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Importance Of Planning Your Next Music Release
In this piece Chris Robley breaks down why planning your release doubt matters more than ever, even as the way in which listeners find and consume music continues to change. By Chris Robley of CD Baby's DIY Musician blog Release dates matter MORE (and less) than ever before. On the one hand, since shelf space is no ...
How To Copyright Music, Why It Matters
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 ...
Pre-saves vs Pre-Adds: What They Are, How To Use Them
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 ...
Morgana King: 1930-2018
Morgana King, a jazz singer with an unusual voice that seemed more in sync with classical than swing and who is perhaps best known as playing Marlon Brando's wife in the first two Godfather films, died earlier this year on March 22. She was 87. The only reason we know about her passing is that Matt ...
The Old Catchup Game: Daan Kleijn And Charles Lloyd Reviewed
For at least the next couple of days we’ll attempt to deal with some of the backlog of albums that accumulated during the week or so when the Rifftides staff was on vacation. Daan Kleijn, Passages, (Self Produced) Kleijn’s spare format of his guitar with bass and drums allows him freedom to pursue an instinct for ...
Erroll Garner: Nightconcert
When Erroll Garner died in 1977, his business partner and manager Martha Glaser became executor of his estate. The position gave her full control over Garner's unissued recordings, which she kept under lock and key. When Glaser died in December 2014, the Garner estate passed to the University of Pittsburgh, and material once salted away began ...
How To Discover, Monetize Your International Audience
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. ...
City National Acquires Exactuals Artist PaymentHub
City National Bank has acquired Exactuals, the LA based creator of entertainment industry payment system PaymentHub. In 2017, City National participated in a $10 million funding round for Exactuals. Details of today's deal were not disclosed. Mike Hurst will remain CEO of Exactuals. He and the firm’s other executives are being retained with multi-year contracts. About Exactuals ...
Johnny "H" Smith: Open House
Organist Johnny “Hammond" Smith was relentlessly tasty. Whenever I dig into one of his albums, my feet can't stop moving. Hi grooves and chord voicings were intoxicating. One of his finest albums from the first track to the last was Open House. Recorded for Riverside in 1963, the album featured Thad Jones (cnt,tp); Seldon Powell (ts,fl); ...
Billy Taylor: Brazilian Beat
Another rare and stunning Billy Taylor album is Brazilian Beat. It was recorded in 1963 for Sesac Records. Originally known as the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers, Sesac is the third largest performance-rights organization, behind ASCAP and BMI. Founded in 1930, Sesac's mission was to support European stage authors and composers in seeking American ...
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