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Here are the posts that have appeared in the New Music Lives™ Group on Facebook this week 04/12— through 04/18...
04/12
04/13
• Taylor Swift Accepts The Artist Of The Year Award and why we love this woman. On YouTube— At the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards, Taylor Swift was named Artist of the Year, highlighting a record-breaking night where she won seven awards total.
04/14
• The Invisible 2%: The Only Real Business in Music from joelgouveia.substack— Your 2% Solution— Who Are They? This is Part 1 of a three-part playbook on how to turn your audience into a real business. Most artists are sitting on a small group of fans who generate the majority of their revenue - and are building their entire career without ever reaching them.
04/15
• Passengers singing on train causes tears, Loosenby Aly Halpert on YouTube— the power of music— anytime anywhere. When US singer Simone Alexander stepped on a rush-hour train crammed with commuters, she got the whole carriage singing along to her emotional song! Which soon moved some commuters to tears.
• In Partnership with DiskMakers
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... and here's the more...
04/15
• The Amp for MUSIC ARTISTS— the TrueFans AMP™ Magazine 140
• Recommends— Speaking & Listening: The Most Underrated Career Tool in Music
• Your BIZ— The System Doesn’t Need New Artists Anymore (Ted Gioia Sees It Clearly)
• Greatest Music Artists of All Time— Harry Styles: From Global Pop Star to Fearless Artist
• in partnership with Mike Goodrich and Your Inner Singer
• TrueFans Feature— The “I Can’t Sing” Myth (And the Skill Most Artists Never Train)
• P.S. from PS— You Don’t Need More Information
04/16
• Live Nation Loses Jury Trial to States In Monopoly Case from hollywoodreporter.com— the Death of Live Nation…? Live Nation loses bombshell monopoly lawsuit, promising shake-up for live music. The ruling has major implications across the live music business, as a judge will now decide on remedies, which could include a breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster.
04/17
• Are you ever too old to pursue your music goals? from Indie Music Minute on YouTube— It’s (NOT) Too Late Baby... Tony van Veen, Disc Makers' CEO, hit a big milestone birthday recently, and it got him thinking: "When am I too old to do the things I love?" That led to an even bigger question: "Is there an age limit for pursuing music success?"
04/18
• A Love Letter to the Music Industry in 2026 from joelgouveia.substack— Really… a Love Letter? Joel wrote: “... a lot of my Substack has been built on the wreckage of the music industry. Most of you found me through an article called ‘The Death of Spotify.’ The doom and gloom of the business is easy to point out, and it’s always been there.
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