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How To Copyright Music, Why It Matters
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Music copyright is an incredibly important concept for musicians to have a firm handle on, however it can also be confusing. Here we detail why copyright is so important, and exactly how to go about copyrighting your own music. Guest post from Landr Music Copyright is one of the most important concepts for musicians. It’s how you get paid for your music and how you protect the music you’ve worked so hard on. But it’s also really confusing… Without the ...
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Pre-saves vs Pre-Adds: What They Are, How To Use Them
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With streaming now the dominant form of music consumption, labels and artists have been adapting their promotional strategies. Here we explore how to run a Presave/Pre-Add campaign for your next release. By Jorge Brea, CEO of Symphonic Distribution from the Symphonic Blog With Streaming now being the most popular way users listen to music, record labels and artists have shifted their promotional efforts to tap into the popularity of services such as Apple Music, Spotify, TIDAL, and more. Features such as playlists, ...
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How To Discover, Monetize Your International Audience
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While the growth of your audience has in the past typically been a linear progression, but changes in technology and the ways in which we access music now mean that international growth can occur simultaneously to regional growth. Here we look at how to tap into and monetize your international audience. Guest post by Chelsea G. Ira from the TuneCore Blog As musicians, we’re usually focused on our home base when it comes to developing an audience. You grind the local ...
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7 Tips To Attract More People To The Merch Table
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Merch is becoming an increasingly important source of revenue for artists and bands on the road, but for artists merchandise isn't only sometimes difficult to sell, but can also be a creative challenge when try to think up interesting and innovative items that fans will want to buy. Here we look a seven tips for getting more fans to the merch table. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Selling merch is essential to artists and bands today, maybe ...
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5 Advantages Of Releasing An EP
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While the majority of fan eagerness involving releases is focused on 'the album' an EP can represent a more easily managed for getting new music to your listeners. Here we look at five benefits associated with the release of an EP. Guest post by Hugh McIntyre for the TuneCore Blog When it comes to recording and releasing new music, the focus seems to has traditionally been on ‘the album’. Fans have always asked when ‘the next album’ will arrive, and articles ...
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5 FREE Ways To Promote Music Long Before It's Released
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In this piece Patrick McGuire details the importance of a solid pre-release program, and how it's necessary for building hype and excitement, growing your audience, and ensuring your release makes the biggest splash possible. Guest post by Patrick McGuire from the Landr blog Promoting your new music shouldn’t start on the release date. Waiting until your music is released to start promoting is way too late. Effective music promotion starts months before it’s out. A solid pre-release campaign can build excitement for your ...
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10 Rules Of Music Business Networking
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No matter how talented you are, you won't be able to advance your career unless someone else knows. Here we look at the challenge of networking, and how to implement the ten best practices for personal networking. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Regardless of how much talent you may have, unless someone hears about what you’re doing you’ll end up creating in your bedroom your whole life. One of the keys to getting ahead for many of ...
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AdRev Payments To Artists, Publishers Passes $100M
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AdRev, the music rights administration service and platform, announced today that they have paid out over $100 million to their growing roster of artists, publishers and TV and film production libraries. The company represents music rights found in over 320 million videos on YouTube. “Music rights holders handing over YouTube claiming rights to their distributors hoping for the best, generally are missing a large part of their online video income,” says AdRev President Noah Becker. “We recognize YouTube’s innate ability to ...
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