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Streaming Contibutes 25% to Warner Music Group's Digital Bottom Line
It's no secret that streaming services like Spotify and Pandora account for relatively little of an artist's revenue stream. In fact, yesterday we showed you how Zoe Keating earned a mere $300 from Spotify during a five month period, compared to $45,000 from iTunes sales in the same time-frame. However, streaming services do seem to be ...
Soundexchange and Bandpage Partner to Help Claim $2 Million in Unpaid Royalties
BandPage and SoundExchange have teamed up to distribute $2 million of unclaimed digital performance royalties to a number of music artists and labels. These royalties are being sent out to BandPage artists who have not yet signed up for SoundExchange, and who are missing out on monies from satellite radio, Internet radio, and digital cable TV plays. BandPage ...
Thrillcall's Matthew Tomaszewicz: Building Bridges Between Live Music and Tech [interview]
Matthew Tomaszewicz is the co-founder and head of product marketing and business development at San Francisco-based Thrillcall. Thrillcall is an iOS and web app that packages ticket deals on live shows happening that same night in particular cities, and presents them just in time for people to act - kind of like a GroupOn for live ...
A Look Inside Zoe Keating's Earnings as an Indie Musician
San Francisco cellist and composer Zoe Keating is among a talented pool of musicians who managed to earn her spot and create a sustainable career from her music with global touring, appearances on soundtracks, and collaborations with the likes of Imogen Heap and Amanda Palmer. She has also been very outspoken about artists' rights and transparent ...
Apple is Pulling Youtube from Ios and It's Bad News for Music, Apps
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. When the very first iPhone shipped, literally changing the world as we knew it, it carried a little Trojan horse inside of it called YouTube. The app for Google's video sharing site comes standard with every single iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, but all of that ends with ...
How to Improve Top Charts on Spotify
Guest post by Kyle Bylin of Live Nation Labs. The popular music experience on Spotify is terrible. There are only three ways to seek out and listen to hit songs, and none of them suffice. Users must either settle for Spotify's “Top Lists" or download apps and sift through playlists with hundreds of entries—without the benefit of ...
Musicians Online Are Playing in Glass Stadiums with Billions of Empty Seats
Picture an enormous concert stadium that is so big it can hold everyone. Literally there is a seat for every single person in the world. Now imagine this stadium is made entirely of glass and it also happens to have an open-roof. There you are, up on stage with your band performing your most mind-blowing songs. ...
The 3 C's of Effective Artist Branding
What does brandinghave to do with you as a music artist? In a word: everything. Your brand extends far beyond the logos on your website or merchandise items. Branding is about awareness, both of yourself and the public's mental positioning of you. Being aware of what you are subtly and unconsciously conveying to the public is ...
An Introduction to Programming Languages for Musicians
Sean Markey helps musicians with marketing and PR at Visible Musician. In an increasingly DIY environment, musicians are expected to wear many different hats. You do your own PR with Twitter and ReverbNation, you do your own concert promoting with Facebook, and you were the recording engineer, backing band, and producer on all the songs you ...
DIY Music Updates Social Commerce Platform with Interactive Social App
DIY Music, a division of DIY Media, unveiled today their new and improved social commerce platform designed specifically for musicians and labels, which provides them with simple ways to build and monetize their audiences. Not only can fans listen to music and share videos through the platform, but they can also buy music directly from Facebook ...
