Royalty collection platform Songtrust has announced impressive year-over-year growth. As of May 31st, Songtrust has more than 2 million songs under management from 26,000 publishers and 205,000 songwriters from 64 countries. Since Q2 2018, the company has added more than 55,000 songwriters, and now registers more than 5,000 new songs…
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Spotify’s Free Online Recording Studio Soundtrap Adds Unlimited Storage
Spotify owned Soundtrap has released a new version of its free tier which allows users to create and save an unlimited number of multi-track music and podcast projects. Unlimited capacity has until now only been available to paying subscribers. The free multi-platform software now also adds 210 free software instruments…
Emerging Artists Are Key For Building Authentic Connections Between Brand And Consumer
While teaming up with an artist can be beneficial for both the brand and artist, there is a certain risk, at least to the artist, that such partnerships will be harmful to fans’ perception of their authenticity. Here we look at how partnering with emerging artists can help make the…
Grammy Awards Announce New 2020 Deadlines and Dates
The Recording Academy has announced new deadlines and dates for the 2020 62nd Annual Grammy Awards and Grammy Week events. Nominations will now be announced in all 84 categories on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. The awards will be broadcast live from LA’s Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26th on CBS…
Last Week To Register For Grassroots Touring Course At Berklee Online
It’s the last week to register for the summer semester of Grassroots Touring, a new course authored by music industry veteran Bruce Houghton, "With income related to live performances accounting for 60-80% of most musicians incomes, it has never been more important to build and sustain a touring career," says…
Avid Set To Shift Pro Tools Prices July 1st
A heads up to all you Pro Tools users out there, Avid recently announced via its Facebook page that the company plans to change its prices as soon as July 1st and – major shocker here – most of them won’t be going down. _________________________ Guest post from the Bobby…
AI Completes Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, But Who Owns The Copyright?
While technology can solve a lot of legal problems, it’s also capable of creating plenty as well, as evidenced in the recent instance of artificial intelligence being utilized to complete Franz Schubert’s unfinished Symphony No. 8. – raising the question of who exactly owns the copyright of this newly completed…
Why Hasn’t Spotify Rolled Out An Offical Pre-Save Tool? [Kieron Donoghue]
Ever since 2016 when third party tools made Spotify pre-saves possible, they have become a standard part of artists marketing when releasing new music. So, why hasn’t Spotify released an official pre-save tool for all artists and labels to access? ____________________________ Guest post by Kieron Donoghue of Here.org.uk Back in…
Day In The Life Of A Sound Designer
In this piece, sound designer and industry veteran Cameron Gorham walks us through what it’s like to work as a sound designer in the modern music industry, as well as some fun projects for creating your own unique samples. ________________________________ Guest post by Cameron Gorham from the Bandzoogle Blog As…
Cameo Adds $50M To Deliver Personalized Video Messages From Musicians, Celebrities [and You]
Cameo has raised a $50 million Series B round to expand its marketplace of famous and not so famous musicians, celebrities and influencers who get paid to create short video message for fans. More than 1000 musicians are already available on the platform. Ilya Fushman of Kleiner Perkins lead the…