For independent artists on a budget, the prospect of releasing an album brings with it several significant financial challenges, with little guarantee that you will see a return on your investment, or even break even. Here we look at how to execute a successful release on a budget. ________________________ Guest…
Category archives: Publishing & Songwriting
Kobalt Raises Additional $600 Million To Invest In Copyrights
Independent music rights management, publisher and label services firm Kobalt has raised an additional $600 million to acquire and monetize copyrights within its Kobalt Capital division. Kobalt had previously raised $205 million in multiple rounds, with Kobalt Capital previously raising an additional $350 million. _________________________________ Kobalt has has added $600…
TIDAL Adds Detailed Album, Track Credits
TIDAL has become the first streaming music service to give creators something they’ve been clamouring for – credit where credit is due. TIDAL subscribers now have access to extensive artist credits for many tracks and albums that are reminiscent of liner notes. ________________________________ TIDAL has added access to extensive artist…
7 Ways To Sell Your Music For A Higher Price
In this piece, Chris Richardson discusses the advantage that DIY artists have when it comes to maintaining creative and business control, the challenge of making money in the music industry, and how you can start successfully charging more for you music. ________________________ Guest post by Chris Richardson Isn’t it great…
Max Martin, J. Kash, Starrah Top Winners At Inaugural Spotify Secret Genius Awards [Full List Of Winners]
Spotify is often the subject of consternation and criticism from the creative community over unlicensed tracks and low payments. In part to counter the ill will, the music streamer launched Spotify For Artists with free analytics and marketing tools, hired Troy Carter as Global Head Of Creator Services, and last…
Why Rapper Mims Is Hot (Again)
Known for the hit "This Is Why I’m Hot" (circa 2007) Washington Heights rapper Mims is seeing new success with the RecordGram app, which allows both producers and aspiring artists to rent and lease beats, to the benefit of all parties involved. _______________________ Guest post by authur Zack O’Malley Greenburg…
The Songwriter & Music Publisher Relationship Examined [PART 2]
In a follow up to part one of this series, Justin M. Jacobson outlines some of the standard clauses that one might typically see contained in a music publishing company’s exclusive agreement with a songwriter. _____________________________ Guest post by Justin M. Jacobson, Esq. on the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This…
New Zealand’s National Party Ordered To Pay Eminem $413,000
Eminem’s music publishing company has won a lawsuit against New Zealand’s center-right National party after they violated his copyright when using a song very similar to his hit “Lose Yourself” in a 2014 election campaign advertisement. According to a press release from the High Court of New Zealand, the New…
YouTube Takedowns As Extortion
[OP-ED] While we’ve already seen plenty of evidence that giving people the ability to takedown someone else’s content will inevitably abused, we see a new evolution on the issue, with someone using DMCA takedown notice as a method for extortion. _________________________ Op-ed by Mike Masnick of Techdirt We’ve made this…
YouTube Takedowns As Extortion? [Op-Ed]
While we’ve already seen plenty of evidence that giving people the ability to takedown someone else’s content will inevitably abused, we see a new evolution on the issue, with someone using DMCA takedown notice as a method for extortion. _________________________ Op-ed by Mike Masnick of Techdirt We’ve made this point…