Releasing A Slow Burn Album: Oh Wonder Tries A Different Approach
With many foretelling the death of the conventional album format, artists like Beyonce and Frank Ocean have been trying different stunts like dropping surprise visual albums, but by releasing one. Continue reading
2 Days Left To Enter International Acoustic Music Awards
The deadline is fast approaching to enter the 2016 IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards). Established in 2004, the IAMA's which promotes excellence in acoustic music, is geared towards finding today's. Continue reading
The Essential Album Release Checklist
As an independent musician, releasing one's own music requires a massive amount of work, and it can be easy to forget something or misstep along the way. One thing which can help. Continue reading
YouTube Buries Hatchet With GEMA, Meaning Germany Can Watch Videos Again
Germany's citizens can once again watch YouTube to their hearts content. After years of conflict between everyone's favorite video sharing site and the German collection society GEMA, it appears the dust. Continue reading
Librarian Of Congress Fails To Alert Oversight Committees Of Massive Abuse Of Copyright Loophole By Google, Amazon [Op-Ed]
Owing to a convenient loophole, Google and Amazon are enjoying selling off the world's music without the inconvenience of having to pay royalties to songwriters. This recent exploitation comes partly,. Continue reading
The Time Has Come For Facebook To Accept Songwriters’ Friend Request [David Israelite]
As Facebook has grown and developed, on the video side of things in particular, the time has come for the popular social networking platform to become properly licenesed, lest it risk. Continue reading
Sony/ATV, Warner Chappell, Kobalt Beat Universal, BMG In New Music Publisher Ranking
Sony/ATV, Warner Chappell and indie Kobalt were named the top 3 music publishers in Billboard's new market share ranking. Much of Sony's success comes thanks to Sia's "Cheap Thrills," the. Continue reading