This Week In Music Commentary

Commentary inside a humming music business this week included conversations about marketing strategies, tour advocacy, the failure of music discovery, and more.

• Be-Hookd’s Silas Armstrong Talks Talks, Branding, Bots, Marketing Strategies [INTERVIEW]

• #irespectmusic Tour Advocacy With Blake Morgan [INTERVIEW]

• 71% Of Spotify Users Need Free Music says Troy Carter

• How Music Discovery Failed Me [Glenn Peoples]

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