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2015: The Year Of The Fan Club
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While there are many different forms of social media in place designed to help artists connect with fans and drive revenue, creating an exclusive web-based fan club without involving a third party can be a more effective and direct way to strengthen the bond between artist and fan. Guest Post by John Lilly on JLilly.com One of my favorite articles at Future of Music is a compilation of over forty ways musicians can bring in money. It covers the expected show fees and PRO ...
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SESAC Acquires The Harry Fox Agency
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Streaming is not just causing a seismic shift in recorded music revenue, its disrupting music publishing and performing rights, as well. Mechanical licenses handled by Harry Fox were once a lucrative business, but as tracks sales decline and streaming rises, performing rights have become an increasingly valuable business. Privately owned performing rights agency SESAC has purchased mechanical licensing leader The Harry Fox Agency for an undisclosed sum rumored to be north of $35 million. Harry Fox is owned by the ...
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How Many New Listeners Does Streaming Deliver For Each Lost Music Buyer? [Mark Mulligan]
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As we wait to see what effect Apple Music will have on streaming adoption, download revenue and its competitors, one of the music industry's top analysts, Mark Mulligan, looks at listener-to-buyer ratios - how many new listeners you get for each ‘lost’ buyer. By Mark Mulligan on his Music Industry Blog The next 6 to 12 months could prove to be some of the most disruptive record labels have ever experienced, and nowhere will this pain be felt more than ...
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Introducing: Vinyl Tuesday, A Physical Music Initiative
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In the wake of global Friday release dates, another initiative, Vinyl Tuesday, is starting up as a way to offer physical retailers new titles to sell and promote during the week. Launched by the Record Store Day organization, the weekly Tuesday physical street date will encourage artists, labels and distributors to put out several different types of releases. Guest Post by Dave Pak on The Daily Rind New release vinyl that could not be released at the same time as their CD / digital counterparts; Reissue and catalog ...
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American Association Of Independent Music Turns 10
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It's a great time to be indie; and its primary U.S. advocate, the American Association Of Independent Music, turns 10 tomorrow. A2IM can take more than a little credit for bringing indies together to force Apple Music to pay royalties during free trials. But over the years, A2IM has done much more. Just a few of their accomplishments: Successfully blocking YouTube's attempts to push unfair deals on independents for Music Key; Securing Market Development Coordinator Grant for trade missions to major ...
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4th Of July Music—Lots Of It
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
The Rifftides staff devoted a meeting to choosing a piece of music to bring you on this most American of holidays. After what seemed like hours of discussion, we bogged down in disagreement. Feelings may not have been running as high as in the Greek referendum campaign, but failure to reach a compromise had everyone on edge. We had a four-way tie. No one was giving in. Finally, the senior vice president for internal affairs came up with a plan ...
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Jazz this week: Happy birthday, USA!
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
As one of the USA's indigenous art forms and greatest gifts to the world, jazz ought to be a big part of our nation's birthday celebration. In reality, Independence Day activities tend to emphasize pop or explicitly patriotic music, and some presenters in and around St. Louis actually go dark for the the holiday weekend. Fortunately, if you're looking for live jazz and creative music over the next few days, StLJN is here to help. Let's go to the highlights... ...
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