The new 600-cap London venue allows artists to stage an intimate concert as well as a Spatial Audio recording, broadcast mix, ...

A concert is in two weeks. Suddenly, the conductor arrives with last-minute changes. A section has been shortened, dynamics have been adjusted, and several entries need to be corrected before the ...

This interview with Lighting & Design Director Kevin Northrup and Production Manager Jerry Slone, the masterminds behind Luke Combs' celebrated stage set and production on his My Kinda Saturday Night ...

Big Ears Festival will return to downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, from April 1–4, 2027, with another enormous lineup that treats genre boundaries as polite suggestions. Passes are on sale now. Jeff ...

In 2026, the business models shaping culture and music have fundamentally shifted us away from ownership and toward a world built on subscriptions and services. This is no accident. Platforms are ...

Artificial Intelligence has pushed music-industry conversations toward consent, disclosure, and labeling. Those issues matter, but for independent artists they are only the beginning. When a dispute ...

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Hidden is Microsoft’s announcement about the Zune family of digital music and entertainment products was an implied downplay of Microsoft PlayForSure technology which is the basis for an array of ...

The Small Business Administration has announced that it will open the Small Venue Operators Grant applications on April 8. Venues can sign up for notification from SBA when the application opens.

For a long time, my band played an almost entirely industry-focused game. We tried to attract the right manager, booking agent, record label, publisher, radio programmer, festival buyer, journalist, ...

The FBI issued a stark warning: cybercriminals and scammers are increasingly targeting musicians, industry professionals and fans, and the financial consequences are staggering. According to a recent ...