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What's The Score With Synchronization Rights?
If you were approached about the use of your music in a TV Show and/or Film, would you know what questions to ask regarding synchronization rights? If you're not 100% certain you know the questions and their answers now would be a good time to do your homework. Guest Post by Wallace Collins As the composer of a ...
How To Set Up A Music Teaching Business
It is often said that those that can, do and those who cannot, teach. Thankfully, the music industry is filled with people that can “do" very well and now want to teach. But getting that business off of the ground can be a difficult task. There are many small things that have do be done and ...
OFFICIAL: IFPI Sets Friday As New Global Music Release Day
As we reported yesterday, international recording industry trade body IFPI has declared that by summer Friday at 12.01 AM will be the new official date and time for new global music releases. Friday is already new release day in Germany and Australia, but the shift means big changes in the US, UK and elsewhere. In a ...
PIZACATO Puts Fair Artist Compensation In Hands Of Fans
PIZICATO is a newly launched digital donation website connecting fans with their favorite musicians, enabling them to send untaxed donations to help compensate artists by directly funding the music they love. A play on a technique string players use to pluck the string instead of traditional bowing, PIZICATO aims to provide fans with an alternative to the ...
How To Protect Your Music
The rise of social media, websites, email lists, platforms for music promotion has impacted the music industry in a positive way, but with all upsides come downsides. Yannick Ilunga spoke with New York-based attorney Jo-Ná Williams to discuss best practices to protect your music on The Jazz Spotlight. The Internet is a key component of today’s music industry. Social ...
Musicians Rally Behind FCC Chairman In Advance Of Net Neutrality Vote
Musicians and creative cultural contributors rallied behind Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, in an open letter thanking him for his unwavering commitment to strong net neutrality rules, penned prior to the Commission's vote on February 26th. The letter, co-organized by Future of Music Coalition (FMC), a national non-profit research, education and advocacy organization for musicians and composers, follows an ...
The Impending YouTube Music Showdown
YouTube multichannel networks (MCNs) like Maker, Machinima, and Fullscreen have reshaped the business of online video, but there's still one dicey area that hasn't yet been worked out to everyone's satisfaction - the music that accompanies many of those videos. Read more from Bobby Owsinski. It's about to get interesting in that regard as music library Freeplay Music recently filed a lawsuit against some ...
GigCave Combine Free Electronic Press Kits With Music Mentors
Newly launched GigCave offers a simple but potentially powerful mashup of two important services for musicians—a free electronic press kit and paid professional mentoring. On the GigCave platform , musicians can create, manage and host a free electronic press kit where music industry gatekeepers—live music bookers, managers, labels, publishers and others - can learn more about that ...
CD Baby Pro's Publishing Catalog Grows 250%, Exposes New Revenue Streams For Indie Musicians
In an industry where musicians are constantly vying for any source of substantial income, CD Baby's rights management service known as CD Baby Pro forges ahead into 2015 with promise worthy of indie artist's attention. CD Baby prides itself on being owned and operated by musicians for musicians and has established itself as a global leader ...
7 Basic Things That All Bands Should Invest In, And Usually Don’t
From hiring a songwriting consultant to hiring a light and sound man for your performances, Bobby Borg shares 7 basic things that a ll bands should invest in, and usually don’t. I can’t tell you how many indie bands I’ve seen that are quick to drop money they don't have on some “3 month Internet campaign” with a ...
