The copyright laws of the US were written over hundred years ago. 1908 to be exact. Long before the internet was even conceived of. Let alone streaming. Music law was written during the era of player pianos when music was written on piano rolls. For ye…
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Hit Songwriters Hit Back at SESAC: ‘Shame on You!’
“This is the strongest I’ve ever seen the songwriting community” – Ross Golan, hit songwriter, podcaster of ‘And The Writer Is…’ The Music Modernization Act recently passed the House by a 415-0 vote. It looked as if …
Pandora Reaches 6 Million Paying Subscribers — and Substantially Lower Losses
The house that Tim Westergren built has reached a once-unthinkable paid subscriber milestone. Pandora and paying subscribers were once an oil-and-water combination. Now, that’s starting to change. Earlier today, Pandora revealed their Q2 2018 ea…
Latest Industry: Google, David Bowie, Cliff Richards, Walmart, Spotify, YouTube, Wu-Tang Clan, More…
EU fines Google $5 billion for Android violations. European Union regulators have hit Google with €4.3 billion ($5 billion) in fines. The European Commission says the company abused Android market dominance in three areas – bundling search engine and …
4 Simple Ways to Protect Your Music from Being Hacked
Getting your music hacked is a terrifying prospect. Hard work gone in an instant — published without release or sent out into the world before it’s finished. Sadly, there have been plenty of examples over the years of this happening, with several…
Teenage Hackers Arrested for Vandalizing VEVO
Two teenage hackers, Prosox and Kuroi’ish, also referred to as “Nassim B.” and “Gabriel K. A. B.,” were recently arrested for vandalizing several VEVO videos including “Despacito,” which was the most-viewed music video on YouTube in 2017. There’…
Now You Know Everything About Recording Deals
Before you sign a major recording deal, read this post. You’ll thank us later. The Big Three Contracts Contract 1: License to Distribute a Single Album This first contract is a basic license deal for a single album. The artist receives a sum of m…
Now You Know Everything About Recording Deals
Before you sign a major recording deal, read this post. You’ll thank us later. The Big Three Contracts Contract 1: License to Distribute a Single Album This first contract is a basic license deal for a single album. The artist receives a sum of m…
Spotify Removed My Album Because Of Seemingly Fake Streams
A few people have noted recently that I haven’t released a song in two years and how it can seem hypocritical as I instruct musicians to regularly release music. We’re in a fast food society where people’s attention spans are shorter than ever. You can…
I Got 100k Plays on Spotify and Can’t Get Paid. Can You Help?
100 thousand Spotify plays, yet no royalties for this Music Kickup artist. So, how much are artists actually earning on Spotify? According to the team at Information is Beautiful, unsigned artists earn $0.0038 per stream. After 380,000 plays, they mak…