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Why Songwriters Must Pay Attention To A Trump Tax Reform Plan
In 2006, congress reclassified songwriters income from the sale of a catalog as “capital gains" as opposed to ordinary income, giving artists an important tax break. Under the newly proposed tax reform bill, however, artists are at risk of losing this big break. Guest post from Royalty Exchange Songwriters came dangerously close to losing a key ...
Founding Member Of Jefferson Starship's Lawsuit Over Name Continues
A federal judge Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit from Jefferson Starship’s former lead guitarist, who wants the group to stop using the rock band’s famous name. U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria Elena James denied a motion to dismiss Craig Chaquico’s second amended complaint. Chaquico sued his former bandmates David Freiberg and Donny Baldwin in April, claiming they are ...
Goliath Never Learns: Google Yanks True Parody By Content Creators Coalition
While people are quick to call foul when YouTube issues take-downs on what the creators think are parodies, the video sharing site recently removed a true parody from the creatives at C3, calling out YouTube for its failure to properly compensate artists. Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Technology Policy If you’ve ever heard some ...
Who Needs Shazam? Google Assistant App Adds Song Recognition
Google has added song recognition to its Google Assistant app across all platforms. Ask Google Assistant “what song is this?” or “what song is playing?,” and it shows the song's name, the artist, lyrics, and links to YouTube, Google Play Music and Spotify. Move over Shazam... Music recognition had previously come to Google's Pixel 1 and Pixel ...
FCC Boss Wrecks Media Ownership Rules In Huge Gift To Sinclair Broadcasting
While the FCC's Ajit Pai has been working hard to ignore the public outcry against the death of net neutrality, he's also been busy actively gutting media consolidation and ownership regulations solely, says Karl Bode of Techdirt, for the benefit of Sinclair broadcasting. By Karl Bode of Techdirt FCC boss Ajit Pai has been busy ignoring the ...
Radio Still Rules Music Discovery Despite Streaming Growth [CHART]
While streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are growing exponentially, the 2017 edition of Nielsen's Music 360 report found that 49% of people still discover new music on AM and FM broadcast radio. As you can see in the chart after the jump from Statista, that compares 27% who say they discover music on online music services. Music discovery is one of ...
Unbundled: Shifting the Paradigm
The unbundling, whether as single album tracks on iTunes or the distribution and marketing that once only a record label could do, has affected every corner of the music and the music industry. But a new music paradigm is rising out of the wreckage of unbundling, writes Alex Marx. By Alex Marx This is a continuation ...
38% Of The Music Business Now Indie Labels
While it may be a commonly held belief that a choice few major labels dominate the music industry, new data reveals that this simply isn't the case, with indie labels having generated over $6 billion in the past year, and making up roughly 38% of overall music business. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 ...
Successfully Releasing Music On A Tight Budget
For independent artists on a budget, the prospect of releasing an album brings with it several significant financial challenges, with little guarantee that you will see a return on your investment, or even break even. Here we look at how to execute a successful release on a budget. Guest post by Patrick McGuire of Landr Figuring ...
What Promises To Transform Music Listening In The Age Of Alexa? Lyrics.
We've come a long way since the wild west of lyrics, which are now easily searchable and provide artists with an additional source of income. Moving forward, lyrics will provide essential contextual metadata in the age of voice command. Guest post by Darryl Ballantyne of Lyric Find Lyrics provide essential contextual metadata, information about tracks that can’t ...
