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The Power Struggle of Music Versus the Machine
The digital age has created previously unimagined opportunities for musicians, and changed music creation, distribution and discovery forever. But alongside those changes, the livelihoods of creators has been threatened. Now is the time to recapture the value that music creates, argues Sound Royalties Alex Heiche, and he sees signs that it's starting to happen. Guest post by Alex ...
ASCAP Teams With LANDR To Offer Members Free Mastering
ASCAP has teamed with LANDR to offer its 600,000 songwriter and publisher members unlimited automated mastering. All ASCAP members will be given free access to LANDR’s Basic Subscription plus one HD WAV per month. This benefit also includes access to LANDR’s smart sharing features which enable songwriters and composers to privately and securely share their work with ...
CD Baby Expands Major Latin American Footprint with Local Office In Argentina
CD Baby has expanded into Argentina hiring Martín Liviciche to open a local office. Already one of the largest distributors in Latin America, CD Baby represents 20,000 artists from Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Mexico. Martín Liviciche has been hired to open a local office of CD Baby in Argentina, expanding the D.I.Y. and indie music distributor's already ...
Why You Need To Be As Active On Spotify As You Are On Facebook
While most musicians now realize that maintaining an effective artist presence on Facebook requires daily maintenance, the may not know that the same is true of Spotify. Here we go over ten easy steps that can do wonders for the growth of your presence on Spotify. Guest post by Chris Robley of DIY Musician 10 small ...
Virginia Woolf To Howlin' Wolf: Author Peter Guralnick On Algorithm-Defeating Art, Expression Of Emotion [INTERVIEW]
Here George Howard shares his recent experience speaking with Peter Guralnick, an author noted for his use of music as a tool through which to explore socio-political and cultural issues. The two discussed their shared concern of an increasingly algorithm-based culture of music consumption, and if we have reached peak curation. Guest post by George Howard on Forbes Peter ...
YouTube Has Changed Its Payment Threshold and It's Bad News For New Musicians, Creators
YouTube has been working on ways to respond to a major ad boycott over ad placement alongside objectionable videos. One of the changes will be bad news for musicians and other creators at the beginning of their careers. Effective immediately, YouTube will no longer serve ads on videos until the channel reaches 10,000 lifetime views. "This new ...
LyricFind and Turning Your Lyrics Into A Revenue Stream [Music Biz Weekly Podcast]
This week on Hypebot's Music Biz Weekly podcast, hosts Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert are joined Darryl Ballantyne, the CEO of LyricFind. He shares how to make lyrics a revenue stream and that they are properly licensed. LyricFind created a new revenue stream for songwriters and rights holders by paying them royalties each time their lyrics are ...
Support Copyright Office Legislation And Call Congress
Here Chris Castle urges readers to support new bipartisan legislation making the Librarian of Congress a presidential appointment, as well as bringing about several other badly needed fixes to the position. Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Technology Policy I don’t often ask MTP readers for their vote, but I am asking you to call ...
Artist & Manager Relationships – A Look At Recording Industry Management Agreements [Part 2 Of 2]
In the second part of a set of articles exploring the different music business agreements, Justin M. Jacobson dives into the world of management agreements, the additional clauses associated with them and negotiation tactics surrounding these clauses. Guest post by Justin M. Jacobson of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This is a guest blog written by Justin M. Jacobson, ...


