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The Best Way To Live Stream To Multiple Platforms: Joicaster
As live streaming continues to become an increasingly important part of an artist's digital presence, services like Joicaster are making it easier for said artists to place their video on multiple streaming platforms simultaneously. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Live Streaming is becoming an important part of an artist's social repertoire, but until now it was ...
The Genius Behind Bowie’s Bonds
Although primarily famous for his work as a musician, David Bowie (with the help of a Wall Street investor) is also notable for being one of the first artists to use celebrity bonds as a means of extricating himself from his financial woes. Guest Post by Eduardo Loret de Mola on the Berklee College of Music: Music Business Journal David Bowie is ...
Alabama Shakes, Bon Iver Atty John Strohm Sees "More Opportunities Than Ever" For Indie Musicians [INTERVIEW]
Former indie and major label musician (The Lemonheads, Blake Babies) turned music attorney John Strohm who represents, among others, The Alabama Shakes and Bon Iver shares his optimistic vision for the future of streaming and the music business in general. Guest post from Songspace The last 15 years have been a wild ride, but the dust is finally starting to settle, ...
Royalty Hikes Forces Small Webcasters To Shut Down Hurting Indie And Niche Musicians
The webcasting platform Live365 was forced to shut down owing to the CRB's new royalty rate hike, which dramatically increased the amount webcasters are required to pay artists and songwriters. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 A number of issues seemed to have doomed thousands of small webcasters who use the Live365 platform, which ...
Songtrust: What You Need To Know [Brian Hazard]
Here Brian Hazard, better known by his musician alter ego Color Theory, breaks down his experience with the royalty collection service Songtrust, in and effort to help artists determine if the service is right for them. Guest Post by Brian Hazard on Passive Promotion Did you know that when a song you wrote is sold as a download, ...
4 Best Places To Give Away Free Music
Many of today's younger music consumers expect music to be free, and while giving it away can seem disheartening at first, using the four platforms listed below to make said music accessible to your fans can often pay big dividends in other ways. Guest Post by Hugh McIntyre on the Sonicbids Blog Many musicians may not want ...
SoundExchange Reports Record Payouts In 2015, But Growth Is Slowing Dramatically
SoundExchange has announced record royalty payments to artists in 2015. $802.6 million was paid out, but the year's 4% growth was the slowest in the digital performing right's organization's 8 year history. SoundExchange announced a new record with total year-end royalty payments reaching $802.6 million (up 4 percent from $773.4 million the prior year). 2014 growth ...
The Music Business Reimagined [Vickie Nauman]
While the recorded music industry currently rests on a poorly functioning and tenuously constructed business model, technological advancements and an incredibly high level of consumer engagement present an opportunity for positive change. Guest Post by Vickie Nauman, Principal and Founder of CrossBorderWorks on Rethink Music When I work with traditional music companies (labels, publishers, PROs, artists), I ...
INgrooves Founder Robb McDaniels Launches Faction To Disrupt Music Management
With labels and the music industry offering less and less support, managers have become the linchpin of most artists' teams. But except for those who give up 50% equity to join mega-management groups like Red Light, most managers are left with no road map and little support. Faction hopes to change all that. INgrooves Music Group Founder ...
SoundExchange To Audit Pandora, Music Choice, Univision, Others
In an effort to make sure that rightsholders and artists are being fairly compensated, SoundExchange has announced plans to audit some of the digital music companies which pay it royalties and multiple sport leagues have plans to audit several multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs). Guest Post by David Oxenford on his Broadcast Law Blog In the last week, copyright audits have ...
