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10 Tips for Finding Your Music Business Happy Place by Heather McDonald
I am not going to teach you anything new in this blog. That is the disclaimer. Although I am usually on a “concrete advice you can apply” trip, I feel like kicking it a little philosophical style today. So…you’re not going to walk away from this with a set of instructions to apply to, say, booking a show, promoting your single or finding a new drummer. For that I can only apologize, because those are … Read entire article »
The Music Biz Has Gotten Bigger—Why You Should Get Smaller
It’s been a boon for a lot of independent musicians—the deregulation (for lack of a better word) of the music business from a handful of mega-labels to a sea of cottage industries. The hopes and dreams of the creative set that once rested in the hands of a few key record executives can now be realized on a personal level thanks to the wide variety of outlets, both in the form of digital marketplaces as … Read entire article »
Filed under: Artist View, Biz Blog, Featured
A Few Reasons Indie Musicians Should Hope Spotify Succeeds
Editor’s note: This blog is published along with a sister article on Spotify by Cameron Mizell at MusicianWages.com. Click here to read Cameron’s blog “Spotify from a Musician’s Perspective”. Both Hypebot and Digital Music News have been reporting recently on concerns from indie musicians regarding Spotify’s streaming royalty payouts and a handful of indie labels pulling their catalog from Spotify’s database of available music. I’m also hearing a growing chorus of concerns from musicians I talk … Read entire article »
Record Label Recording Contracts: The Basics
Recording contracts are extremely complex and it’s almost impossible to explain all possible provisions a contract might contain in simple terms. If an artist finds his or her self presented with a recording contract the absolutely most important thing to do is to find an attorney with experience in the music business (not a cousin’s friend who closes real estate contracts for a living) to review the agreement and negotiate on their behalf with the … Read entire article »
If Streaming is the Future of Music, Let’s Get on With It! by John P. Strohm
I went to my fourth Future of Music Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. a couple weeks ago. As usual at FMC events, I was in the company of some of the smartest, most forward-thinking people in the music business. Also as usual, there were many spirited converstions regarding future business models for recorded music. What I didn’t hear, however, was what I would consider an appropriate level of urgency regarding the immediate future of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Biz Blog
