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Tunecore CEO Jeff Price on New Songwriter Services [interview]
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Last week digital music distributor TuneCore launched the Songwriter Publishing Administration Service to help songrwiters collect payments from global performing rights organizations (PROs) as well as directly from digital music providers. It's a major initiative for the company and CEO Jeff Price who has made often described TuneCore's mission as delivering “more money, more quickly, with ...
RIP Singer Smokin' Joe Frazier [video]
Joe Frazier died on Monday. Also known as Smokin' Joe, he was an Olympic and Undisputed World Heavyweight boxing champion beating and later losing to Muhammad Ali, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a brief comeback in 1981. But did you also know he was a singer, releasing a string of songs like ...
3 Tips Indie Music Marketers Can Learn from Corporate Social Media
SoCon2011 took place in late October in London with a focus on “Brand Journeys In Social Media." Though primarily about corporate marketing, WMG's Ritch Sibthorpe and Last.fm's Mathew Hawn shared some insights that are also applicable to indie artists. Their points help amplify a number of perspectives shared previously at Hypebot as mentioned below. The Music ...
Musician Website Quick Fix #2: Lose the Intro Page
This quick fix is a matter of opinion, but in my opinion—I don't think Intro pages add much to a website's value and can actually work against you. Top 3 reasons why you should use an Intro page on your site: 1. You are promoting something in the short term, like a CD which is being ...
Digital Music Sales on Track to Rise 7% in 2011
Digital music revenues are on track to rise about 7% globally to $6.3 billion according to a new study be respected research firm Gartner. But revenues from declining CD sales are not expected to make up for the rise in digital revenue led by iTunes and the growing momentum of digital streaming services like Spotify and ...
UMG Global Digital Chief Rob Wells Loves Spotify, Calls Pandora "Dumb" [video]
On a new episode of This Week In Music, Ian Rogers interviews Rob Wells, Universal Music Group's President of Global Digital Business. Wells was an early champion of Spotify and streaming services: “its incremental revenue not cannibalistic revenue." He sees them able to monetize younger fans and create scale to generate significant revenue. “They provide an ...
Social Media Trends: Focus on Your Website, Songwriting, and Playing Live (?!)
I recently had the pleasure of moderating a panel called “Social Media: New Trends for Current Users" at the recent OCFF conference in Niagara Falls. After 90 minutes of discussion, the end result of this social media panel was that artists should focus on their own website, their mailing list, songwriting and live performance. Say what?! ...
How Music Travels: Map Documents the Evolution of Dance Music
Thomson, a UK-based travel company, recently made a smart marketing move by posting an infographic on its blog titled “How Music Travels—The Evolution of Western Dance Music." Drawing from multiple sources, it's meant less to be a definitive statement than it is to be a conversation starter. It's also received plenty of media coverage and looks ...
EMI and Echonest Create First Major Label "Open Sandbox" for Music Apps
In an unusual collaboration for a large music rightsholder, EMI and The Echo Nest are working together to put thousands of EMI controlled songs, videos and other music-related content to app developers. This tie-up with The Echo Nest is part of EMI Music's OpenEMI initiative to foster digital innovation and streamline music licensing. The Echo Nest ...
Warning: Every Musician's Digital Performance Royalties Are at Risk
Recording artists and indie labels: there¹s a movement afoot to change the way that you would receive your digital public performance royalties, and it¹s not a good one, especially for recording artists. Back in August, FMC blogged about the news that Sirius/XM was considering doing a direct licensing deal, expressing our serious displeasure with the move. ...
