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Attention Music Publishers: Claim Your Royalties Today!
The following is a special message from Harry Fox Agency, who we've partnered with to deliver this message to publishers... Claim Your Royalties Today! If you are a music publisher who owned or administered musical works between 2007 and 2008, you may be entitled to receive royalties under Group II of the ...
90% Of Label Artists Could Be Eligible for Huge iTunes Royalty Increases...
Eminem is the type of multi-platinum, long-term superstar that labels dream of. But a successful lawsuit by Eminem's original publisher against Universal Music Group could end up triggering a massive financial sinkhole on the digital side—and make Universal seriously regret the signing. How bad could the damage be—for all the labels? According to new information shared ...
If Only the Industry Had Licensed Napster. and Other Industry Fairy Tales...
(#musicindustry) If only the labels had licensed Napster, then everything would have been different. How many times have you heard that one before? Well, it's a complete revisionist fantasy, and Jim Griffin and Audiogalaxy just proved it. Because even if ol' Hilary Rosen and the RIAA gang were the most tech-forward visionary, they would have still ...
Imeem's Dalton Caldwell: Why It Still Totally Sucks for Music Startups...
(#musicindustry) Want a quick primer on why talented entrepreneurs and investors are running from music? Then, look no further than Imeem founder Dalton Caldwell, just another statistic in a long line of talented entrepreneurial corpses. Speaking at Y Combinator's Startup School, Caldwell discussed a myriad of problems for a myriad of different music models, most of ...
The 9 Biggest Dinosaurs in the Music Industry Today...
Regardless of their impressive accomplishments in the past, these dinosaurs are still living in 1982—or, wish they were living in 1982. Here are the largest of the Jurassic pontificators... (1) Gene Simmons In the wake of a woefully-unsuccessful legal campaign against music fans, Simmons blamed the labels for lacking the “balls" to sue every “freckle-faced college ...
The Future of the Paid Download, in :140 or Less...
The not-so-old saying is that anyone who claims to know the future of this space is full of... well, you finish the rest. There are just too many variables and dangling factors bumping into one another. But NPD Group research analyst Russ Crupnick took a crack at what those variables might be for the paid download ...
The Top 13 Things We've Discovered in the Digital New World...
Hey, we couldn't resist—hope you enjoyed the Columbus Day weekend. Here are the top lessons the music industry has 'discovered' in the early days of this 'digital new world.' (1) It's really, really hard to sell music to fans online. Whether the iTunes Store or Rdio, getting fans to allocate even modest amounts of their income ...
7 Things the Majors Would Do Right Now, if They Really Had the Balls...
But, wouldn't it have been ballsier not to sue freckle-faced college kids, and devise riskier model adjustments in the face of disruptive chaos? Or, make difficult changes in the business instead of expensive trips to the Hill? Here are 7 things the majors would do right now, if they really had the balls... 1. No more ...
October 2010: New Features; New Opportunities
by Michael Ricci
Dear fellow musician: All About Jazz recently relaunched our website, making significant changes to our appearance and expanding the services we offer musicians. We've outlined some of the various opportunities that you can take advantage of below. Our immediate plans are focused on improving our calendar of jazz events and ...
The Musical Middle Class Mirage...
The musical middle class sounds lovely, that is, if it actually existed. But is this just a mirage, another comfy-sounding theory that has little chance of being realized? At the Future of Music Coalition's Policy Summit in DC, a burst of theoretical optimism eventually crashed into reality, andpanelists tackled the tough question of just where the ...
