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
- 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 →
Artistic Courage Is Not Optional
- Categories: Art and creativity, Identity •
- Tags: art, artists, aspiring artists, cat videos, courage, courage to be, creativity, dreams, eleanor roosevelt, fear, identity, indie, indie artist, indie music, music, painting, recording, star trek, what is courage, words with friends, writing •
- 3 Comments •
- by Wampus
Think for a moment about artistic courage. We’re all busy, right? We have a lot to tend to every day — family, friends, home, job, volunteering, watching cat videos on… Read More →