Here Henry Tha Bizness, producer for major artists including 50 Cent, R. Kelly, and Trey Songz, and renowned for his adaptability and embrace of industry shifts, discusses his set up and his why his anytime-anywhere mentality is in essential in today’s music business. ____________________________ Guest post by Andrew Cross of…
Category archives: Publishing & Songwriting
Releasing Electronic Music In 6 Simple Steps
If you’ve spent significant time and energy crafting music, chances are you’re eager to get it into the ears of listeners. This guide walks you through six steps to getting your music in stores and onto streaming platforms. _____________________ In this latest post on MusicThinkTank, Alex Cowles coaches electronic music…
BMG Production Music Acquires Immediate Music, 1 Revolution
BMG’s production music division has acquired Immediate Music, a leading U.S. independent production music team working in motion picture advertising and trailers; and sister company 1 Revolution Music, a television music catalog. Details of the deal were not disclosed. The announcement comes just two weeks after BMGPM’s acquisition of French…
Loss Of Fair Pay And Why We Should All Write Rock Operas [David Lowery]
Here we look at how the legal action (and inaction) by those in the federal government and the Department of Justice in particular has it challenging for songwriters to be paid fairly for their time time spent producing anything other than a dramatic musical. _____________________________ Guest post by David Lowery…
Spotify’s Ongoing War With The Music Industry
Spotify has a long and sordid history of failing to pay proper mechanical royalties to creators and publishers, and has already been hit with two major class action lawsuits relating to such. Here we take a look at the legal details negating Spotify’s claim that it doesn’t need to pay…
The Shopkeeper: A Must See For The Artist Rights Movement [Video]
This documentary explores music producer Mark Hallman’s struggle to keep his recording studio open even as the music industry changes and evolves in the age of home recording software and streaming. __________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of Artists Rights Watch He’s worked with Carole King, Ani DiFranco, and a…
Lyrics And Legacies: The Way We Remember Artists
Given the high volume of music industry deaths in the past year, we’ve seen new trends manifest in different ways as to how fans honor and commemorate these artists and the music which they created. ____________________________________ Guest post from LyricFind Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Prince, David Bowie and just recently…
ASCAP “I Create Music” 13th Annual Expo Set For May 7-9, 2018
ASCAP today announced that its 13th annual ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO will be held May 7 – 9, 2018 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. Billed as the United States’ largest conference for songwriters, composers, artists and producers, ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO offers an opportunity for…
RIAA Releases State Of Music Business Mid-2017: Streaming Subscriptions Drive Revenue Growth
Amazingly enough, 2017 is halfway gone already which means it’s time to take stock of the music industry as a whole, looking at where revenue has increased and how companies have been able to adapt to a rise in the popularity of streaming. __________________________ Guest post by Cary Sherman, Chairman…
RIAA Releases State Of Music Business Mid-2017: Streaming Subscriptions Drive Revenue Growth
Amazingly enough, 2017 is halfway gone already which means it’s time to take stock of the music industry as a whole, looking at where revenue has increased and how companies have been able to adapt to a rise in the popularity of streaming. __________________________ Guest post by Cary Sherman, Chairman…