Engineer Ryan Schwabe, Labels Becoming Outdated, And Avid Up For Sale On My Latest Podcast
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Continue readingCD Baby Is About To End CD And Vinyl Distribution
The announcement that distributor CD Baby was ending its longtime bread and butter CD and Vinyl distribution shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone, and yet many long-time users were still caught off-guard. The company has been a go-to tool for physical product distribution for bands and artists for many years, but streaming has […]
Continue readingCollaborations Make A Big Difference On Spotify
Collaborations between artists have always brought about an interesting meld between two styles and even genres. Going back t the 1980s pairing of Run DMC with Aerosmith for their genre-breaking version of “Walk This Way,” collaborations tend to propel a hit to ever greater heights, or even revive it when it seems dead. Spotify recently […]
Continue readingCollectables Creator Tony Simerman, Payola Again, And Plugin Subscriptions On My Latest Podcast
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Continue reading75% Of Artists Lose Money On Music Releases
Being an artist has always been difficult, but it may be even more so today since there are far fewer paying gigs than ever before. When it comes to releasing music though, for the most part that’s always been a losing proposition for indie artists. This fact was brought home by a Pirate.com survey that […]
Continue readingA Visualization Of The Best-Selling Music Artists from 1969 to 2019
We sometimes get a mistaken idea of just how hot a music artist really is. It’s easy to think that an artist with a huge hit has sustained success over time, but that actually happens in very few cases involving superstars. That said, the best-selling music artists that continue to endure for years and even […]
Continue readingNPR Music Tech Director Josh Rogosin, Label Covert Spotify Accounts, And Bacteria Play Drums On My Latest Podcast
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Continue readingHow Remixes Can Revitalize Your Tracks
Going back to the late 70s and 80s, rock stars used to hate when a DJ remixed their song for the club, considering it altered contrary to their artistic sense. They quickly changed their minds when the new version helped revitalize album sales and bring in a new audience. The same thing happens today with […]
Continue readingHere’s Why All Melodies Should be Free To Use
Music copyright is truly a deep subject, but when it all comes down to it the only thing that can be copyrightable is the melody and the lyrics. The problem is that there are only so many melodies that are pleasing to the Western ear available and we’re running out of them. Damien Riehl is […]
Continue readingTalent Manager Temima Shames, Distributors Stop AI-Generated Songs, And Genre Vocal Levels On My Latest Podcast
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Continue readingTikTok New Work With Artists Test Could Mean More Exposure
You have to hand it to TikTok – the company is definitely proactive, especially when it comes to music artists. According to a post by musician Jonah Manzano yesterday, the company is testing a new feature called Work With Artists that allows users to make money by using an artist’s music in their videos. Understand that […]
Continue readingSongwriters Breathe A Sigh Of Relief As Ed Sheeran Wins Plagiarism Lawsuit
Ever since the “Blurred Lines” lawsuit were a jury decided that Robin Thicke nicked the feel of Marvin Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get It On,” songwriters, publishers and record labels have been looking over their shoulders for an artist or an estate that thinks their modern song was based on a classic hit. That might now […]
Continue readingGame Composer Dren McDonald, 5 Things About The Musician’s Brain, And An AI Music Primer On My Latest Podcast
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Continue readingReels And Stories Implement Consistent Volume Level Control Between Clips
If you’re like everyone else, you really hate it when one clip on Reels or Stories is way loud, while the next one is barely loud enough to hear. Having to constantly change the volume level really diminishes the experience. We used to have that problem with television and it took a law from Congress […]
Continue readingIncrease Your Social Engagement With These 5 Tips
It’s one thing to post on any social platform, but it’s another to have people engage with those posts. We know that its typical to get only 1 to 2% of your followers to comment, like or share one of your posts if you’re lucky, but we can raise that social engagement by using these […]
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