Think of Your Music as a Service
As an independent recording artist, do you think of your music as a service or as a product? When the phonograph debuted in 1877, the traditional service of music (live performance) was… Read More →
The Artist Compensation Storm
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- Tags: art, artist, artist compensation, artist royalties, cassette multitrack, commercial radio, compensation, content distribution, copyright, copyright royalty board, DAW, digital audio workstation, digital media, digital multitrack, free internet, garageband, indie, indie artist, indie artists, indie music, internet radio, internet radio business, internet radio fairness act, ipad, IRFA, kim dotcom, multitrack, music distribution, music platform, music streaming, pandora, pandora music, pandora radio, recording, recording artist, royalties, royalty payments, royalty rates, technology, the artist, tim westergren, willing buyer willing seller •
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- by Wampus
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 →
Internet Radio Fairness Act: Video
- Categories: Music business •
- Tags: artist compensation, artist royalties, consumer electronics association, fomc, future of music coalition, indie, indie artist, indie music, internet broadcasting, internet radio, internet radio fairness act, internet radio streaming, IRFA, music copyright, music streaming, soundexchange •
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- by Wampus
The Future of Music Coalition (FOMC) held its annual summit November 13 in Washington, D.C. One of the discussion panels, “Radio-active,” focused on internet broadcasting, artist compensation, and the proposed… 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 →
Hear-Like-Buy: Why Spotify Is Marketing, Not Commerce
- Categories: Identity, Music business •
- Tags: amazon, artistic brand, artistic identity, artists, best buy, brand, CD, copyright, digital audio, digital media, download, facebook, free spotify, freeware, identity, indie artists, indie music news, indie rock music, intellectual property, media technology, megaupload, mixtape, music distribution, music sharing, music streaming, napster, playlists, spotify, stream, streaming music, tower records, vinyl, walmart •
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- by Wampus
You can’t read an article in the music press without tripping over somebody complaining about Spotify royalties. You’ve heard the chorus: Spotify is destroying what’s left of the CD market.… Read More →