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If Spotify Won’t Pay More, They Should Give Us More Data
I’ll say it. And I’m going to get shit for it.
The comment from the CEO of Spotify, Daniel Ek, “you can’t record music every 3-4 years anymore” got blown way out of proportion. I actually did a full podcast...
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Session Musicians’ Money Stolen by the Union Meant to Protect Them
If you’ve ever played on a recording as a hired gun, you are entitled to more than just the check you got for the session.
You are guaranteed (up to) 5% of all the performance royalties that recording ever makes....
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How To Get All Your Music Royalties: ASCAP, BMI, PRS, SoundExchange, PROs and the Rest
This piece was updated May 9th, 2019A 2015 Berklee College of Music report found that anywhere from 20% to 50% of music payments do not make it to their rightful owners. Kobalt calculated that there are over 900,000 royalty streams per song. How do you make sure you regis...
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How Do Producer and Songwriter Splits Work
My friend is a pop producer in LA. He used to play in a progressive funk band in Minneapolis back in the day and our bands used to play shows around the Midwest together when I was a rock/pop singer/songwriter. We lived together with 5 other musicians in our house and had a rehea...
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Audrey Nuna’s Path to a Major Label Deal with Her Manager/Producer Anwar Sawyer
Anwar and I talk about being a producer/songwriter and writing thousands of songs and even how he got his publishing deal. We also talk about developing Audrey Nuna.
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Nu Deco Ensemble Orchestra is Changing the Classical World
Listen on your favorite podcast platform: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Acast Today's guests are Sam Hyken and Jacomo Bairos of the Nu Deco Ensemble based in Miami, Florida. This...
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CD Baby, Tunecore, DistroKid, AWAL, UnitedMasters…Who is the Best Digital Distribution Company for Music
This is the most comprehensive and accurate digital distribution review comparison piece on the web. By far. I checked. Who is the best digital distributor? Read on…Amuse vs. AWAL vs. CD Baby vs. DistroKid vs. Ditto Music vs. Fresh Tunes vs. Horus Music vs. Landr vs. Octiive v...
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How to Livestream for Musicians with the #1 Musician on Periscope – Clare Means
Listen on your favorite podcast platform: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Acast Today's guest is Clare Means. She's a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter. She got her start performing on the Santa...
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If Spotify Won’t Pay More, They Should Give Us More Data
I’ll say it. And I’m going to get shit for it.
The comment from the CEO of Spotify, Daniel Ek, “you can’t record music every...
