What’s the point of digital distribution if it isn’t driving anything beyond ‘exposure’ and a modest paycheck? The following is part of our ongoing series on sync licensing. We’d like to thank Songtradr for partnering with DMN to break this news. Sur…
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Patreon Acquires Kit to Help Its Content Creators Better Sell Merch
Patreon’s new acquisition of Kit, a New York-based e-commerce startup, will hopefully enable content creators to make more money. Patreon is a platform that allows supporters of an artist to “subscribe” to content. The concept was sta…
Spotify Launches ‘The Game Plan,’ A 10-Part Music Industry Course For Artists
Spotify is now allowing artists to get the most out of their platform with new music industry courses called, “The Game Plan.” The new series will help artists take their career up a notch with the help of music legends and Spotify insiders such as glo…
In-Venue Music Recognition Technology Is Changing Artist Payouts — One Country at a Time
One of the biggest challenges confronting the music industry is simple recognition. If a song is played, is it actually recognized, processed, and paid? In the U.S., that’s a serious question on the streaming side, where some estimates peg unrecognize…
Now There’s Another Free Competitor to CD Baby, Tunecore, and Distrokid
Amuse is a reimagined record label that just raised $15.5 million in Series A financing. And they’re offering every single artist free distribution — plus analytics. The record label survived the great cataclysmic shift from analog to digital. …
5 Ways To Greatly Increase Your SoundCloud Plays — As Recommended by SoundCloud
Your music not only has to sound good. It has to look good on SoundCloud, too. On SoundCloud, there are a plethora of ways for artists, labels, and curators to garner streams for their tracks. A few of those methods include being adde…
SoundExchange Releases ‘Music Data Exchange (MDX)’ – Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Will SoundExchange’s new MDX finally provide the music industry the transparency it so desperately needs? SoundExchange has launched Music Data Exchange (MDX). Developed in cooperation with the RIAA and National Music Publishers Association (NMPA…
Meet the Company That’s Paying Artists $9.99 Out of Every $10
Feedbands has a hair-brained plan that mixes cryptocurrency, crowdsourcing, and a vinyl subscription service. Amazingly, it’s actually working for artists. DMN is proud to be partnering with Feedbands as they grow their artist-focused conce…
3 Ways to Find Awesome Band Members
Finding band members that are reliable and talented seems to be the biggest struggle for musicians looking to start up a new project. In my experience starting up my own band, great musicians are all too often horrible band members. When piecing togeth…
Is This Who You Want Representing You?
Something interesting happened to me recently. Ari Herstand was working on an investigative report, Music PR Company: 25% of Our Clients Are Entitled Little Brats, discussing how Manimal PR was under-delivering to its clients while charging exorbitant …