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The webcasting platform Live365 was forced to shut down owing to the CRB’s new royalty rate hike, which dramatically increased the amount webcasters are required to pay artists and songwriters. ____________________________________ Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 A number of issues seemed to have doomed thousands of small webcasters who use the Live365 […]

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Here entertainment lawyer and assistant chair of Music Business/Management at Berklee College of Music in Boston, John Kellogg Esq, answers five questions ranging from how to advance one’s career, to the ins and outs of a 360 deal. _______________________________ In this recent interview on MusicThinkTank from Cyber PR, Ariel Hyatt sat down with John Kellogg to pick his brain about […]

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Almost every corner of the music industry is changing to accommodate the rapid shift from music purchase to streaming.  To that list add the RIAA, who have finally added music streams to the equation that calculates Gold and Platinum Album awards. In a long overdue change, the RIAA is revamping its methodology to include on-demand audio and […]

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In an effort to make sure that rightsholders and artists are being fairly compensated, SoundExchange has announced plans to audit some of the digital music companies which pay it royalties and multiple sport leagues have plans to audit several multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs). _______________________________________________ Guest Post by David Oxenford on his Broadcast Law Blog In the last week, copyright […]

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While the recorded music industry currently rests on a poorly functioning and tenuously constructed business model, technological advancements and an incredibly high level of consumer engagement present an opportunity for positive change. __________________________________________ Guest Post by Vickie Nauman, Principal and Founder of CrossBorderWorks on Rethink Music When I work with traditional music companies (labels, publishers, PROs, […]

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“Sit back, tune in and discover.” That’s the pitch for the major new Stations feature, which just launched on the SoundCloud apps for iOS and Android. ______________________________________ As it completes its licensing deals and readies a paid subscription service launch, SoundcCloud is rolling out new features that focus on music discovery within its massive 100 […]

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SoundExchange has announced record royalty payments to artists in 2015. $802.6 million was paid out, but the year’s 4% growth was the slowest in the digital performing right’s organization’s 8 year history. ________________________________________ SoundExchange announced a new record with total year-end royalty payments reaching $802.6 million (up 4 percent from $773.4 million the prior year). […]

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While touring is one of the biggest sources of revenue in the music industry at the moment, ticket bots are creating issues for artists and fans alike, listing absurdly priced tickets for sale on secondary markets before they’re even initially available to the public. ____________________________ In this piece for MusicThinkTank, Jason K Ventura provides us with a […]

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WARNER MUSIC GROUP said THURSDAY (2/4) it would include artists in any cash windfall the record label might get from the ownership stakes it holds in streaming services like SPOTIFY in the event those businesses go public or are sold. Shortly after the WMG announcement, SONY MUSIC said it would make the same promise. BLOOMBERG […]

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Vinyl sales in the US are set to reach a new recent high, according to figures.The Recording Industry Association of America has posted sales of nine million vinyl albums in the first half of 2015, compared with 14 million in the whole of 2014. The vinyl revival has been attributed to younger consumers, what the […]

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It looks like the vinyl resurgence isn’t going away any time soon. In fact, for 2015, it may be getting stronger. Vinyl album sales between January and March of this year were 53 percent higher than the first three months of 2014, according to a recent Nielsen report. Related: Vinyl sales surpass 9 million for the first […]

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Today’s the big day! We are pleased to announce the launch of our fully-featured website https://clgmusicmedia.com. The new site offers ecommerce capabilities for goods and services including digital and physical music distribution, CD/DVD replication and duplication, vinyl record manufacturing, graphic design, social media marketing and a host of other key music-related services. As part of […]

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Independent labels and artists received 205 Grammy nominations for 2106 out of 405 non-producer category nominations., more than 50% of the total. In 15 of the categories, independents secured 100% of the nominations. Courtesy of A2IM Independent labels received several nominations in key categories, including Record Of The Year, Album of the Year, Song Of […]

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Bassist Malcolm Gold’s story about the benefits of MusicPro instrument insurance doesn’t involve theft or damage. It was just a momentary lapse of focus on a long commute. You’re scrambling to get to your gig in New York, carrying your instrument on your back and an array of other bags and gear for the long […]

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In 2000, a Stanford Ph.D. named Avery Wang co-founded, with a couple of business-school graduates, a tech start-up called Shazam. Their idea was to develop a service that could identify any song within a few seconds, using only a cellphone, even in a crowded bar or coffee shop. At first, Wang, who had studied audio […]

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If you thought we’d heard the last of the heated exchange between TAYLOR SWIFT’s camp and SPOTIFY — you’d be wrong. TUESDAY (NET NEWS 11/11), SPOTIFY CEO DANIEL EK took to the company blog to address TAYLOR SWIFT’s decision to remove her albums from the streaming service. He wrote, “TAYLOR SWIFT is absolutely right: Music […]

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GOOGLE’s announcement of the launch of music streaming subscription service YOUTUBE MUSIC KEY was blunted by music industry power player IRVING AZOFF, who told the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER that he is prepared to remove the music of 42 of his clients — including THE EAGLES, PHARRELL WILLIAMS, BOSTON, FOREIGNER, JOHN LENNON, SMOKEY ROBINSON, CHRIS CORNELL and […]

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We’ve developed a system for social media marketing with the goal of building a healthy, targeted fan base for each client we work with. In our system Twitter is the central tool used in building a following, so our main goal is to locate followers who will be interested in your brand. We are gaining […]

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