This is a Public Service Message for anyone who runs a music label, whether professionally, as a hobby, or as an outlet for their own music;

You need to have your own website, under your own domain name. If the entire online existence of your label consists of some releases on BrandCramp, then your label is a wholly owned subsidiary of BrandCramp, where you do all the work, unpaid by them, and they get all the web traffic. This is a *bad deal*.

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TorrentFreak: Spotify and Labels Seek $322 Million Default Judgment Against Anna’s Archive. “Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, seek a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna’s Archive. They argue that the shadow library failed to appear in court and ignored the preliminary injunction by releasing millions of tracks that were […]

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Bruce Dickinson Has “No F*cking Interest” in Metal’s Countless Subgenres
Maybe there's too many 'cores'.

https://www.metalsucks.net/2024/03/26/bruce-dickinson-has-no-fcking-interest-in-metals-countless-subgenres/

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Since early November 2022 a lot of new people have joined Mastodon, and we expect this to continue. We think that a list of all the key people in music will help newcomers to find the right people to follow. So, please add yourself if you are involved in music and hold a presence at Mastodon (or another part of the Fediverse) to the list which is available at
https://cloudspeakers.budibase.app/app/music-mastodon

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