What do songwriters think about the CRB and mechanical rates? [Trichordist survey results]
Songwriters are on the verge of a 32% increase in mechanical royalties plus inflation indexing. But is that the increase they expected, and do they think the process is fair?. Continue reading
Apple just killed the iPod, the little box that changed music forever [Mark Mulligan]
Apple just stopped produicing iPods, an announcement that’s surprising mpstly because most would guess that it would have ended years ago. But it leaves behind a legacy of chanhged music. Continue reading
T-Pain, TIDAL launch free tipline for emerging musicians
T-Pain and TIDAL are launching a free tipline to answer questions from emerging artistson navigating the music industry and best practices for promoting music. It’s all part of the promotion. Continue reading
The Heardle Effect: How the Wordle for music app affects… music
If you haven’t played Heardle yet, the premise of the app is to listen to a snippet of a track before trying to guess what track it is. With millions. Continue reading
NFTs are not ready for indie music
There has been so much hype and activity centered around NFTs that I felt compelled to dig in and lay out why NFTs are not ready for indie music. by. Continue reading
5 ways to learn to love making music again
Everyone gets a little insecure about their music sometimes. Keep your head above the water with the five tips. by CHRIS ROBLEY from CD Baby’s DIY Musician It’s easy to get. Continue reading
Method Man, Intercept build global platform for indie labels, musicians
Fueled by disruption, Intercept Music accelerates the independent creator economy through artistic empowerment. Indie Spotlight by Intercept Music via A2IM “Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.. Continue reading
Napster sold (again). This time blockchain, Web3 will save it and ‘revolutionize the music industry’
Napster has been acquired by Hivemind and Algorand, two significant players in the burgeoning web3 sector. Two years ago, Melody VR paid $70 million for Napster with big plans to. Continue reading
Illmind on how to create an NFT collection & Squad Of Knights for musicians and producers
Ilmmind, a 2x Grammy Winning/10x Grammy Nominated multi-platinum producer who has worked with Nicki Minaj, Ye, Drake, J. Cole, Dr. Dre, Ludacris, Ariana Grande, and others, released his first NFT. Continue reading
More on myth that 60K songs are uploaded to Spotify daily [Bill Werde]
Bill Werde’s recent piece debunking the ‘myth‘ that 60,000 songs a day are uploaded to Spotify cause quite a stir. Now he’s back with some new insights. by Bill Werde, the. Continue reading
