CASH Music’s Maggie Vail – Make Sure Today’s Artists Are Paid For Creative Works
Subcribe to the Upward Spiral podcast in iTunes, play recent shows on SoundCloud, or follow us on Twitter. In this episode of the Upward Spiral, a music business podcast, we. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
How To Get Your Music On Pandora: Physical CD No Longer Required Beats Music Licensing Indies With Merlin, Pays Same Royalty Rate As Majors Music PR Platform StoryAmp Offers FREE. Continue reading
Beats Music Licensing Indies with Merlin, Pays Same Royalty Rate As Majors
Beats Music and Merlin yesterday announced a licensing agreement that includes a commitment on Beats part to pay all rights holders equal royalty rates. With Merlin cosigning Beats announcement, talk. Continue reading
Lyor Cohen’s 300 To Use Big Data As A&R Early Alert System With Twitter Deal
This weekend Lyor Cohen revealed more about 300 at Midem where he gave a keynote interview with Tom Silverman. The primary new information seemed to be the Twitter deal for. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Topspin Cuts Staff 44% SoundCloud Launches New Visual Player and Adds $60 Million New Funding Independent Music Wins 50% Of 2014 Grammys Prince Sues Fans For $22 Million Then Drops. Continue reading
Independent Music Wins 50% Of 2014 Grammys
Independent music took home 50 % of the awards at last nights 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, the highest percentage of wins since indie label trade group A2IM began tracking the. Continue reading
20 Sneaky Rules About Being In A Band That No One Ever Told You
I'm sure at some point in your career you've heard someone say "If only I knew then what I know now" – or something to that effect. We've all been. Continue reading
ADA Appoints Jessica Lehrman as Director, Business and Legal Affairs
ADA has named Jessica Lehrman as Director, Business and Legal Affairs, Previously, she was an Associate at the law firm Morrison & Foerster. ADA is the indie label arm of the Warner. Continue reading
Indie Labels Now Control 34.6% Of U.S. Market
According to a Billboard Magazine analysis of 2013 SoundScan statistics shared by A2IM, independent labels grabbed 34.6% U.S. of the overall recorded music market. That's up 2% over last year and. Continue reading
12 Days of Monetization – A Summary of the 13-part Cyber PR Guest Post Series
Longtime Music Think Tank contributor Ariel Hyatt opened the floor for the best ways to build your career in 2014. Polling her own favorite contributors, she brings us a compilation. Continue reading
