Recently, China has successfully navigated its way up the music industry food chain, rising from 12th to 7th in the global industry in just two years. Here we look at what has led to the rapid growth in the country’s streaming and recording business, ________________________ Guest post from the Soundcharts…
Category archives: Publishing & Songwriting
Merlin Pulled Down Almost $900 Million For Indie Labels In 12 Months
Where historically being on an indie label was often a last resort after being rejected by a major, these days an indie signing can actually benefit an artist, thanks in large part due to Merlin, an organization dedicated to collecting global digital royalties for independent labels. _________________________ Guest post by…
This Week In Music Commentary
In music commentary this week, industry voices weighed in on why emerging artists are critical to building an authentic connection between a band and a brand, why it is that Spotify hasn’t rolled out an official pre-save tool for all artists, what its like to live a day in the…
How The ‘Spotify Sound’ Is Changing Music
Spotify has disrupted the music business in many, and amassed influence to the point where ‘Spotify’ is shorthand for streaming itself. If that’s not enough change, the way in which Spotify and other streaming platforms pay artists has fundamentally altered how some musicians are structuring their songs. ________________________________ Guest post…
How Working In Surround Sound Affected My Stereo Mixes
In this compelling piece, one engineer explains how his time mixing music in surround sound at the Netherlands legendary Wisseloord Studios helped fundamentally inform and alter the process by which he sculpts his stereo mixes. _______________________________ In this latest piece on MusicThinkTank, producer Stephen Bartlett recounts the profound impact which…
Collect All The Revenue Your Recorded Music Can Earn: Pt. II
In this second part of a series on how to collect all the revenue you’re owed from your music, we shift gears to look at the income which can be earned from acting as a label, publisher, and producer, three different roles that, as an independent artist, you may very…
Collect All The Revenue Your Recorded Music Can Earn: Pt. I
For a long time, many traditional music industry revenue sources were closed off to the independent artists, but these channels are starting to open up, providing some exciting new income sources for the DIY artists out there – as long as you know how to get them. ___________________________ Guest post…
Music Sync Platform mVibe Launches
Music sync platform mVibe has launched, featuring a collection of more than 500,000 cover recordings and re-records of hit songs for sync. The new service says it will help ad agencies and music supervisors find and license creative renditions of current hits and classic songs in all styles and genres…
Songtrust Now Represents 205K Songwriters, 2M Songs, Reports Record Growth
Royalty collection platform Songtrust has announced impressive year-over-year growth. As of May 31st, Songtrust has more than 2 million songs under management from 26,000 publishers and 205,000 songwriters from 64 countries. Since Q2 2018, the company has added more than 55,000 songwriters, and now registers more than 5,000 new songs…
Avid Set To Shift Pro Tools Prices July 1st
A heads up to all you Pro Tools users out there, Avid recently announced via its Facebook page that the company plans to change its prices as soon as July 1st and – major shocker here – most of them won’t be going down. _________________________ Guest post from the Bobby…