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Soundexchange Announces Record $135 Million 4th Quarter Payments, $462 Million in 2012
SoundExchange announced today that it had paid out $462 million to recording artists and labels in 2012 including $134.9 million in the fourth quarter - the largest quarterly distribution in SoundExchange history. The total year-end royalty payments represented a 58% from the prior year and the Q4 distribution of 22,000 payments was a nearly 10% increase ...
7 Tips for Musicians on Becoming a Local Star
For a musician or band that is just getting started, building a local fanbase is the place to begin. Ari Herstand began his music career at the University of Minnesota where he went from being totally unknown to filling a local 700 seat venue in his first year to selling it out his second. He recently ...
2 Music Tech Trends for 2013 I Should Not Have Left off My List
When I shared my take on emerging music tech trends for 2013 I left out two of which I've since been reminded. One is that music tech companies serving artists will increase their partnerships and interconnections in order to remain competitive and provide more complete solutions. Two is that tech media will finally begin to consistently ...
10 Music Press Release Tips
Press releases aren't given a lot of respect these days, but they are still used daily by the media as sources even when left unacknowledged. Though they are only one publicity tools for musician and music marketers, they remain an important one that is unfortunately abused regularly. The following 10 tips will help you write press ...
How mp3.com's IPO Changed SEC Regulations
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. One of the big stories of 2012 was that the big music services, most of which are losing money themselves, are stiffing artists. Hopefully, 2013 will be the year when payouts from subscription services make the big leap we've heard they will, and maybe even when physical distributors will stop ...
How to Improve Your Music Tech Event
Guest post by Cortney Harding (@cortneyharding) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Many of us spend a lot of time and money attending music tech events, as the number of them has mushroomed over the last five years. In fact, it seems like there is a nomadic class of people who do almost nothing but ...
Topspin's Ian Rogers Joins Beats as CEO New Digital Music Service Daisey
Respected digital music and direct to fan pioneer Ian Rogers has left Topspin to serve as the CEO of Project Daisey for Beats Electronics. Rogers will remain on the Topspin board of directors and serve as Executive Chairman. Beats will make a substantial investment in Topspin to “help create meaningful business opportunities for artists inside project ...
Do TV Show Music Placements Lead to Greater Artist Awareness?
By Liv Buli, Resident Data Journalist for Next Big Sound. You've just tuned in to your favorite television show, be it Gossip Girls, Grey's Anatomy, or Glee, and are enthralled by familiar characters and gripping plot, but how often do you take note of the songs that score these scenes? In the right instance, television syncs ...
Musicians' Tune-Up: Establish Your Web Presence with Authority
To establish your web presence with authority, whatever aesthetic or commercial form that presence takes, requires a solid network with an official website, an active social network presence and passive markers back to one's website and social accounts. Whether or not you're feeling the energy of a New Year, now's a great time to tune up ...
5 Top Emerging Music Tech Trends for 2013
After a busy 2012, music tech companies across the board are set for a big 2013. Streaming music companies will engage in further struggle while tech usage trends affect how music is consumed. I've gathered 5 emerging music tech trends as examples of where things are headed in 2013. Some things we know: Music services like ...
