Rebeca Leon is leaving AEG Presents / Goldenvoice after 11 years as head of Latin Touring to focus on her management company, Lionfish Entertainment. Clients include Juanes and J. Balvin, as well non-music content projects. • Label veteran Kevin Weaver has been promoted to the new position of President, Film…
Category archives: Publishing & Songwriting
Expecting Too Much From A PR Campaign Can Kill Your Chance Of Success – Here’s Why
A PR campaign can be one of the best investments an artist can make when they’re planning a major release, but putting too much faith in it and setting your expectations sky-high can in many ways be as detrimental as having no PR campaign at all. ______________________ Guest post by…
Creating Music In The Wake Of A Major Life Struggle
While a lot of great music has often resulted from artists overcoming or working through struggles in their lives, Patrick McGuire here recounts his own experience doing so, and the challenge he faced in utilizing his own personal struggle in a creative and artistic way. ________________________ Guest post by Patrick…
Microsoft Is Shutting Down Groove Music – How To Get Your Mechanical Royalties Before It’s Too Late
Streaming services generate mechanical and performance royalties for creators they say they can’t identify. It’s a major issue for musicians and music publishers. In 2017, Microsoft filed 4 Million "address unknown" notices. How can you make sure you get paid before Microsoft shuts down its music service? _______________________________________ By Dae…
Did Zeppelin Steal Stairway To Heaven Revisited
Talk of plagiarism and theft consistently permeate the music industry. In this instance, we look at the possibility of Led Zeppelin having ‘stolen’ their classic song Stairway to Heaven and, even if they did, of whether or not this was a case of conscious theft or merely accidental. __________________________ In…
Holding The Line On Statutory Damage Tradeoffs
Here Chris Castle warns of a suspected upcoming ‘omnibus’ bill of amendments to the Copyright act as the 2018 campaign season gets underway, and the importance of preventing Big Tech from thoroughly de-fanging copyright infringement litigation. ______________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Technology Policy It is very likely…
Tom Petty’s Music Genome And His Legacy-Defining Traits
Following Tom Petty’s passing on Monday, numerous obituaries and remembrances have been released, often similarly describing his music as a ‘soundtrack for the road." Here we look at some of the traits most common to Petty’s music and which helped to make it so compelling. ___________________ Guest post by Glenn…
How to Get Music Licensed On Music Libraries – 4 Steps To Get Started
As the industry struggles with payment levels from YouTube and once reliable income from touring feels about to experience a tragedy driven downturn, one source of income is often overlooked: licensing to music libraries. ___________________________________________ By Joyce Kettering, a songwriter, composer, music licensing expert, and teacher of the Get Your…
You Can Now Purchase Stock In Eminem’s Royalties
In what could be the canary in the coalmine for music business, rapper Eminem is now allowing stock in his music royalties to the buying public via the Royalty Exchange owned company Royalty Flow. Cha-ching Slim Shady. ____________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 In what may be…
Royalty Exchange Makes Eminem, Other Major Song Catalogs Available To Fan Investors
Royalty Flow, a new venture from digital royalties marketplace Royalty Exchange announced that the company plans to buy a stake in the royalty stream from rapper Eminem’s recorded music catalog, which they will open up to external investors. Using regulation A+ of the federal JOBS (Jump Start Our Business Start-Up)…