Music Business

This Week In Music Commentary

We hear from Steven Tyler regarding artist's rights, some talk of whether indie streams generate smaller royalties than the big stars, and a word of warning about the dreaded controlled. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/18/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Artist, Copyright Royalty Board, iTunes, music industry, Pandora Radio, record label, royalties, Spotify, Streaming media

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

This week Hypebot has advice on startup concepts you can utilize in the music business, how you can connect emotionally with an audience, seven all-too-common mistakes songwriters make when registering. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/17/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, ATO Records, Authors and Publishers, Brooklyn, CMJ, Fan (person), New York City, SESAC, social media, Social Media Examiner, YouTube

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Questions Every Serious Musician Needs To Ask Themselves • Dead Giveaways That You’re Uncomfortable Onstage • More

This week on MusicThinkTank, we're taking an introspective questionnaire for serious musicians, helping you get more comfortable on stage, exploring how you can connect with your audience emotionally, and much more.

Guest Post on 10/17/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 104th Fighter Wing, African American, Air National Guard, American Dream, Andre Iguodala, Black people, Facebook, Police officer, Speed limit, United States

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

This week, we're looking back at some benefits to online songwriting collaboration you may not have thought of, new all-in-one touring software designed to make managers jobs easier, and how. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/17/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Emmy Award, Energy drink, Fan (person), Red Bull, social media, St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto), Teenagers, Tracy Morgan, Traffic collision, Traumatic brain injury

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SFXE Stock Closes Up $12.5% As CEO Sillerman Offers To Buy All Stock At 3X Current Value

[UPDATED] SFXE stock closed Friday up 12.5% at $1.17 per share after founder and CEO Robert Sillerman offered to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock not already owned by. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/16/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Class Action, Corporation, lawsuit, Limited liability partnership, PR Newswire, Professional corporation, Public company, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Shareholder, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

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5 Startup Concepts To Help You Prepare For The Musicpreneur Era

With the music business changing and developing, it is important to be prepared for whatever is coming next. Here we look at several good concepts utilized by startups to keep in mind as a. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/16/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: . design, Apple Inc., Clint Eastwood, creativity, Damon Albarn, Do it yourself, Grammy Award, IPod, Minimum viable product, social media

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Transparency Begins Upstream For Streaming Royalties

As the popularity of freemium streaming has grown, there has been an ever increasing demand from artists and songwriters for transparency. Major labels and streaming services are usually blamed when. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/16/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (2)

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WARNING TO MUSICIANS: Beware Of The Controlled Composition Clause

Artists and publishers can expect to earn a statutory mechanical rate of $.091 cents per song, as outlined by American copyright law, but record labels will often exert their leverage and. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/16/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: album, country music, Daniel Glass, Dillon Francis, Extended play, music journalism, record label, Spotify, Vienna, YouTube

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“Popcorn Time For Music” Aurous Suspends Operations After Court Grants RIAA Restraining Order

Not since Grooveshark has any new music application drawn such major fire as Aurous. Dubbed the "Popcorn Time For Music" Aurous was sued by the RIAA and major labels just. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/16/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ashley Madison, Associated Press, Best practice, Boston, Boston Municipal Court, Cary Sherman, lawsuit, Recording Industry Association of America, San Francisco, Twitter

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