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UK Musicians Speak Out On Brexit
UK trade association The Incorporated Society of Musicians has released a new report that chronicles how Brexit, the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union, will impact the music industry. According to the report, 50% of musicians surveyed by the study reported that their future work, mobility and visas, transportation of instruments and equipment, and ...
Game Of Thrones Breaks Shazam Record
Proper placement in a show has long played a major role in boosting a song's profile, as recently evidenced by the Apple-owned music identification app Shazam, which busted through its previous record after the song “Jenny of Oldstones" was played over the credits of Game Of Thrones' most recent episode. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of ...
DIY Musicians Now Earn More Than $2 Billion A Year
DIY musicians now in earn more than $2 billion a year from recorded music, music publishing income, live performance fees, merchandise sales and other income Music industry analysts MIDiA recently estimated that DIY and self releasing artists earned $643 million in recorded music revenue in 2018. In a new Rolling Stone piece, MBW's Tim Ingram looked ...
Highlights From ASCAP Expo 2019
ASCAP began its 2019 “I Create Music" Expo with the announcement that total revenues for 2018 topped $1.227 billion, an increase of 7% over the previous year. $1.109 billion in royalties were paid to member songwriters, composers and publishers, up 10% year-over-year. Highlights Atlanta power players including producer Don Cannon (2 Chainz, Lil Uzi Vert, Jeezy), ...
Building Your Dream Team: The Music Publisher
In this edition of Building Your Dream Team, AWAL breaks down the who, what, when, where, and why of the music industry's matchmaking money hunter, the publisher. Here we look at the important role they play in gathering artist revenue, and how why they've taken center stage in the legally complex streaming era. Guest post from ...
Stephans, Liebman, Copland, Gress's Quartette Oblique on Sunnyside
Stephans, Liebman, Copland, Gress: Quartette Oblique (Sunnyside) Attempting the impossible, Rifftides once again tries to catch up. We all know that is impossible because record companies refuse to accept that jazz is dead; they keep releasing new music. It took too long for me to mention this superb quartet album, which has been out for a ...
5 Music Crowdfunding Myths – Busted! [Ariel Hyatt]
Crowdfunding has become a key tool in the DIY artist toolkit, but doing it successfully is harder than it looks. Here Cyber PR's Ariel Hyatt does a little myth busting to help set the stage for success. By Ariel Hyatt of Cyber PR The more I study the realities of how artists make money now (hello ...
Copyright Directive: Can We Avoid Rotten Apples Through An Early Harvest? [Neil Turkewitz]
Now that the EU Copyright Directive has (for better of for worse) passed into law, in this Op-Ed Neil Turkewitz takes a long and hard look at what the fallout from this new legislation, and looking ahead to how we can build a more creator-friendly world of fair compensation and voluntary licensing. Op-Ed by Neil Turkewitz ...
West Coast Jazz Horror
There's only one film I know of that includes French hornist John Graas (right). As you may recall, I posted on Graas back on April 24. The film is Dementia, better known as Daughter of Horror. Completed in 1953, the film wasn't released until '55, thanks to nettlesome issues with Hollywood censors. The expressionist film was ...
Pandora Adds Ticketmaster Integration
Pandora has partnered Ticketmaster to bring more concert dates to the platform. “In our ongoing effort to provide a comprehensive and seamless artist marketing experience, Pandora has partnered with Ticketmaster to transform live event promotion,” SiriusXM owned streamer said in a statement. According to Pandora, which plans to pull touring data in real-time from Ticketmaster’s API, ...
