Private Equity Firms Have Come For The US Performance Rights Organizations, And Guess Who Will Suffer

When I was growing up in the business, the one thing that you could always trust was that the U.S. performance rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) were looking out for your songwriting interests. As a matter of fact, I think most songwriters felt that while the music business as a whole was picking your pocket, […]

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Television Composer Richard Tozzoli On My Latest Podcast

In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with Grammy-nominated producer/mixer/composer, Richard Tozzoli.  Rich may be the most prolific television composer anywhere, as his work has appeared in an astounding 1800 TV series, 20,000 episodes, in 40 countries. His unique style has been featured on CBS Sports, NBC Olympics, Counting Cars, Pawn Stars, Duck Dynasty, Trading […]

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Breaking Sonic Barriers With The Mutantrumpet Inventor Ben Neill On My Latest Podcast

In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with enowned musician, composer, and inventor of the groundbreaking Mutantrumpet Ben Neill. Ben’s Mutantrumpet is a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument that combines 3 trumpets and a trombone into one. It then incorporates interactive computer technologies that produces a sound that blurs the lines between acoustic and electronic music. Ben […]

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5 Things The US Copyright Office Decided About AI-Generated Content

There are a lot of grey areas when it comes to copyright and AI-generated content that makes even intellectual property attorneys sometimes scratch their heads. Over the last year, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) has been slowly issuing rulings that have helped shed light on the subject, but several facets of how AI intersects with […]

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Would You Believe That 82% Of Artists Can’t Afford To Tour?

During most of my lifetime, musicians made money by playing live, and under the right circumstances got a chance to play music in front of audiences outside their local areas. in fact, that’s always been a goal of artists – to be able to go out on tour, no matter how small that tour was. […]

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Producer And Designer James “Homebwoi” Maddox On My Latest Podcast

In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with the brilliant hip hop artist, producer, and designer James ‘Homebwoi’ Maddox. Homebwoi’s work has been featured on 10 major label albums, 2 major motion pictures, and 3 commercially released video games. Not only that, he’s also the head of product design for his company Metro Southern Media, […]

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Spotify Is Paying Songwriters Less, And A Federal Judge Says That’s OK

Artist often complain about the royalty payout from Spotify, but they’re making great money compared to songwriters. Generally songwriters make about a quarter of what an artist makes, but that’s going to decrease even further after a federal judge ruled in favor of Spotify over the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) in a lawsuit about bundled […]

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Acoustician Norman Varney On My Latest Podcast Episode

In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with the amazing Norman Varney of AV RoomService. Norman is an acoustic consultant who has designed over 500 critical listening rooms around the world, starting back to when he owned an audio retail store.  After that, he became director of the Custom Installation and Home Theater divisions at Music Interface Technologies. There he […]

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The Three Biggest Legacy Acts Still Stream Like Crazy

Out of all the legacy acts from the 60s and 70s, the three that stand out above all the others are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, at least when it comes to streaming. The amazing thing is that, for the most part, there’s little new music from these acts, yet their streaming […]

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If You Like Competition, You’ll Love The Music Business

Music research company Chartmetric just released its Year In Music Industry Report, and if you’re an artist or band, you probably shouldn’t read it. The report indicates that at no time in history has there been as much competition for the ear as there is today, and it’s only getting worse. Chartmetric now tracks 11.3 […]

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Chan Kinchla Of Blues Traveler On My Latest Podcast

In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with Chan Kinchla, the guitar player for Blues Traveler and his new band W4RHORS3. Born in Ontario, Canada, Chan moved to Princeton, NJ where he met his Blues Traveler bandmates. After graduating high school, the band moved to New York City where they gigged around town until they […]

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Apple Music Statistics That You Just Gotta Know

When we think of streaming music we usually think about Spotify first, and rightfully so, since the music streaming platform has the largest share of the market. Apple Music usually comes in as an afterthought, although the service is generally loved by users and artists alike and comes in just behind Spotify in market share. […]

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This Could Be The Algorithm That Frees Us From AI-Generated Music

I don’t think that musicians are inherently against AI-generated music when used as a tool, but they’re certainly insulted and outraged when it’s used instead of real human-generated music. This is especially egregious when a song generated by an algorithm is collecting Spotify or TikTok royalties while real artist’s tracks go unplayed. The real problem […]

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Vocal Coach To The Stars Eric Vetro On My Latest Podcast

In this week’s podcast episode,  I sit down with singing coach to the stars, Eric Vetro. Eric has a client list that’s a “who’s who” of music celebrities, including Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Rita Ora, John Legend, and Shawn Mendes, as well as the lead singers from bands like Haim, Weezer, Incubus and Muse.  He’s […]

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My 4 Life Hacks To Help Your Music Life

Since at the beginning of the year we’re all setting resolutions to better ourselves and our lives in the new year, here’s something that I posted a while back that you might want to consider. Most of us work in a studio at home these days, and while walking the 10 steps to work in […]

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