Prince’s WMG Deal Stems From U.S. Laws That Support Master Recording Copyright Termination
By copyright and intellectual property attorney Wallace E. J. Collins III, Esq.. The music business headlines are touting the story that Prince has returned to Warner Brothers Records after 18. Continue reading
ATO, Glassnote, Matador Top U.S. Indie Label & Artist Libby Awards Nominations 2014
Independent music trade group A2IM today announced the nominees for their 3rd Annual Libera Awards , to be held on June 19th at NYC's Highline Ballroom, closing out the 9th annual. Continue reading
Record Store Day 2014’s Outstanding Indie Shop Sales Revealed By New Stats Company
BuzzAngle Music is a new analytics company. Earlier this week, while Hypebot was down from an almost week-long DDOS attack on Typepad, they announced the first daily stats from Record. Continue reading
How To Get Gigs That Make You Money
Getting and performing gigs is a critical part of any musicians career. Live shows gives you a unique opportunity to interact with your fans and share your music with new. Continue reading
Indie Labels Speak Out Against Negative Effects Of Major Labels On Record Store Day
Earlier this year I wrote about concerns related to major labels' getting into vinyl and sucking up more of the limited time of current vinyl pressing facilities. However that's just. Continue reading
Self Publishing on YouTube
Are you using YouTube to it's maximum potential? Odds are, if you're a musician who is not actively using a YouTube channel as an avenue to reach your audience, grow. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
The Secrets Of Marketing Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "The Heist" from Manager Zach Quillen Adam WarRock: Making It As A Niche DIY Musician Funk Volume CEO's Social Media Secret? Put. Continue reading
DJ’s Adapt To An Increasingly Popular and Corporatized Electronic Music Scene
By Mary Wilson of Future of Music Coalition. You might think a two-time Grammy-nominee more than once named America’s Best DJ by DJ Times would be immune to label pressures. But. Continue reading
5 Types of Managers You Don’t Want Managing Your Band
So often we are met with laundry lists a mile long of what to do when embarking out on a new career move. Everyone has opinions, recommendations, and people they. Continue reading
Funk Volume CEO’s Social Media Secret? Put The Work In and Communicate Directly With Fans
Funk Volume may be best known for being Hopsin's label, but it's got a full roster of indie artists who are pursuing the dream of making it on their own. Continue reading
