This Fortnight in Music Supervision and Sync 3.15.17: Baby Driver • 8-Bit To Chiptune • Tips & Tricks • More

A complete run through of the latest and greatest in sync licensing and music supervision in in film, tv, gaming and much more over the past fortnight, courtesy of Synchblog. _____________________________ This Fortnight in Music Supervision and Sync 3.15.17 Film and TV Baby Driver trailer: Edgar Wright returns with a…

Top 7 Ways To Identify If Your Song Is Ready For Release

Many wet-behind-the-ears indie musicians find themselves over-eager when it comes to the prospect of releasing their music for the first time, and will try to push it on the ears of potential listeners before its truly ready for public consumption. Here review seven things to check before a public release….

Spirit Music Group acquires 150,000 tracks as it launches Production Music division

Alan Ett to head up Spirit Production Music, reporting into David Renzer
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Weekly Music Publishing Update: U.S. Copyright Royalty Board Begins Rate Deliberations

Last week one of the most important copyright deliberations in more than a decade began in Washington D.C. as the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board began rate deliberations, and songwriters and publishers lined up to fight the titans of tech. ____________________________ By Kyle Thiede, Manager of Publishing Operations, Songtrust A question…

THE PITCH: TuneRegistry Takes On Music Rights, Metadata

Today, indie music rights and metadata management platform TuneRegistry makes its PITCH. As with other startups in this ongoing series, we’ve given them 100 words to convince you of their worthiness. _________________________________ TuneRegistry is an all-in-one music rights and metadata management platform for the independent music community. TuneRegistry helps music…

Join 3700+ Songwriters: SIGN THIS PETITION NOW To Stop Big Tech From Lowering Royalty Rates

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), which represents U.S. music publishers and their songwriters, along with the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) are facing off against Google, Apple, Amazon, Spotify and Pandora as the Copyright Royalty Board meets this week to determine how songwriters are paid for the next five…

Share Of Revenue Music Streamers Paid Licensing Orgs Fell 27% In 2016, Says New Study

What a stream is worth will be debated forever, but one place to start is to ask what revenue it generates. A new study says that monetization is fast approaching $100 per 1000 streaming hours. At the same time, however, payments to creators as a percentage of growing ad and…

ASCAP Adds 32 Top Panelists To "I Create Music" Expo

ASCAP’s songwriter and artists conference “I Create Music” has added 32 additional panelists – including some big names – to their 2017 edition in LA April 13-15. ____________________________________ Panelists just announced for the 2017 ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO include Grammy winners, tastemaker A&R executives and multi-platinum hit-makers. Now in…