Talking Artist Management With Paul Steele [Drew Holcomb, Judah and The Lion]

For the final installment of Tunecore's Artist Management series they spoke to long time music industry player Paul Steele about how he got his start in the industry and what. Continue reading

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SoundExchange Passes $3 Billion In Payments To Artists, Labels

SoundExchange, which collects royalties for artists and rights owners from satellite and net radio, cable music channels and others that stream recordings, has passed $3 billion in payments. 

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Creating Transparency In The Music Industry

While the digital music industry has made leaps and bounds over the past few years, it still fails to provide artists with easy access to real-time data regarding their listeners.. Continue reading

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User Centric Licensing: Making Streaming Work For Everyone

One of the greatest criticisms surrounding music streaming concerns the reduced income artists receive. This income, based on "airplay," is often miniscule and stretched over a lengthy period of time. Enter. Continue reading

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Universal Music Wants To Be A Film Studio Too

One upside of declining revenue from the sale of recorded music has been record execs finally rethinking their assets in search of creative ways to make money.  The world's largest. Continue reading

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Soundcloud Subscription Tier Is Coming

Get ready to cry tiers of subscription. Long touted as a largely free service, Soundcloud will soon be attempting to convert its free users into paid subscribers, owing to pressure from. Continue reading

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Judge Denies Pandora Bid To Lower Royalties After Buying FM Station

Pandora has taken multiple tacts in its effort to lower the royalties it pays to musicians, labels, publishers and other rightsholders, including lawsuits, lobbying and even buying a small South. Continue reading

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5 Reasons Music Compilations Belong On Your Radar

With the increased presence of "mood" playlists on streaming services like Spotify, musical compilations have been becoming more and more popular. These compilations could represent one of the best ways. Continue reading

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Apple Music Passes 10 Million Users In Less Than 1 Month And That Stat Means NOTHING

The success or failure of Apple Music will signal both the speed at which consumers are shifting to paid music subscriptions, and the fate of its competitors.  Tim Cook has. Continue reading

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How Haulix is Preventing Albums from Leaking

In this episode of Music Biz Podcast, Alex May talks with James Shotwell of Haulix, a platform for artists to securely share electronic press kits. As the company’s Social Media. Continue reading

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Could Mobile Technology Be The Future Of Live Events?

Is your smartphone a potential goldmine? As studies show an increase in the use of phones at live events, these mobile devices could be a means towards unlocking a previously. Continue reading

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