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Music Publishers Win Major Victory vs Wolfgang's Vault
After nearly three years in court, music publishers Sony/ATV, EMI, Warner/Chappell, ABKCO, peermusic, Spirit Music and Imagem Music scored a major win in their ongoing efforts against live music archive Wolfgang's Vault. The copyrights in the lawsuit include songs by members of The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Talking Heads, Green Day, RE.M. and others. In a 54-page ...
Jazz this week: "Songs of Freedom," Ramsey Lewis, Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya, and more
It's another jam-packed week of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with two esteemed pianists appearing back-to-back at one of the city's best-sounding halls; a retrospective of music from three of the 1960s' most provocative female vocalists, starring a St. Louis native; a couple of events raising scholarship money for local music students; and ...
Musician's Guide To Setting Up A Pre-Order Campaign
Buying in bulk and then hoping it sells to fans can be a disastrous way for artists to conduct their merch sales, something which can be avoided by setting up pre-orders. Here we look at some real world strategies for setting up a pre-order. Guest post from Fiona Z With the new year, I had a ...
Honoring and updating a classic saxophone sound and spirit
Bandleader Woody Herman's Second Herd in the late 1940s featured a stunning saxophone section known as the Four Brothers. It featured tenormen Stan Getz, Zoot Sims and Herbie Steward, plus baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff. The sound was swinging and vibrant as the four players dug into crisp unison lines and took turns passing solos to one ...
Sony Sells $250M Spotify Stock, Labels Eye $3B Windfall
The three major label groups own Spotify stock now valued at as much a $3 billion. That's led to speculation about what the major record labels will do with their equity stake, now that the music streamer has started trading publicly, as well as, how they will share their windfall with artists. Earlier this week, Sony ...
Essential Growth Strategies for Artists [Part One]
In this issue of W. Tyler Allen's GROWTH column, he explores essential growth strategies for artists and the concept of growth marketing as it applies to advancing your career goals in the music industry. Guest post by W. Tyler Allen of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: We’re kicking off a recurring column, titled GROWTH, written by W. Tyler Allen, ...
How Much Does Streaming Earn U.S. Record Companies? [CHART Year To Year]
Revenues from recorded music in the United States grew from $7.5 billion in 2016 to $8.7 billion in 2017. In 2017, subscription and ad-supported accounted for 65% of U.S. recorded music revenues, up from less than 10% in 2011. 2017 was also the first time in years that physical sales eclipsed download revenues. RIAA statistics ...
Cecil Taylor Is Gone
Cecil Taylor, a pianist who fashioned his music from myriad styles and sources, died yesterday in New York. He was 89. From his earliest recordings in the mid-1950s with bassist Buell Nieidlinger, drummer Dennis Charles and soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, Taylor pursued daring and swam upstream against jazz orthodoxy. This is how critic Ben Ratliff put ...
The future of jazz is in good hands
Miami-area pianist Brandon Goldberg has soaked up jazz like a sponge takes on water. And he’s been doing so for more than half of his 12 years. He’s a normal kid, polite, poised and eager to learn at every opportunity. Those traits serve him well. That he found his way to jazz – and loves it ...
YouTube's New TrueView Advertising Feature Could Mean More Revenue For Artists
While artists have experience some frustration with YouTube's changes to its ad policy of late, a new form of advert known as TrueView for Reach could start pulling in significantly more ad revenue for artists and bands. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.o YouTube has rolled out a new variety of advert that may end up bringing ...
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