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Bette Midler: 4.1 Million Pandora Streams = $114, “Impossible for songwriters to earn a living”

Bette Midler has joined the slowly growing chorus of musicians and songwriters concerned about payments from streaming music services. ".@Spotify and @Pandora have made it impossible for songwriters to earn. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/07/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (9)
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Bop.fm Powers Free Artist Created Streams, Playable On (Almost) Any Music Streamer

Y Combinator backed music startup bop.fm has added artist created streams to its versatile music service agnostic platform. First up is former Guess Who lead singer Burton Cummings, who chose to. Continue reading

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What Artists Should Know About ArtistLink

ArtistLink made it's initial appearance as an extension of the Topspin Media platform and is now on it's way up the food chain towards becoming a control panel of sorts. Continue reading

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Live Nation Partners with Motorola for New Artist Discovery Project

Live Nation Entertainment and Motorola have extended their partnership with the with the launch of The Discovery Project, a fan engagement contest where contestants compete to have their artist creations. Continue reading

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Prince Drops Universal, Forms Own NPG Music Publishing

Prince has pulled his music publishing from Universal and is moving it in house to the newly created NPG Music Publishing.  Throughout his career Prince has preferred keeping control of. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

"Break Out Of The Garage" and Into The Music Industry How To License Your Work To Music Libraries Us Vine Their Way To Major Label Deal, Shorty Awards with #6SecondCovers

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Crowdfunding the Right Way

Dave Kusek | Crowdfunding the Right Way Mackenzie Carlin | Alternative Money Making Approaches for Musicians Failing to Sell Records

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How To License Your Work To Music Libraries

By Composer and Filmmaker Jennifer Kes Remington. So in my quest to throw multiple things against the wall and hope that money comes out of it, I’ve been licensing a. Continue reading

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Kickstarter Passes $1 Billion In Pledges Including 2 Grammy Winners

Kickstarter released its latest quarterly numbers this week. In the last 3 months, the crowdfunding giant passed the 1 billion mark in total pledges. To date,15,384 music projects have been. Continue reading

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#Fangagement: Artists Crowdsourcing Opinion – Part 7: David Buttrey

I’m here today with David Buttrey, but everyone round the way knows him as Butters. I know him personally, and I have to tell you… I think he's one of. Continue reading

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Get More Views And Subscribers On YouTube

Want more views on the YouTube? YouTube star Lamarr Wilson has launched YouTube Weekly, a 5 minute per episode Mashable video series that offers tips for raising YouTube views and turning. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/03/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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