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A Look Inside Proposed Performance Royalties for U.S. Broadcast Radio

August 11, 2010

A draft of proposed terms of a deal that would see U.S. radio broadcasters pay performance royalties to record labels and musicians have been made public by the National Association of Broadcasters and Music First. While not a final agreement, it provides insight into the negotiations which would bring American broadcasters more inline with payments in ...

Clay Shirky: The Downside of Attending to Fans

August 11, 2010

Lately, I've been re-reading Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky and found this quote to be simple, yet revealing. Considering how much artists are encouraged to attend to their fans, engage them, and address their concerns; it's often left out of the conversation how much time this really takes. Now, I'm not one who buys the 'artists-should-just-be-artists ...

Interview: David Meerman Scott, Author of Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead (PT. 1)

August 10, 2010

Read Part Two. Recently, I spoke with David Meerman Scott, who is a well-known blogger, speaker, marketing thought-leader, and best-selling author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR and most recently co-author of Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History. First and foremost, like ...

Smule: Making Music Should Be Fun for All

August 10, 2010

Video: What It's Really Like to Work in a Music Store

August 10, 2010

Music store clerk is high on the list of jobs that aspiring musicians take to pay the bills while honing their craft. Beats working in Wal Mart, right?  In a series of very short YouTube videos, one Birmingham, Alabama music store clerk shares the joys of potential customers “testing out: instruments...

Late Summer Reading on Music, Marketing and Entrepreneurship from Prohiphop's Clyde Smith

August 10, 2010

As part of our summer series of reading lists from industry leaders Clyde Smith of ProHipHop and Hip Hop Press shares his late summer choices. I'd like to share four books with you that I find of interest and I think will be well worth reading for anyone who likes to think deeply and act on ...

Grooveshark Settles with Merlin's Indies

August 10, 2010

Music streaming service Grooveshark has settled its dispute with indie music agency Merlin. Grooveshark will pay for both past and future use. The deal, particularly the inclusion of payments for previous use, is a major victory for Merlin who has worked to become the go to source for new media companies licencing indie music. Merlin members ...

The Music Consumer in the Modern World

August 8, 2010

This post is by cultural critic and essayist Eric Casero. We are all well aware by this point in time that the music industry is undergoing a process of massive change.  As popular music continues to evolve and change as a form (or series of forms), technological evolution continues to alter the ways in which ...

WMG Reports Wider Losses on Declining Revenue

August 8, 2010

Blaming a weak release schedule, Warner Music Group reported a widening loss of 16% in Q3 compared to the prior year quarter on total revenue of $652 million. This is the six consecutive quarterly decline for the major label group, but beat many analysts expectations. Other highlights of this morning's report: Digital revenue was $179 million, 27% of total revenue ...

Bands Collaborating Instead of Competing: Cross-Promoting with Headliner.FM

August 8, 2010

This blog re-post is by Hilke Ros (@colorlessgreen) at Music Music Manager. In my opinion, there is changing something in the economy because of the internet. Before the internet, it was the best strategy to protect your goods from your competitors if you wanted to be successful and get rich. Nowadays, you get rich on ...