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5 Omissions From Berklee College/Rethink Music’s Report
Berklee College of Music/Rethink-Music/Kobalt Music put out a report criticizing various rights/publishing organizations within the music industry for not providing artists with sufficient transparency or pay, although this article posits that the report should have delved deeper. Guest Post by David Lowery on TheTrichordist.com I love transparency. Last week Berklee College of Music/Rethink-Music/Kobalt Music released this report on transparency ...
Amp Up Your Production Value With YouTube Spaces
Will YouTube see a return on its latest investment? In an effort to assist its creators in making original content with high production value, YouTube has begun opening resource centers to be used by its filmmakers, free of charge. Guest Post by Kevin McAdoo on The Daily Rind Just like any business operation, the basic workings of YouTube come down to the concept ...
The Bitcoin Blockchain Might Save The Music Industry... If Only We Could Understand It
In an era when income is measured in the fraction of a penny earned as music is streamed, shared and otherwise exploited across the globe, proper compensation of creators is an issue of growing urgency. But there may be an answer, if we can understand and embrace it, says music business scholar and entrepreneur George Howard in ...
Amazon Now Selling Concert Tickets Without The Extra Charges
As part of its attempt to get into the ticketing business, Amazon is selling tickets to an upcoming festival sans the obnoxious service charge. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 One of the things that everyone hates is the service charge attached to a concert ticket when you buy it from a broker and ...
International Songwriting Competition Announces 2105 Judges Panel
(ISC) has announced an impressive judges panel of top artists and music industry executives for the 2015 edition of the competition. The panel for the 2015 International Songwriting Competition includes many high-profile recording artists, as well as Presidents and CEOs from Atlantic, Epic, Elektra, Sony Music Latin, Warner Bros., Tommy Boy, Wind-Up, Alligator, Concord Music Group, among others. The ...
Average Spotify User Discovers 26 New Artists Every Month
An official stat from Spotify buried in a press release announcing a partnership with SFX's Beatport and some basic math net a statistic that should make both independent artists and established record label executives smile. “Two billion times every month, our listeners discover an artist they’ve never heard of through a Spotify playlist" according to Ken ...
5 Tactics For Ensuring Your Music Lasts After It Is Released
While many artists focus on building up the hype surrounding their album release, it takes a different sort of sustained effort to make sure your music has a long-lasting impact. Guest Post by Eric Bernsen on Sonicbids.com With months and sometimes even years going into the creation of a new body of work, it's an understood ...
Rhapsody Has 3 Million Paid Subscribers, Up 50% In Last Year
Rhapsody was one of the first streaming music services. For now, its been eclipsed by Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer. But by sticking to “paid only," a model Apple also adopted, they forged a path that other music streamers may someday be forced to follow. Rhapsody and its sister brand Napster have passed the 3 million ...
Are Music Services Wasting Time Recommending New Music?
In this episode of Music Business Podcast, we talk with George Howard, who is an Associate Professor of Management at Berklee College of Music and Head of Music at Music Audience Exchange. We talk to Howard about his recent Forbes article about why people do not want to discover music. Kyle Bylin is a user researcher ...
Musicians: Changing The Money Talk
For many musicians, it can often feel as though money (or a lack thereof) is controlling their lives. Here are a few tips on how to lessen financial anxiety when working in the music industry. Guest Post by Cheryl B. Engelhardt from Living On Gigging.com Money. At times, just the mere thought of it (managing it, ...
