Billboard Kills The Hot Singles Sales Chart As of week 46 of 2017, the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart is officially no more. This means that artists’ CD and Maxi single sales no longer have any charting power until the Billboard Hot 100. Indiehitmaker feels that it is a great mistake to see this chart
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Carnival Studios Take Artist Performances to the Next Level with Live Music Production Workshops Led by Bram Bram Bessoff, Founder and President of Indiehitmaker, was recently brought on by Carnival Cruise Lines, in an amazing opportunity that features his Live Music Production workshops & talks. Held at Carnival Studios’ brand new state-of-the-art facility, Bram led a two-day program with
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He’s Got Angels: IHM Interviews Emcee NICE In its second week of release, the latest Emcee NICE record, Praise, has landed on over a dozen different charts, dominating the christian/gospel releases but also crossing spiritual boundaries to land high on charts like Rap Album Sales, and Emerging Artists. Check out our interview below where Emcee NICE tells his
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IHM Billboard Charting Artists For Your consideration: 60th Grammy Awards The 60th Grammy awards will not take place until January of 2018 but the selection and nomination process is already underway. For Your Consideration(FYC) allows artists of all creeds and levels to ask for ears on their work for Recording Academy members to review and
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My Silent Bravery climbs to top of charts with IHM Momentum Plan “Got It Going On,” a breakout single by My Silent Bravery, a one-man rock act out of Boston, MA sat at #1 for nine weeks ahead of Lana Del Ray, international superstar, on the Billboard Hot Singles Chart. How? Manager Evan Stein has a
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Digital Music Catalogs Protect Copyrights and Keep Your Music Safe: Angela Durden Interview Pt. 4 Angela K Durden has been an invaluable resource, providing information on how to keep your music copyrighted and safe, and insight into topics such as streaming difficulties, digital aggregation, the value of selling direct-to-fan, and why you need to add your work
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Streaming, Fake Artists, and Digital Distribution: Angela Durden Interview Pt. 3 Angela Durden, Industry Disruptor and inventor of MyDigitalCatalog.com – an online platform we previously covered designed to help content creators/owners document their intellectual property and keep their music safe, recently stopped by for an in depth interview with us. Previously published segments included information on the Soundcloud
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Josh Solomon Returns to Talk Fan Engagement and Owning The Relationship Fan engagement is the number one reason for the success of Josh Solomon and The Empty Pocket’s latest release ‘Voices’ and inseparable from the dedication he’s put into building the relationship between the band and its fans. At 30,000 strong, Solomon bases his fan metrics
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Protecting Music Copyrights: Angela Talks User Agreements, UPC, and ISRC Codes Protecting music copyrights is passion number one for Angela K Durden, Industry Disruptor and inventor of MyDigitalCatalog.com – an online platform we previously covered designed to help content creators/owners document their intellectual property and keep their music safe. What follows is the first part of
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Music Gateway Kickstarter Campaign Empowers Creativeness Previously, we helped Music Gateway announce their ACM Scholarship, and currently, we’re taking the time to help promote their kickstarter. The Music Gateway Kickstarter Campaign will fuel the 2.0 launch of their website, unveiling loads of new tools along with their very first mobile app which is now available for
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