The Protect Working Musicians Act Could Help Artists Negotiate Better Streaming Rates Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog When it comes to negotiating streaming rates, the major record labels are in the drivers seat, doing deals in the backroom that no one knows about until they’re announced. Needless to say, artists have no say in this. … Read more
The Important Questions to Ask Yourself Next Time You Want to Give Up on Your Music Dreams flypaper Just because you know this is what you want doesn’t mean you don’t call it into question… Be strong, visualize, and get back on the horse! The post The Important Questions to Ask Yourself Next Time You … Read more
R&B Artist’s Biggest Secret: The Route to a Chart Topping Song | NLN#94 Ft Adrian Milanio Video by Brandman Network Exposing the Lies Keeping You From Monetizing Your Fanbase: http://www.nolabelsnecessary.com/monetize?el=nlnep94 Topics Covered: 00:30 Intro 02:01 Making Music My Career 07:57 The Early Problems of Finding the Right R&B Sound 11:11 A Million Streams: Marketing “Lucky” … Read more
Streaming’s problems will not be fixed by royalties alone Music Industry Blog UMG and Deezer’s artist-centric royalty proposal got the amount of attention both parties probably wanted, if not necessarily the type of attention they were after. However, the intent was to kick start an industry debate, and that objective was clearly achieved. Yet, while … Read more
Music Biz Member Exceleration Music Acquires Redeye Worldwide News Archive – Music Business Association Independent music company, Exceleration Music has acquired global distribution and music services company, Redeye Worldwide, marking the company’s entry into the distribution space. Per the deal, Exceleration will establish a new distribution division which will operate under the Redeye name. The … Read more
First music business education programFOX 7 Austin – People take live music seriously here in Austin. And while performing is hard enough, learning the business side of things is often an even greater challenge for musicians. Dr. Rohan Thompson, Dean of Huston-Tillotson University School of Business and Technology, joined FOX 7 Austin’s Mike Warren to … Read more
How to stream your daylist – Spotify’s new always-updating playlist RouteNote Blog Find yourself always reaching for chilled beats on a Sunday evening or get up tunes on a Monday morning? Well Spotify has long been analysing exactly what kind of music you like to listen to and when. daylist is a new 50-song (2-3 … Read more
Mechanical Royalties – how to make more from your streams RouteNote Blog In a nutshell, mechanical royalties are generated whenever a composition is reproduced in some form. Mechanical royalties originally came from the physical reproduction of original music. If a label wanted to print Vinyl for one of their artists – the songwriters and composers … Read more
Ella Project Announces “Crescendo”: A 7-Week Music Business Workshop SeriesOffBeat Magazine – The Ella Project, known for its music industry educational webinars, has announced Crescendo, a seven-week series of music business workshops to empower musicians to enhance their music industry skills… Enjoy The New Punjabi Music Video For Daka By Sarika Gill & Shree Brar … Read more
How do record labels make money while allowing artists to own 100% of royalties? Music Industry I’m working on a business model for an independent label services company. I can think of tons of services I can offer like representation, distribution, marketing, booking, tour organization and more. However, the artists I want to help have … Read more