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SoundExchange Launches PLAYS Search Engine: Who's Claiming Your Recordings?
Money earned from digital plays often, for one reason or another, ends up in the wrong hands, and even services like SoudExchange can misdirect funds. Enter the PLAYS Search Engine, a tool which allows artists to track where their money is going. Guest Post by Phil Canning of The Orchard on The Daily Rind It sounds ...
12 CD's For 1¢ Is Dead: The Original Artist Rip-Off Columbia House Files For Bankruptcy
Remember 12 CDs or cassettes for a 1¢? Fueled by slippery clauses buried deep major label contracts, Columbia House, formed the backbone of many 70's and 80's music collections. Once billed as a vehicle for music discovery, the record club" has filed for bankruptcy. Columbia House, the mail order music service that built a billion dollar ...
Is Video The Future of Music Streaming?
In this episode of Music Business Podcast, we are talking with Bryce Clemmer, who is the co-founder and CEO of Vadio, a Portland-based company that provides an online video platform to media and streaming companies. We talk to Clemmer about the state of the music video and how it’s going to change. Kyle Bylin is a ...
The Job That Steve Jobs Didn't Finish
What are artists missing in their online promotion? Here we look at a new app that allows bands to reward fans for their support in way that has, as of yet, not been easily achievable through channels like Facebook and iTunes. Guest Post by Dan Wagster on LinkedIn Pulse In 2003 Steve Jobs changed the music ...
Are There Any Rules When It Comes to Playlists?
Is it legal to make an identical copy of someone's workout mix? As playlists become increasingly popular on streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Songza, and 8track, some questions are being raised regarding the rules and regulations which surround them. Guest Post by Cortney Harding. At this point, pretty much everyone recognizes that playlists are one ...
What The Launch Of Amazon Acoustics Could Mean
In the crowded and competitive field of music streaming, Amazon isn't often mentioned, but with the introduction of collections like Amazon Acoustics and the release of its own Christmas album, there are signs Amazon could be the dark horse of streaming. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 While Apple, Spotify and Google/YouTube get all the hype ...
RIAA Asks BitTorrent To Block Infringing Content
In the latest attack on file sharing, the Recording Industry Association of America has requested that BitTorrent put into place a hash filter in order to block infringing content, but will it do more harm than good? By Mike Masnick of TechDirt Almost exactly a year ago, the Hollywood-funded and run astroturfing group Creative Future" posted a bizarre ...
The Music Industry’s Sleeping Giant
Whether or not streaming is profitable for artists, it has made the process of getting music from its source to its audience remarkably streamlined over the past few years. This is less true where live performance is concerned, however, and the process of putting on a show remains convoluted and inefficient. Guest Post by Danny Fiorentini on Medium Let’s ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 7-13
Summer means more venues for jazz and music of all sorts. There's festivals, patios, and now even breweries with mini-fests and outdoor stages. All of which means there are more, and harder, choices to be made. This weekend, the Lowertown Guitar Festival invades Mears Park, bringing guitars of all shapes, sizes and genres. Weekly jazz series ...
User Centric Licensing: Making Streaming Work For Everyone
One of the greatest criticisms surrounding music streaming concerns the reduced income artists receive. This income, based on airplay," is often miniscule and stretched over a lengthy period of time. Enter user centric licensing. Guest Post by Mark Mulligan on Music Industry Blog Artist income is one of the most pronounced growing pains of the streaming era. While there ...


