‘Songwriters have been shorted nearly 1/2 billion dollars by streaming services in last decade’
Musicians and the music industry have been reacting to the news that the Mechanical Licensing Collective has received and will distribute more than $424 million in unmatched “black box’ streaming. Continue reading
How to find your musical and fan niche
Whether you’re a musician or a creative in some other field, discovering your niche is a game changing moment in your career. Here, we offer some tips on how you. Continue reading
Interview with Noelle Chesnut Whitmore, CMO of social music streaming app Geojam
In this piece we hear from the CMO of Geogjam, a rewards-based social music streaming app that has been seeing some impressive growth over the past year. Guest post by. Continue reading
YouTube Clips: Capturing short pieces of long video
Getting someone to sit through a full concert or even an eight minute ballad is a lot to ask of the casual fan, but thanks to YouTube Clips, you now. Continue reading
MLC Has $424M In Unmatched Streaming Royalties To Pay Out
The Mechanical Licensing Collective has received $424 million in accrued unmatched royalties from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Google, and other digital service providers. $152 million of The $424 million collected by. Continue reading
Tencent Leads $57M Pex Funding Round
[UPDATED] Digital rights technology provider Pex has announced a $57 million investment round that includes= Tencent, Tencent Music Entertainment, the CueBall Group, NextGen Ventures Partners, Amaranthine along witth existing investors. The. Continue reading
‘Artists should own their work for so many reasons,” says Taylor Swift
“Artists should own their own work for so many reasons, but the most screamingly obvious one is that the artist is the only one who really knows that body of. Continue reading
Musician’s guide to building buzz on Spotify
Landing your music on an official Spotify playlist has become something of a modern Holy Grail for many independent musicians. The process for making this happen, however, remains a confounding. Continue reading
What musicians should learn from entrepreneurs
In this piece, David Andrew Wiebe explains why artists need to recognize that they themselves are running a small business, and how the rules of entrepreneurship can help guide them. Continue reading
Good news for music tech startups: DLC alters fee structure for blanket compulsory licenses
In what will come as good tidings to many music tech startups out there, the Digital Licensee Coordinator is changing the structure for blanket compulsory license use. Guest post by. Continue reading
