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#FMC10 DC Policy Day - A2IM on Piracy: "It's Not the Kids, It's the Companies"
Overheard at today's Future of Music Coalition DC Policy Day: “It's not kids, it's companies. People are making money off this piracy" - Rich Bengloff of A2IM “Oh joy there apparently are NO provisions in ACTA advising artists & creators of their rights. (only a campaign to 'educate' public)." FMC's Health Insurance Navigation Tool for ...
Reid Benditt on Music Choice
This guest post was submitted by Reid Benditt, an On-Air Host at Y-Rock on XPN, a former News Writer for Consequence of Sound and an idealist. When it comes to music consumption it's obvious that we have an abundance of choices. There are a seemingly infinite number of methods for both listening to music and getting ...
Routenote Exits Last.FM Citing Low Royalties
Digital music distributor RoutNote is pulling it's clients tracks from music site Last.fm because it says royalty payments have been too low. “The majority of our artists love to sell their music on the worlds largest stores like iTunes and Amazon, which make up the majority of their revenues," RouteNote wrote its users in a post ...
IODA Expands in Asia with Love Da Partnership
Digital distributor IODA has formed a Pan-Asian partnership with Hong Kong's Love Da Records to bring its labels to emerging markets including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan. Love Da will distribute and market music from IODA's 2 million track catalog to digital music retailers as well as offering consumer marketing and ...
Crate Digging with Eugene Holley, Jr.
Writer Eugene Holley--Wilmington's own--is one who's always first-rate commentary I take personal pride in. I've watched his development closely, ever since we worked together in developing the National Jazz Service Organization during the first stages of my directorship. Eugene's latest liner notes enhance NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal's superblatest record “A Quiet Time" (Dreyfus). Eugene has ...
Roll out the Rolaids
THE LOW DOWN ON SPONSORS: Surprise! YOU cannot file for an artist visa for yourself. Here's where the “sponsor" comes in. Sponsors are absolutely necessary to sign documents prepared by your attorney, after you put together as much information about your career as possible. That is, if the attorney believes you ...
Amanda Palmer: "Artists Have Always Needed to Fund Themselves"
“Asking for money is generally considered shameful in the art and music world... this cultural ideal about artists and how they shouldn't touch money because it strips away the integrity of their art. But that's obviously bullshit, especially if you look throughout history and see that artists have ALWAYS needed to fund themselves and their work ...
Soundexchange Explains $200 Million Bank Balance
Digital Music News vs. SoundExchange Last week, Digital Music news reported that SoundExchange was holding $200 million in unpaid royalties due to artists. “"According to IRS returns," wrote DMN. “SoundExchange was holding the bag on a 'fund balance' of nearly $260 million by the tail end of 2008. Subsequently, SoundExchange executive Laura Williams told DMN that ...
Congress to Musicians: "Quit Your Day Job"
Your Health Care Will Be Covered In this short video, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi encourages musicians and other creative types to quite their day jobs because your insurance will be paid for under the new health care bill. Now, I'm a fan of this legislation, but I suggest that you read the fine print before ...
Did the Rolling Stones' Music Go Downhill After the Beatles Broke Up?
Reader Neil McCarthy responded to my recent interview with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards about the expanded reissue of the Rolling Stones 1972 album Exile on Main St. with an intriguing theory thats been voiced by others over the years. In short, McCarthy thinks the Stones music started on a downhill slide around 1970, when the ...
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