Jonathan Stone of original song marketplace Rocket Songs joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly podcast. Music publishing is a multi-billion dollar industry that has been mostly undisrupted by the tech and data revolution. Rocket Songs is working change that and democratize music publishing. Music publishing…
Category archives: Publishing & Songwriting
The Downsides Of Releasing An EP
After recently looking at some of the major benefits to releasing an EP, we hear couch those pros by exploring some of the downsides to releasing this shorter album format. _____________________ Guest post by Hugh McIntyre for the TuneCore Blog In a post that went up last week on this…
Free Online Tools For Crafting Your Own Album Cover
The artwork on album can, for some artists, be something of an afterthought, but album artwork is hugely important when it comes to selling your music. That said, getting album artwork can also be hugely expensive, so here we look at five free online tools for creating your own. __________________________…
5 Advantages Of Releasing An EP
While the majority of fan eagerness involving releases is focused on ‘the album’ an EP can represent a more easily managed for getting new music to your listeners. Here we look at five benefits associated with the release of an EP. ___________________________ Guest post by Hugh McIntyre for the TuneCore…
Billboard All Time Top 100 Offers More Shock Than Surprise
In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Billboard has assembled a list of its all-time greatest hits from over the past six decades. Even factoring in changes in chart methodology and ranking, the chart contains more than a few shocks for anyone even vaguely familiar with the music industry. _______________________ Guest…
Sensing Blood In Water, Major Labels Sue ISP Cox For ‘Ignoring’ Their DMCA Notices
Major labels have for some time been excited by the prospect of being able to use the DMCA to get Internet Service Providers to boot users from the internet, and suing them if they failed. The most prominent victim of this strategy has been ISP Cox, who is now the…
The Nashville Number System: What Is It?
Something familiar to any musician on the street worth their salt, the Nashville Number System is a form of shorthand notation which allows those familiar with chord numbers to act as last minute sub or sit on a session. Here we look at what exactly the system is and how…
Court Rejects ‘One Size Fits All’ Bit Torrent Ruling
Stephen Carlisle, Esq. wades into the ongoing saga of Bit Torrent litigation. In a decision with major implications. the Ninth Circuit Court recently rejected a "one size fits all"approach to Bit Torrent lawsuits, in which the sins of one case could be brought to bear on others. ______________________________ Guest post…
How Amazon’s Twitch.tv Cheats Music Creators
[UPDATED] In this piece, Erin M. Jacobson, Esq. reveals how both music creators and music rights’ owners are both being cheated out of a significant new source of potential revenue when their music is used by Amazon subsidiary Twitch in its live streams. ___________________________ Guest post by Erin M. Jacobson,…
Industry Giant Brian Eno Talks Music, Global Politics
Few creative forces in the music industry are held in as high esteem as Brian Eno, noted for not only his musical contributions but also his work as a producer, writer, and thinker in the music business. Here he sat down to discuss his innovative musical work, as well as…