Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
How can you know whether your video will make money on YouTube? Read on. Several months ago, following a damning article publication over extremist videos on the platform, top advertisers pulled their ads from YouTube. Content creators complained that they no longer earned enough money on the platform. Now, the company has taken steps to […]
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A few pointers on getting your slice of Spotify $43.5 million songwriter settlement pie. On May 23rd, Spotify entered into a settlement agreement with songwriters over unresolved mechanical licenses. Mechanical licenses are a type of publishing license owed to songwriters that Spotify wasn’t paying. As a result, they got sued. In a class action settlement, […]
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Was MTV purposely sidelining black artists in the 1980s? That all depends on who you talk to. Music Television (MTV) started ‘disrupting’ before that was a thing. The edgy, groundbreaking channel forever transformed music into a multimedia experience. And as its importance grew, so did visually-savvy artists like Madonna, Duran Duran, David Bowie, and Peter […]
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1. Perseverance Shania Twain is a country music icon, but her road to fame was long and difficult. She started singing at the age of 8 in bars and resorts to make a little extra money for her family. Her mother would often wake her up in the wee hours of the morning to go […]
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The vinyl turntables market will now reach $100 million in the United States. Just don’t tell vinyl purists which turntables consumers are purchasing, though. According to the NPD Group, the vinyl turntables market hit the $98 million mark between February 2016 and February 2017. Innovative Technology Electronics Corp. led overall sales with their Victrola turntables. […]
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After posting a live Instagram video of himself hanging out with his daughter, an unknown assailant shot and killed Yung Mazi. Two days after Christmas, two men shot and nearly killed Atlanta rapper Yung Mazi at a local restaurant. Now, police have confirmed that he was shot and killed in Atlanta’s Kirkwood community yesterday. Local […]
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“I’m 100% sure…” A December, 2013 interview with CNN Tech’s Laurie Segall and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. CNN Tech correspondent Laurie Segall: Do you think that one day artists will be able to find a business model, and will really be able to make a living doing what they love and getting their music out […]
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“I donated $2 million to the Wu-Tang Clan, and I got a mixtape in return. It was a wonderful investment. I view it as a donation.” This is the most exposure the Wu-Tang Clan’s $2 million album has received to date. And it happened on a whim. It comes from convicted ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli, […]
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Who will launch their shared music database first? The RIAA? ASCAP and BMI? Congress? But most importantly, which would become the authoritative database? Music data, ownership records, and a horde of licenses remain wildly disorganized. Three weeks ago, Congress proposed a global, centralized music database to ensure that artists get paid on every streaming platform. […]
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Luis Fonso’s ‘Despacito’ featuring Daddy Yankee is now the most-watched YouTube video ever with 2.994 billion views. It was almost as improbably as PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’. But ‘Gangnam Style’ now ranks third behind ‘Despacito’ in terms of overall YouTube views. Shortly after 11 am PT today (Friday, August 4th), ‘Despacito’ became the most-watched music video […]
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