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The Legalities Behind A Cover Song
The recording of covers is common practice in the music industry, and has only become more popular of late, particularly with the rise of YouTube. Still, by nature of the fact that a cover is someone else's intellectual property, there are inherent legal complications. Here we look at what some of those might be. Guest post ...
All Laid-Off SoundCloud Staffers Are Being Offered $10,000 From WeTransfer "To Start Something"
After 173 SoundCloud employees were laid off a few weeks ago, the outpouring of support led to a “Hire a SoundClouder” Google doc to connect them with new jobs. Now, WeTransfer has shown their respect for the laid-off innovators with the offer of a $10,000 check, with almost no strings attached. In an open letter, Damian ...
Sirius XM Q2 Revenue Up 9%, Subscribers Pass 32 Million
Sirius XM exceeded investor expectations with a strong Q2 report. News that revenue was up 9% for the quarter to $1.3 billion and subscriptions grew 466,000 to 32 million sent the stock up 8% by mid-afternoon on Thursday. Sirius XM Q2 2017 Earnings Highlights: Net Self-Pay Subscribers Grow 466,000; Total Subscribers Exceed 32 Million Second Quarter Revenue ...
5 Tips For Helping Your Band Sell More Merch
While sales of physical music may be in a slump, other types of physical merchandise continue to provide a reliable source of revenue for both established artists and up-and-comers. Here we look at five techniques for selling even more. Guest post by Patrick McGuire from the TuneCore Blog. Patrick is a writer, composer, and experienced touring musician ...
New Analysis Calculates, Compares Per Stream Payouts From Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, YouTube and More
Data crunchers Information Is Beautiful caused a stir last year when they waded through data from indie artists to determine the indeterminable—what streaming services actually pay per stream. Now, they're back with an updated and eye- opening analysis. By Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Trying to figure out exactly how much a streaming service pays per ...
How Artist Affinity Targeting Works On AMP, Pandora's Free Music Marketing Platform
Here we explore a new feature from Pandora which allows artists to connect with fans via Artist Affinity Targeting. This article explores how the new feature benefits both artist and listener, how it was tested and perfected. Guest post by Katrina Glaeser data scientist at Pandora The Creator Services team was finally ready to pilot our Artist ...
What Music Publishers Look For In An Artist [INTERVIEW]
In this interview, CEO and co-owner of the indie publishing/artist development company Big Yellow Dog Music, discusses how she got involved with music publishing and how the industry has changed, as well as offering some advice on sync writing and become a career songwriter. Guest post by Rick Goetz of MusicConsultant Carla Wallace is the co-owner ...
How Congress Can Right Wrong For Music Released Pre-1972
While the vast majority of streams for pre-1972 recording do currently receive some form of royalty payout from Pandora, a new bill recently introduced and known as the CLASSICS Act would ensure a greater degree of equality for all recordings. Guest post by Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at Pandora of Medium Imagine the uproar if ...
Vinyl Sales Are Flattening, But Why?
The income boost that many artists and labels get from vinyl record sales is in danger of shrinking. This year vinyl sales grew just 2% compared to 12% in 2016, according to new data from Nielsen Music. Why are vinyl record sales flat? Have we just reached a saturation point or are there other factors that ...
A Look At Pandora's Artist Marketing Platform
A feature which allows artists to market directly to their listeners, Pandora's Artist Marketing Platform has seen great success of late. Here we examine four new and updated features to the tool, and the impact these updates will have. Guest post by Pandora's Glenn Peoples on Medium There’s no such thing as a free lunch, goes the saying, ...
