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Open Music Initiative Adds 80 Top Music Industry Partners
The Open Music Initiative (OMI), a non-profit collective spearheaded by Berklee College of Music's Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship (ICE) is working to promote open source standards for music. Their efforts got a major boost today with the addition of 80 powerhouse members. The Open Music Initiative (OMI) of the Berklee College of Music’s Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship ...
3 Ways To Drive Lasting Traffic To Your Music Website
A website is a valuable resource for musicians and, when used properly,can be a powerful tool for converting fans, but before turning them into long-term followers, it's important to get them there in the first place. Guest Post by Nicholas Rubright For musicians, having a website is the norm these days. However, many artists don’t use their website ...
Music Fibre Launches A Directory Of Music Industry Resources
Here Music Fibre creator Matt Benn explains his new resource, designed in such a way as to enable artists and others in the music industry to be able to find the right tools for themselves and their companies in as easy and straightforward a manner as possible. Guest post by Matt Benn of MusicFibre Artists and ...
What We've Lost In The Age Of Streaming Music
Here Paul Cantor laments the lost age of downloadable mix tapes, bootlegs, and artist catalogues as well as other forms of content no longer available on streaming services like Spotify or Apple Music, plus the the demise of the blogs which once contained them. Guest post by writer and producer Paul Cantor I have been searching wide and far ...
Librarian Of Congress Fails To Alert Oversight Committees Of Massive Abuse Of Copyright Loophole By Google, Amazon [Op-Ed]
Owing to a convenient loophole, Google and Amazon are enjoying selling off the world's music without the inconvenience of having to pay royalties to songwriters. This recent exploitation comes partly, it seems, courtesy of Carla Hayden, recently appointed Librarian of Congress, writes Guest post by Chris Castle of MusicTechPolicy [OP-ED] The Librarian of Congress? You may ask what in the ...
for-Wards: Brings Music And Place Together
Here the Artistic Director of for-Wards, Bobbie-Jane Gardner, discusses how the organization is working to bring together music and place in an innovative and unique way, and how it's working towards achieving this goal. Guest post by Bobbie-Jane Gardner of PledgeMusic PledgeMusic is not only home to numerous straightforward musical projects like new albums, EPs, videos and tours, ...
Are Higher Royalty Payments Really Coming Soon From Sirius XM?
One of the main gripes from artists and publishers in the streaming era has been that regarding low royalty payouts, this could be about to change however, at least for Sirius XM, if SoundExchange's newly proposed rate increase comes to fruition. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Low royalty rates are something that concerns every ...
Music + Money: What To Invest In And What To Avoid
As artists and musicians, where we invest our money is important. Indeed one of the main reasons those starting out in the music business fail is because they misspend their finances. Here, we review what to invest in, and what to avoid. Guest Post from W. Tyler Artist Consulting There’s things that occur when your business is ...
5 Reasons The Music Industry Should Care About Driverless Cars
Although the music industry has, historically, not always been the best at adapting profitably to tech disruptions, driverless cars could present a unique opportunity for the industry. Here we examine the likely affect of these autonomous vehicles on their pre-existing music business models. Guest post by Cherie Hu Are music companies ready for driverless cars? Maybe. While it is difficult to ...
Are The Record Labels Of The Future Already Here?
As advancements in technology continues to shift the music business landscape, the role of record labels has become uncertain. Here Cherie Hu examines what future record labels might look like, and if they might already be here. Guest post by Cherie Hu For record labels, technological change has created more questions than answers. Are they even ...
