The Artist Compensation Storm
As sure as dark clouds gather in hurricane season, a storm is brewing around artist compensation. Art and technology are at odds. However, it wasn’t always that way. From the advent… Read More →
Pandora: A Change in Priorities
- Categories: Interwebs, Music business •
- Tags: artist royalties, ASCAP, change, commercial radio, indie, indie artist, indie artists, indie music, internet radio, internet radio fairness act, IRFA, music genome project, music platform, music streaming, pandora, pandora music, pandora radio, recording, recording artist, royalties, royalty payments, royalty rates, soundexchange, tim westergren •
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- by Wampus
So you’re an independent recording artist, casting about everywhere you can for airplay and exposure. Pandora, the internet-radio service with the taste-smart music library, has just accepted one of your… Read More →
Spotify Royalties Rising?
- Categories: Music business •
- Tags: application software, artist, computing, digital audio, fail to pay, freeware, launch, media technology, music, music download services, music industry, music streaming, napster, online music stores, pandora, rhapsody, royalties, royalty, royalty rates, spotify, stream, streaming media, streaming service, virtual communities, web 2.0 •
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- by Wampus
All right, artists — have you bought your first sandwich yet with your Spotify royalties? We first examined streaming royalties in August, and are taking a fresh look at them… Read More →
Music Streaming Royalties — Crumbs?
- Categories: Music business •
- Tags: computing, Crumbs, digital audio, digital media, freeware, music, music download services, music industry, music streaming, music streaming service, napster, online music stores, pandora, pandora radio, rhapsody, royalties, royalty, Share Your Music, spotify, stream, streaming media, streaming service, virtual communities, web 2.0 •
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- by Wampus
Music streaming services such as Spotify, Rhapsody, Pandora, and Napster are sharing your music with the masses — and you haven’t had to do a thing to make it happen. And… Read More →