Why Artists Are Turning Away From "Traditional Record Deals"

When Chance the Rapper made Grammy history in 2018 by becoming the first artist to snag one of the coveted awards without selling physical copies of his music, the win resonated well beyond the Chicago rapper’s own résumé. “This is for every indie artist!” Chance — whose album Coloring Book beat out several massive, label-backed releases including Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo and Drake’s Views — shouted onstage. In the wake of such a high-profile, seemingly DIY success, more new artists these days are considering going the indie route: signing with a non-traditional record label, testing novel release strategies and otherwise trying to forge a path alone. Music industry veteran Lee Parsons, CEO and co-founder of Ditto Music — an independent distribution company with over a dozen offices worldwide that has worked with artists including Chance, Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, and Sam Smith to release music to numerous digital stores like Spotify and iTunes — spoke with Rolling Stone about why...

5 Music Industry Trends To Be Aware Of in 2020

The dawn of a new year and in this case, a new decade, is not only the perfect time to set resolutions, or look back on the past in favor or creating the future we want, but it’s also an ideal time to look ahead in the music industry. In this case, that means predicting upcoming trends.

While nothing is for sure, there have been clues swirling around us for the past year or two that indicate where we may be headed in the new year—and to be...

Singles

The streaming era is driven by singles, which means you should be releasing standalone tracks.

But let's clarify something upfront: Albums are still important.

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Why YouTube?

The world has changed for independent artist and YouTube has now become a necessity and not an option. Not only is YouTube the most popular online tool for music discovery, but among the younger demographic (18-) it’s also become the preferred platform for listening to music. Now that the latest YouTube changes are in effect and every artist can have a channel that resembles those of the hallowed ‘Partner Channels’, it is time for every musician to create a channel and to post all their music to it. YouTube is also the largest Streaming Music Site. Huge numbers of people now turn to YouTube as the ‘de facto’ place to listen to a track or an artist that they’ve heard about. Forget that it’s a video sharing site; for your purposes, it’s actually just a music sharing site, your personal radio station with no battle to get playlisted or even to get a solitary play. It’s all about Subscribers. 

We’re learning all the time too and the one key factor is that YouTube is just like...

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CSP Music Group's CEO Christopher Starr rocks out on stage with the prince of hip-hop Bow Wow and more

CSP Music Group's CEO Christopher Starr rocks out on stage with the prince of hip-hop Bow Wow at a cameo appearance along with super producer Shekspere, Jazzy Pha, Atlanta's hottest street rapper Kebo Gotti and more, hosted by B.T. from Streetz 95.5 FM and Growing Up Hip-Hop Atlanta.

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CSP MUSIC GROUPS CEO CHRISTOPHER STARR AT SOUTH SIDE STUDIOS WITH MEGA-PRODUCERS SHÉKSPERE AND JERMAINE DUPRI ALONG WITH THE PRINCE OF HIP-HOP BOW WOW AND ATLANTA’S STREETS HOTTEST RAPPER KEBO GOTTI WORKING ON A MEGA COLLABORATION.

 

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