While any artist is aware that playing shows or selling albums can bring in cash, there are a multitude of other potential revenue streams that are a little less clear cut. Here we breakdown the difference between mechanical and performance royalties, and how artists can use both to their benefits….
Category archives: Publishing & Songwriting
YouTube Expands Music Credits
YouTube seems to be working harder to give credit to those artists and publishers featured in their videos by not only providing details related to the featured content, but also links to its official source, all made possible by YouTube’s metadata rich Content ID system. ________________________ Guest post by Vince…
How To Target Event Emails To Drive Sales – Sierra Nevada Style
Whether a beer company or a band, savvy marketing rules apply. Here we look at how a targeted marketing strategy employed by the craft beer company Sierra Nevada helped them to dramatically boost event ticket sales. By Tamisha McQuilkin, the Program Manager for Technology Partnerships at MailChimp from the Eventbrite…
Songwriters Cry Foul As SESAC, HFA Propose Changes That Could Sink Music Modernization Act
Two major songwriter organizations are crying foul after the Harry Fox Agency and SESAC proposed changes to the Music Modernization Act that the trade groups believe could scuttle or at least severely weaken the sweeping legislation. The Nashville Songwriters International Association and the Songwriters of North America are not pleased…
How To Spend Less, But Sell More Tickets
While every artist and promotor wants sold out shows, pouring endless amounts of money into every aspect of marketing isn’t usually an option for the typical musician. This piece looks at how to budget your money effectively in order get the greatest return on every marketing dollar spent. _________________________ Guest…
The Problem With Perfect: The Power Of Musical Mistakes
While an error in either recording or performance is bane of many musicians’ existence, such errors aren’t necessarily the worst thing that can happen. In fact, some mistakes can ultimately play out in an artist’s favor in some surprising ways. _______________________________ Guest post by Patrick McGuire of Soundfly’s Flypaper Musicians…
Why The World Doesn’t Yet Care About Your Music
As a musician, getting the world to pay attention to your music can be one of the most frustrating and heartbreaking tasks you will face. This piece explores why it is that the world doesn’t yet care about your music, and what you can do to (eventually) turn things around….
Tunecore Adds Facebook, Instagram Monetization
DIY distributor TuneCore has added a new opportunity – Facebook and Instagram monetization. Facebook recently cut licensing deals with all three majors, Merlin and others for music on all its platforms, but this is the first time we’ve heard of funds trickling down to DIY artists. Tunecore artists and labels…
10 Future Music Business Jobs
As with so many industries, advancements in tech are quickly changing and reshaping the music business in several significant ways, with new jobs emerging all the time. Here we look at ten different music business jobs of the future. __________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 The music…
Lack Of Streaming Artist, Song Info ‘Is Just D-U-M-B’
in the streaming era the fact that you can’t click on a song and see who played on it, who wrote it, who engineered it, who produced it, etc and then click on their name and see all their work is just D-U-M-B. — Maggie Vail (@magicbeans) July 16, 2018…