Social media use continues to grow at a record pace, but the devil is in the details. The details are what exactly what we get from Hootsuite’s Global State Of Digital 2022 report. The study is truly global in that it looked at how over 230 territories around the world actually use a social media […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is Ceri Thomas, who’s responsible for content and studio enablement for Dolby Music. He works with engineers, studios and record labels to ensure that they can create music using Dolby’s Atmos Technology. After 15 years in the film and television industry at companies like Danetracks, Todd-Soundelux and Twenty […]
Continue readingThe Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame just announced its 2022 nominees and the list is long. From Duran Duran, Eminem, Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar, Beck and even the MC5 (and 11 more), the list every year generates a ton of press and a general yawn from musicians. The big question is, why is there a Hall Of Fame […]
Continue readingYouTube announced that it took in $28.8 billion from ad revenue last year, which was up a whopping 32% over the year before. The big question is, how much of that actually makes it into the pocketbooks of creators like artists, bands and songwriters? What Actually Is Monetized If you look at the deal that […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is engineer Lij Shaw, who’s the owner of the Toy Box Studio in Nashville and host of the great podcast Recording Studio Rockstars. Lij has also been battling with the Nashville Metro Council since 2015 on behalf of home studio and home business owners in the city to […]
Continue readingLast year Sony Music made the news by wiping out all unrecouped balances from artists that were signed before the year 2000. That allowed these artist to finally make some money from streaming, which they hadn’t been doing because of money still owed to the label. Now comes news that both Warner Music and Universal […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is Martins Popelis, who’s one of the founders of Sonarworks. The company was one of the first to provide room and headphone calibration software that’s within the reach of the average home studio owner. During the interview we spoke about measurement mics why they’re all different, the company’s […]
Continue readingIf you’re a producer, engineer or musician, chances are that you’ve been asked to work on someone’s recording. That’s all well and good, but how do you get compensated for your efforts? Here are 5 ways that you can charge for your services. Here’s a typical scenario. An indie band asks you to work with […]
Continue readingIf Twitter is your social platform of choice, you might be frustrated with the fact that you aren’t able to post to a selected portion of your followers. An option called Twitter Flocks is currently being beta tested to enable just that, giving you the ability to reach out to a small group. With Flocks […]
Continue readingThere’s a post written by Ted Gioia called “Is Old Music Killing New Music?” that’s sweeping through the music industry right now. It’s based on the recent report by MRC that states that more than 70% of all music consumed in the U.S. is what’s known as catalog, or older than 18 months. In many […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is the legendary guitarist Wayne Kramer, who may be one of the most unappreciated but exceptionally influential guitarists in rock. He was a co-founder of the seminal MC5, a band that many would argue started the punk rock movement almost a decade before it became popular. In fact, […]
Continue readingIt’s great to have a social presence and even better when it helps your music, but for those that can’t afford a social media manager and do everything themselves, it’s easy to get overwhelmed sometimes. One of the most frustrating things for artists doing their own social media is graphics. Each social platform changes their […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is Avid Solutions Specialist Jeff Komar. Jeff grew up around music and recording so he naturally gravitated towards the tech world. He joined Digidesign in 2000 before it was bought by Avid, and he’s specialized in helping creators solve problems ever since. Since there have been so many […]
Continue readingWhile YouTube has a very powerful tool to help catch reuploads in its Copyright ID tool, it’s not as proactive as many would like. For instance, Copyright ID might flag a video for using your music, but many times it’s up to you to catch a problem by just searching around to see what happens. […]
Continue readingConnecting what we listen to with how we act or what we buy has always been somewhat hit or miss. It’s almost like equating how someone dresses when they go out to a club or concert with what they wear to work. Sometimes it matches but most of the time it doesn’t. That being said, […]
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