Category Archives for "Music Industry News"
November 29, 2022
Being A Music Superstar Isn’t What It Used To Be
There was a time when if a music superstar had a hit, everyone heard it, knew its name, or was at least aware of the artist. This occurred not only in the United States but around the world as well. I can remember walking down the streets in Paris and Bangkok and hearing the same […]
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November 18, 2022
Facebook’s New Professional Mode Might Be A Good Thing For Artists
If you weren’t paying close attention you might have missed it, but Meta (Facebook’s parent company) just rolled out Facebook Professional Mode to all creators. This was tested with select creators in December but the company now feels it’s robust enough to give to everyone. What Is It? According to Facebook, “With professional mode, you can […]
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November 8, 2022
Songwriters Win A Big One Following This Copyright Office Ruling
While publishers can be most helpful to many songwriters, others prefer to get their songs back when possible. It would make sense that the royalties that were formerly collected by the publisher would then go to the songwriter, right? That’s not what occurred though, but the Copyright Office has stepped in to make sure that […]
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November 1, 2022
TikTok Is Making Our Music Attention Span Shorter And Shorter
There’s no doubt that social media has made our collective attention spans shorter and shorter. In fact, some studies have even found that it’s now shorter than that of a goldfish (9 seconds). Be that as it may, there is now some evidence that our music attention span is now shorter than ever as well, […]
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October 21, 2022
TikTok’s New StemDrop Might Be Another Path To Artist Royalties
TikTok has announced a new feature called StemDrop, which will provide users with the opportunity to remix a song and create their own version of the track. Since an artist’s music can be heard and used in new ways, it’s conceivably a new way for artists to increase their royalties from the platform. Get Your […]
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October 19, 2022
4 Reasons Why Local Clubs Are Closing
When I was a young musician, I lived in time where there were so many clubs that you could play 7 nights a week in a different club every night if you wanted to, plus get paid for it. If you can believe it, you could actually make a pretty decent living as a musician […]
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October 14, 2022
This Proves That Music Piracy Is Alive And Well
With so much music available for free on the ad-supported tiers of the various streaming services, you’d wonder why anyone would even bother trying to steal it. The same goes for music videos, since anyone can access just about anything on YouTube without paying a dime. But if you thought that nobody wants to do […]
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October 11, 2022
5 Social Media Statistics That Will Blow Your Mind In 2022
Most of us are online these days for various reasons. Maybe it’s to engage with fans, maybe it’s to find a new audience, or maybe it’s just for personal enjoyment. The point it, we’re on it a lot more than we realize. It puts it all into perspective when we have some data points to […]
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September 23, 2022
Vinyl Sales Keep Soaring But Streaming Revenue Is Beginning To Flatten
The RIAA just issued its mid-year report, and as almost always, there are surprises. Perhaps the biggest is that vinyl sales continue to grow at a rapid rate. On the other had, streaming is showing signs of plateauing, news that must send shivers down label execs everywhere. Physical Sales Let’s get to the good news […]
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September 16, 2022
Ireland Will Now Pay Artists And Musicians A Basic Income
The dream of every musician is to make enough money from music to not have to work a day job. It’s a nice dream but unfortunately not possible for the vast majority of musicians, especially those just starting out. Unless you live in Ireland, which will now pay at least some artists and musicians a […]
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September 14, 2022
We’re Living In An Online Entertainment World, So Is The Social Universe Over?
Report after report has given us data that both Facebook and Instagram have a user retention problem, and it’s all because of the rise of TikTok. The problem is that most reports just give you the results and don’t really dig into the reasons behind the numbers. But here’s a secret that no one is […]
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September 7, 2022
People Now Watch YouTube Videos At Faster Speeds
There are too many videos on YouTube to ever keep up with, so many users are trying their best by using the faster speed function. Yes, you can’t see them all, but you can see more of them if they run faster. In fact, the platform figures that people save about 900 years worth of […]
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September 2, 2022
Streamers Agree To Another Songwriter Royalty Increase
If you think that streaming royalty rates for artists are low, until recently songwriters and publishers make far less. They’ve been arguing for a raise for a while now with a lot of pushback from the big streamers, but that may be all behind us now. The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), the Nashville Songwriters […]
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August 30, 2022
Catalog Music: When Should Music Be Considered Old?
Record labels have always differentiated the music they sell between what’s called Frontline and Catalog. Frontline are recent releases, and Catalog is anything older than 18 months. While the Catalog designation might have worked back in the day of physical products, today the 18 month time frame seems so out of step with the way […]
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August 25, 2022
It May Not Be Time For An AI Artist After All
Last week the music industry was abuzz about Capitol Records signing the first AI artist. This week everyone is talking about how fast that artist was dropped. AI rapper FN Meka has over 9 million followers and over a billion views on TikTok, but it turns out there’s more to a signing than just pure […]
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