Results for "Music Industry"

The Nu Jazz Agency Announces Special Workshop On Digtal Services You Need To Know About And Use In The Jazz Industry At Jazzahead 2017 In Germany!

April 18, 2017

Nu Jazz Agency has just announced that Managing Director Jerald Miller will be leading a workshop entitled: Digital Based Services on Saturday, April 29, 2017 from 15:00-16:00HR for the JazzAhead! music conference to be held in Bremen, Germany at the Bremen Exhibition Center in Hall 6, Conference Room 1, as part of the (3) European Jazz ...

Discogs Attacked By Pirate Spam On Two Fronts

April 18, 2017

Popular crowdsourced music database Discogs is being attacked on two fronts—one by pirates posting links to illegal downloads and the other by an anti-piracy outfit filing takedown demands for thousands of legitimate links. Music database Discogs is under attack from two different and difficult to combat kinds of spam.  Hundreds of fake movie and TV links ...

The Reason That YouTube Pays Artists So Little

April 14, 2017

After a rough financial decade, the music business is finally seeing some appreciable revenue growth, and it's showing no signs of stopping. YouTube, however, doesn't seem to have gotten the memo and continues to pay artists a minimal amount. Here we look at why this is. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 The recorded ...

It's JAM time again. Get your jazz on.

April 14, 2017

April is Jazz Appreciation Month —and it is flying by. The Smithsonian Institution decreed the month's status 16 years ago as a way to spread appreciation for—and interest in- the music genre. Many activities now find themselves under that celebratory jazz umbrella. The National Endowment for the Arts moved its annual NEA Jazz Masters induction concert ...

Indie Labels Report Struggle With 'Whack-A-Mole' Digital Takedowns, 30% Have Given Up Trying [SURVEY]

April 13, 2017

A survey conducted by A2IM (American Association of Independent Music) and Future of Music Coalition (FMC) confirms that independent labels are struggling to deal with unauthorized use of their recordings and videos. A new study by A2IM and Future of Music Coalition asked independent labels of all sizes about their experiences with the DMCA driven notice and takedown system ...

How The Music Industry Makes Money In 2016? [INFOGRAPHIC]

April 12, 2017

The Power Struggle of Music Versus the Machine

April 12, 2017

The digital age has created previously unimagined opportunities for musicians, and changed music creation, distribution and discovery forever.  But alongside those changes, the livelihoods of creators has been threatened.  Now is the time to recapture the value that music creates, argues Sound Royalties Alex Heiche, and he sees signs that it's starting to happen. Guest post by Alex ...

ASCAP Teams With LANDR To Offer Members Free Mastering

April 11, 2017

ASCAP has teamed with LANDR to offer its 600,000 songwriter and publisher members unlimited automated mastering. All ASCAP members will be given free access to LANDR’s Basic Subscription plus one HD WAV per month. This benefit also includes access to LANDR’s smart sharing features which enable songwriters and composers to privately and securely share their work with ...

CD Baby Expands Major Latin American Footprint with Local Office In Argentina

April 11, 2017

CD Baby has expanded into Argentina hiring Martín Liviciche to open a local office. Already one of the largest distributors in Latin America, CD Baby represents 20,000 artists from Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Mexico. Martín Liviciche has been hired to open a local office of CD Baby in Argentina, expanding the D.I.Y. and indie music distributor's already ...

Why You Need To Be As Active On Spotify As You Are On Facebook

April 11, 2017

While most musicians now realize that maintaining an effective artist presence on Facebook requires daily maintenance, the may not know that the same is true of Spotify. Here we go over ten easy steps that can do wonders for the growth of your presence on Spotify. Guest post by Chris Robley of DIY Musician 10 small ...