Global independent digital rights agency Merlin announced the findings of its 2019 Membership Report & Survey at A2IM Indie Week on Tuesday, The report revealed 63% year-on-year increase in member payments to $845 million. The total includes over $130 million in revenues generated from one time settlements and other non-royalty…
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Breaking Into The Music Industry: Tips For College Grads
While graduating from college can feel like a major milestone, the prospect of finding a job (particularly in an industry as tumultuous as the music business) can be intimidating. Here we look at some key pointers for how fresh-faced graduates can get their foot in the door. ________________________ In this…
5 Reasons You Don’t Actually Want The Record Deal Of Your Dreams
The record industry, and consequently the record deal, have seen countless transformations over the decades, and while many artists may still be eager to sign the "contract of their dreams," the reality is that these agreements can often leave the artist in a less than ideal situation ______________________________ Guest post…
New Crowdfunding Platform From Bandzoogle Seeks To Fill PledgeMusic Void
In the wake of music crowdfunder PledgeMusic’s tumultuous downfall into bankruptcy, Bandzoogle has stepped up to the plate and done some serious renovations on its website in hopes of giving artists another option to run successful crowdfunding campaigns. _________________________________ Guest post by Jeremy Young of Soundfly’s Flypaper By now, I’m…
Artist’s Guide To Pandora AMP
While traditionally artists needed to use a distributor such as TuneCore or CD Baby in order to get their music on a major streaming network, more services are allowing artists to post directly on their platforms. Here, we look at one example, the Pandora AMP service. ___________________________ Guest post by…
Spotify To Back New Facebook Cryptocurrency [REPORT]
Labels, publishers and artists may soon have the option of receiving streaming royalties in cryptocurrency, as Spotify is reportedly one of the early backers of Facebook’s cryptocurrency initiative. Cryptocurrency could solve many of the issues that a company like Spotify has when paying tens of thousands of rights holders in…
Kickstarter Cancels Drip XOXO Artist Subscription Project: Serving Small Creators Is Unsustainable
XOXO, the Kickstarter backed successor the Drip artist and label subscription platform is shutting down before it launches. "Ultimately, we couldn’t find a way to make the business viable," the XOXO team wrote announcing the closure. Kickstarter acquired Drip in March of 2016 and experimented with several iterations of the…
5 Ways Fans Can Help Music Chart
Getting your music to rank on one of the Billboard charts can often be the big break that helps kick an artists career up to the next level, and if you have a single or new album headed for release, there are a few things your fans can do for…
This Week In Music Commentary
This week, commentators from inside the music industry weighed in on how to increase you chance of getting lucky in the music biz, why consumers shouldn’t be worried about Bandwear (even after the PlegeMusic debacle), whether or not AI created music should be protected by copyright, and more! Luck Surface…
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music
This week, our tips and advice for those music industry do-it-yourselfers out there covered how to start a grassroots tour, the best way to win over a lame crowd, a new feature allowing users to add music to their Instagram stories, and much, much more! Berklee Online Adds Grassroots Touring…