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I Made More from Selling a T-Shirt Than from 1 Million Plays on Pandora
By David Lowery singer/songwriter for the bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven. As a songwriter Pandora paid me $16.89* for 1,159,000 play of “Low" last quarter. Less than I make from a single T-shirt sale. Okay that's a slight exaggeration. That's only the premium multi-color long sleeve shirts and that's only at venues that don't take ...
The Definitive Survival Guide for Band and Musician Photo Shoots
By Russ Robinson ofTampa Band Photos. a commercial music photographer. He does shoots all over the US, and offers photo advice for musicians on his blog and Twitter. For many people, being in front of a camera yields roughly the same amount of enjoyment as getting a root canal. It can be an awkward, stressful thing ...
Take FMC's Music + Money Quiz
This week the Future of Music Coalition launched a group of quizzes to test your knowledge of music and money from copyright to compensation. The quizzes range from “Easy" to “Expert" and the answers include helpful explanations. It's all part of their mission to educate musicians about such topics as music revenue streams and new business ...
Tunecore Founders Jeff Price and Peter Wells Launch Audiam to Help Artists Make $'s on YouTube
TuneCore co-founders Jeff Price and Peter Wells today launched Audium, an online service that helps D.I.Y. artists make money on YouTube. Many indie artists don't have time, skills or the YouTube plays to collect payments. Audium helps those artists make money. For labels, the startup provides a way to monetize fan cover versions. Price and Wells ...
Musicians: How Will You Create an Epic Bundle?
While music and merch bundles often sell well for musicians, game developers have been much more innovative with their approach to bundling games. For example, at least a few experiments have occurred in which a target amount was set that, once reached, would make the games open source or even place them in the public domain. ...
Importance of the Jobs Act to Record Labels
By Miguel de Braganca from Berklee College of Music's Music Business Journal. The largest providers of capital in the music business, the major record labels, have been devastated over the last decade by the disruption of their core competency: selling recorded music and investing profits into the development of new talent. Global music sales have been ...
Creative Commons to Create Tools to Help You Track Uses (and Misuses) of Your Music
This week Creative Commons (CC) released their annual report and a paper addressing future priorities. One of their top priorities is to create tools that will allow those using Creative Commons licensing to see how their creations are being used by others. Such a tool, whether in the form of a “core platform or interactive framework," ...
Gigit Launches Direct to Fan Music Booking Service
Gigit launched in public beta over Memorial Day Weekend as a direct to fan booking service for musicians. It's a timely move that addresses pain points in the current private booking situation and benefits from a more general move to D2F, experiences and transparency. Perhaps most importantly, it seems likely to open up music revenue streams ...
Crowdfunding Music is About so Much More Than Just Raising Money
By Anne Leighton writing for Michael Brandvold Marketing. (Dedicated to My Therapist) If you're crowd funding, you're doing something both for and about yourself, and there can be a lot of spiritual awakenings along that path to reaching your goal. Obviously goal setting and speaking up for yourself are big parts of the experience, but along ...
9 Questions for a Great Music Licensing Partnership
By music branding and marketing specialist Andy Lykens. When evaluating the business decision of choosing between a non-exclusive or exclusive deal to represent your compositions for placement in film, tv, and advertising, I've had a number of folks reach out and ask a little more info. The great thing is, you can tweak or even use ...
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