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Major Record Labels Are Keeping Nearly All The Money They Get From Spotify, Rather Than Giving It To Artists
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Guest Post by Mike Masnick on TechDirt A small group of very vocal musicians has decided that the new target of their anger, after attacking cyberlockers, search engines and torrent sites, should be legal, authorized streaming services. They've decided that the payouts from these services are simply too low, even though almost none of these services are anywhere close to profitable, and most are handing out the vast majority of their revenue to copyright holders. The complaints are often nonsensical. Way back in 2012, we noted ...
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How to Measure if Your PR Campaign Was Successful
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Guest Post by Amy Sciaretto on Sonicbids Blog If you've launched a PR campaign, there are several ways to measure how successful it was or wasn't, but the science is hardly exact. Know this going into it: you shouldn't be looking for quantifiable things that unfold in a set amount of time, because the measurement formula has changed so much, and it's no longer about record sales. You have to be able to understand the intangibles and things that live largely online. Also, you ...
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Welcome To The Opposite Of Freemium - The End Of Free Music
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Guest Post by Noel Troy Do we create too much content? Does the world need a filter? “Every two days, the world creates as much content as we did from the beginning of time up until 2003.” ~-Eric Schmidt, Google CEO. When it comes to content, music is king. In the words of music entrepreneur Troy Carter: “Music can sell everything but itself.” Today, art is made to be bludgeoned by adverts. The Coming Deluge As content goes, music is much harder to create than say ...
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Future Of Music Coalition Praises FCC Moves Towards Real Net Neutrality
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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is to present his plans to preserve an open Internet where musicians, composers and content creators are ensured the ability to reach fans and audience members without being infringed upon by extrinsically motivated internet service providers. The proposed rules are said to include a reclassification of broadband as a “telecommunications service“ - a shift that will ultimately benefit and protect both creators and consumers. The FCC will vote on these changes on February 26, 2015 - ...
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Pandora Joins Internet Trade Association, Hires New D.C. Lobbyists
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by Alec Byers POLITICO’s in “Morning Tech”. Pandora - and most of the music industry - has a big year ahead of it as D.C. grapples with several music policy proceedings, and Pandora is adding to its influence operation. The firm is signing on Forbes-Tate to help out with its Hill lobbying operation on copyright issues, and Pandora will also become the Internet Association’s newest member - a bit of a new area for the group, which has previously not ...
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Jazz this week: Kenny Barron & Stefon Harris, No BS! Brass Band, Branford Marsalis, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Considering that it's still mid-winter and pre-Mardi Gras, it looks like there's a nice variety of jazz and creative music over the next few days in St. Louis, with everything from intimate duets to roaring big bands on the musical menu. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, February 4 Pianist Kenny Barron and vibraphonist Stefon Harris (pictured, top left) begin a four-night run of duo performances at Jazz at the Bistro. You can get a close-up look and listen to ...
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Game Changing Data For Musicians: Knowledge Is Power
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By Dan Servantes from Berklee College of Music's Music Business Journal. Knowledge is power. Francis Bacon knew this 400 years ago. In business-to-consumer businesses, where knowledge of the customer base is a key asset, his dictum seems as prescient as ever. Social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram move massive amounts of data. Facebook alone has 1.35 billions monthly active users1, and is a goldmine for information on nearly any demographic in any corner of the developed world: user interests, ...
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Cunard To Host First-Ever Blue Note Records Cruise Aboard Queen Mary 2
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Michael Ricci
Cunard to host first-ever Blue Note Records jazz themed cruise On-board 29 October Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary All Star Band, Our Point of View, to perform Cunard and venerable jazz label Blue Note Records are proud to announce an exciting entertainment partnership, which will debut on Cunard’s flagship, Queen Mary 2, on October 29, 2015. Guests onboard will embark on a very special Transatlantic Crossing, featuring intimate jazz performances by Blue Note Records artists. ...
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