media post from Chart […]
Photo Credit: Solen Feyissa With multiple states having recently prohibited employees from using TikTok due to growing security concerns, federal lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation, the ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act, that would ban the ByteDance-owned service from operating in the United States altogether. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the bill, officially the “Averting the National Threat […]
As an artist, social media can be a powerful tool for promoting your work, connecting with fans, and growing your audience. Here are some tips for using social media effectively as an artist: Identify the social media platforms that are most relevant to your audience and focus on building a strong presence on those platforms. […]
