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Deezer Adds $185M, Strategic Partner That Should Make Spotify and Record Labels Very Nervous
Earlier this month Deezer added $185 million at a valuation of more than $1 billion. New investors include a top Middle Eastern music and media company poised to give the streamer a distinct competitive advantage on the region. Dubai based media conglomerate Rotana has taken a major stake in music streamer Deezer. Controlled by Prince Al-Waleed ...
How To Copyright Music, Why It Matters
Music copyright is an incredibly important concept for musicians to have a firm handle on, however it can also be confusing. Here we detail why copyright is so important, and exactly how to go about copyrighting your own music. Guest post from Landr Music Copyright is one of the most important concepts for musicians. It’s how ...
Pre-saves vs Pre-Adds: What They Are, How To Use Them
With streaming now the dominant form of music consumption, labels and artists have been adapting their promotional strategies. Here we explore how to run a Presave/Pre-Add campaign for your next release. By Jorge Brea, CEO of Symphonic Distribution from the Symphonic Blog With Streaming now being the most popular way users listen to music, record labels and artists ...
The Old Catchup Game: Daan Kleijn And Charles Lloyd Reviewed
For at least the next couple of days we’ll attempt to deal with some of the backlog of albums that accumulated during the week or so when the Rifftides staff was on vacation. Daan Kleijn, Passages, (Self Produced) Kleijn’s spare format of his guitar with bass and drums allows him freedom to pursue an instinct for ...
Erroll Garner: Nightconcert
When Erroll Garner died in 1977, his business partner and manager Martha Glaser became executor of his estate. The position gave her full control over Garner's unissued recordings, which she kept under lock and key. When Glaser died in December 2014, the Garner estate passed to the University of Pittsburgh, and material once salted away began ...
How To Discover, Monetize Your International Audience
While the growth of your audience has in the past typically been a linear progression, but changes in technology and the ways in which we access music now mean that international growth can occur simultaneously to regional growth. Here we look at how to tap into and monetize your international audience. Guest post by Chelsea G. ...
City National Acquires Exactuals Artist PaymentHub
City National Bank has acquired Exactuals, the LA based creator of entertainment industry payment system PaymentHub. In 2017, City National participated in a $10 million funding round for Exactuals. Details of today's deal were not disclosed. Mike Hurst will remain CEO of Exactuals. He and the firm’s other executives are being retained with multi-year contracts. About Exactuals ...
Johnny "H" Smith: Open House
Organist Johnny “Hammond" Smith was relentlessly tasty. Whenever I dig into one of his albums, my feet can't stop moving. Hi grooves and chord voicings were intoxicating. One of his finest albums from the first track to the last was Open House. Recorded for Riverside in 1963, the album featured Thad Jones (cnt,tp); Seldon Powell (ts,fl); ...
Billy Taylor: Brazilian Beat
Another rare and stunning Billy Taylor album is Brazilian Beat. It was recorded in 1963 for Sesac Records. Originally known as the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers, Sesac is the third largest performance-rights organization, behind ASCAP and BMI. Founded in 1930, Sesac's mission was to support European stage authors and composers in seeking American ...
7 Tips To Attract More People To The Merch Table
Merch is becoming an increasingly important source of revenue for artists and bands on the road, but for artists merchandise isn't only sometimes difficult to sell, but can also be a creative challenge when try to think up interesting and innovative items that fans will want to buy. Here we look a seven tips for getting ...
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