This week on MusicThinkTank, we looked at the educational benefits of social media, how you can make money off of your industry gear on the side, skills employers want in a musician, and more. Rayanne Dany | 3 Major Educational Benefits Of Social Media Emma Becker | Here Are 8…
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3 Ways To Keep Your Music Safe If SoundCloud Goes Belly-Up
With the future of SoundCloud cast into serious doubt, artists who have their music available on the service are understandably concerned about where their music and its fans will go should the service end up crashing and burning. Here we look at how to ensure its kept safe. _______________________________________ Guest…
A Look At Pandora’s Artist Marketing Platform
A feature which allows artists to market directly to their listeners, Pandora’s Artist Marketing Platform has seen great success of late. Here we examine four new and updated features to the tool, and the impact these updates will have. _______________________________ Guest post by Pandora’s Glenn Peoples on Medium There’s no…
5 Musicians Who Managed Their Money Well and What You Can Learn From Them
[UPDATED] Although they may not garner as much coverage and interest as those who ruined themselves financially, many artists were much more business savvy when it came to managing their money. Here we look at five such shining examples. __________________________ Guest post from Royalty Exchange You’ve probably read plenty of…
Facebook Adds Groups For Pages: A Free And Easy To Use Fan Community Builder
Facebook has launched a long overdue Groups feature for Pages. Previously, only individual users could create Groups. The new features can easily be used by artists to create a fan club or fan community to encourage more artist to fan and fan to fan interactions. "We’re making Groups for Pages…
Music Copyrights: When Forever Isn’t Actually Forever
[UPDATED] Most songwriters and artists negotiated their original deals for songs before they truly knew what their work was worth – and many now have a chance to recapture the rights to their own music, but don’t realize it. In this piece, Sound Royalties CEO and Founder Alex Heiche describes…
360 Record Deals: A Look Inside “Multiple Rights" Agreements [Part 2]
In this followup to part one of looking at 360 record deals, looking at the various pros and cons surrounding ‘multiple rights’ agreements, plus examine some of the clauses utilized almost exclusively in these agreements but rarely outside of the music industry. ____________________________ Guest post by Justin M. Jacobson, Esq….
Spotify’s Latest Premium: 50% Back Means 50% Less
Spotify’s latest "50% back means 50% more" ploy to use its music service to allow Capital One to sell subscribers indebtedness is raising some eyebrows. In fact, Attorney Chris Castle says the deal would likely be illegal were it made with any artist one-on-one. _________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle…
On Making Music Supervisors Happy: Be Prepared with Instrumentals, Alternative Mixes
Placement of music in TV and Film via sync licensing is growing into one of the most lucrative means through which artists get their music into the ears of consumers. Music supervisor act as the gatekeepers to such sync deals however. Here we look how to keep them happy and…
Got Gear And Skills? 8 Ways Musicians Can Make Money With Them [INFOGRAPHIC]
Cultivating a successful career in the music business can take time, but if it’s something you’ve been working at for awhile, chances are you’ve accumulated some skills and or gear. Rather than letting them collect dust, we here look at how these resources can be used to create additional income…