MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS ROUND-UP

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  • Canadian Musician Magazine showcases unsigned artists from across Canada in their Showcase section in their print, digital and online editions. Deadline: Ongoing until February 24, 2025.

  • MUSICSTREAM is investigating how music culture might (or might not) be changing in an era when more and more people access music via streaming platforms. They are looking to speak with artist managers, accountants, lawyers, or other members of artist management teams who have worked with their artists to sell portions of their royalties on song investment marketplaces such as Anote, Sonomo, SongVest. Deadline: Open. Contact: D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, Ph.D: d.kaye1@leeds.ac.uk

  • Billboard Canada Spotify Raising Prices in Canada While Challenging Proposed 'Streaming Tax'

  • Bloomberg Women in the Music Industry Question Impact of Recent Restructures

  • Hypebot It’s Harder Than Ever To Be An Independent Musician, New Study Confirms

  • Music Business Worldwide TikTok Music Is Over. But Elsewhere, TikTok Is Making Some Interesting Music-related Moves...

  • Canada Council for the Arts | Arts Across Canada, Arts Abroad, Explore & Create Programs | Deadlines: Ongoing, anytime before start date of project/activity

  • Jumpstart Foundations is an on-demand free video series presented by Music BC and music industry professionals and specialists covering topics on Branding, Tik Tok, Music Marketing, Music Law, Domestic Tour Strategies and much more.

  • Amazon Music has teamed up with Music Ally to present the Amazon Music for Artists Pro Series, a collection of five free video courses designed to help music industry professionals and artists effectively build their business on Amazon Music. The content is a crash course on five key areas of Amazon Music’s business and opportunity areas for artists, including Amazon Music for Artists, Artist Merch, Voice, Livestreaming/Twitch, and Programming. The Pro Series is free to access globally from the Music Ally learning hub, with subtitles available in Spanish and Japanese.

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