The Music Modernization Act calls for the creation of a Mechanical Licensing Collective to oversee the blanket mechanical licenses that the new law established. So far, two groups ave applied to the Copyright Royalty Board, who will chose the new collective in July. One group has been spearheaded by the…
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TIDAL Launches $1 Million Emerging Artists Grant Program ‘TIDAL Unplugged’
TIDAL and benefactors Mark Lampert and Robert Nelsen today announced the launch of TIDAL Unplugged, a million dollar grant program for emerging artists. Funded by a donation from Lampert and Nelsen, TIDAL Unplugged will launch in Detroit in March. Local artists will can submit their music through TIDAL to receive…
Hitting The Billboard Charts: The 4 Phases
In this guide for the scrappy self starters out there, award winning songwriter MANAFEST breaks down into four strategic phases how artists can roll out their music in such a way as to increase their chances of building momentum and hitting the Billboard charts. _______________________________ Guest post by Chris Greenwood…
Webcast Listening Has 12% Year On Year Growth, Spotify Averages 2.5M Simultaneous Streams
Spotify reached a record 2.5 million average simultaneous streams in October of last year, according to Triton Digital’s Top-20 ranking. Pandora stayed steady around 2 million average streams while over all webcast listening grew 12% year of year.
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When Do We Become Uninterested In Discovering New Music?
While music discovery has, in many ways, become easier than ever, a new study suggests that there’s a limited period of time in the average consumer’s life when they’re actually finding new music, and at a certain age ‘musical paralysis’ sets in and the discovery ceases. ________________________ Guest post by…
Soundcharts Launches New Music Data Platform With Unlimited Team Access
Music analytics platform Soundcharts has launched a new version with new pricing. Under the plan, users can share data access with their entire team at no additional cost. Every plan comes with unlimited users and is based on the number of monitored artists, starting at €19 / $21.50 USD per…
Ninja Tune’s Peter Quicke Named New AIM Chair
The UK based Association of Independent Music (AIM) has announced Ninja Tune MD Peter Quicke as its new chair. Quicke, who has been with London’s Ninja Tune since shortly after its inception in the early ’90s, will step into the board appointed role effective immediately. He replaces Tim Dellow of…
ASCAP I Create Music Expo 2019 Names First Panelists
This year’s ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO will bring together some of the past year’s most successful songwriters on May 2 – 4, 2019 in Los Angeles. Panels and panelists announced for the expo include Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next and Sweetener collaborators Victoria Monet, Tommy Brown and Charles “Scootie”…
If You Perform Live, You’re Probably Not Getting Paid Royalties That You Deserve
For many artists, touring is one of the primary ways in which they maintain a living as a musician, making it that much more troubling to learn that many artists who do live shows aren’t walking away with all the performance royalties to which they are entitled. Here Ari Herstand…
25 Year Old Rock Song Mysteriously Tops Japanese Charts
Recently a twenty-five year old Dinorsaur Jr. song called "Over Your Shoulder" agitated musical waters when it mysteriously popped out of the blue ta #18 on the Japanese Billboard charts. Here we look at what exactly went on that earned this quarter-century old tune its renaissance. ____________________________ Guest post by…