What Is Your Creative Brand?
Artists and authors are talking about creative branding. But what exactly is a brand? And do you have to have one? As a label and publisher, we get a lot of… Read More →
Think of Your Music as a Service
- Categories: Art and creativity, Music business •
- Tags: 8-tracks, amazon, cassettes, CDs, creative services, digital downloads, ipod, itunes, live performance, music as a service, music streaming, music streaming service, napster, pandora, phonograph, physical media, record collection, recorded music, recording, recording artist, rhapsody, secondary market, spotify, streaming, streaming music, streaming service, vinyl records •
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- by Wampus
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 Tyranny of Music Genres
- Categories: Art and creativity, Identity, Music business •
- Tags: accessibility, artist, artistic identity, commercial genres, creative, creativity, genre, genres, identity, indie, indie artist, indie music, music composition, music genres, music scene, musician, original, original artist, original music, original songs, originality, performing artist, recording artist, relatability, self-awareness, songwriter, songwriting, unique, uniqueness, writer •
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- by Wampus
As a recording or performing artist, you find yourself answering a familiar question: “What kind of music do you play?” How do you answer? Maybe you have a stock reply… Read More →
The Artist Compensation Storm
- Categories: Art and creativity, Interwebs, Music business •
- 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 →
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 →