Producer/Engineer Warren Huart On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Warren Huart on the Music 3.0 Blog

My guest this week is producer, engineer, musician, and composer Warren Huart. Warren’s had a lot of success since he moved to Los Angeles from his native England, working platinum-selling artists like The Fray, Korn, James Blunt, Ace Frehley, and Aerosmith, to name just a few. His works also can be found in film and […]

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Music Modernization Act Passed By The House Judiciary Committee

Music Modernization Act on the Music 3.0 blog

There’s a lot about copyright and licensing that needs to be brought into the digital age, but now we’re one step closer to that becoming reality. The United States House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously last week (32-0) to approve the new Music Modernization Act (H.R. 5447), in the first step of the process. The Music Modernization […]

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Under The Radar Amazon Music Adding Millions Of Subscribers

Amazon Music Unlimited on the Music 3.0 blog

Amazon has always been the sleeping giant in music streaming. It’s Prime Music comes as a part of Amazon Prime, and although there are no official numbers as to the number of subscribers, the company hints that it’s at least hundred million. Amazon also has a stand-alone service as well called Amazon Music Unlimited, which […]

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Scoring Mixer Bobby Fernandez On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Bobby Fernandez on the Music 3.0 blog

My guest this week is scoring mixer Bobby Fernandez, who’s recorded and mixed the scores on hundreds of major film studio movies. Just to give you an example, Bobby has over 300 IMDB credits, but that doesn’t include over 200 films that he wasn’t credited for when working for Warner Brothers! Bobby’s also won a […]

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Spotify’s Market Cap Shows Just How Powerful Apple Really Is

Spotify Market Cap on the Music 3.0 blog

Spotify’s direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange last week proved to be a little underwhelming in that most existing stockholders decided to hold on to their shares, a good sign for the company’s long-term future. Its stock price at the end of the week ended up at just shy of $148, which translated […]

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Which Streaming Service Pays The Most? You’ll Be Surprised

Streaming Services on the Music 3.0 blog

Streaming royalties are a completely moving target, and what’s reported as the average payment today will certainly change tomorrow. The reason is that there are so many variables that go into calculating a stream payment. That said, the chart below from Statista provides the gross payouts to labels per stream from each major streaming service. […]

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Spotify Finally Goes Public, And Sony Sells Some Of Its Stock

Spotify stock

Spotify finally went public yesterday in a unique direct listing that had Wall Street watching the offering closely. The stock opened at a price of $165.90 per share but fell to $149.01 by the end of the day. The stock dropped down another 8% to $140.02 by midday Wednesday. That said, even at $140 per […]

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New YouTube TrueView For Reach Ads Could Mean More Revenue For Artists

TrueView YouTube ads on the Music 3.0 blog

YouTube has rolled out a new variety of advert that may end up bringing in more ad dollars not only for artists and bands, but anyone who posts an interesting video on the service. Known as TrueView for Reach, the new ad type is similar to standard TrueView ads that can be skipped after 5 […]

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Blues Hall Of Fame Sax Player Joe Sublett On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Joe Sublett on Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 Blog

My guest this week is saxophonist Joe Sublett, who’s a Grammy and W.C. Handy Award winner as well as an inductee of the Blues Hall of Fame. Joe’s credits include work with superstars like The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat, The Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, BB King and a […]

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New Record Deal Advances Are Soaring, If You’re A Hip Hop Artist

Record Deal on Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 blog

There was a time in the recent past when the record company advances for a new record deal had shrunk thanks to the overall music business being in such a bad way revenue-wise. It got to the point where many artists considered going the DIY route since it actually offered better alternatives to make money. […]

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The AMP Act Will Get Producers Paid For Streaming

The Amp Act on Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 blog

Perhaps the biggest question that today’s producer has is, “How do I get paid?” Back in the days when physical sales were king, this was never a problem as producers were paid handsomely for their services from sales royalties. Even though there are still physical sales involved today, that more than likely will not pay […]

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More YouTube Ads Coming In An Effort To Get Users To Pay Up

YouTube ads on Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 Blog

YouTube is about to employ a rather unique strategy in order to get more people to buy into its upcoming subscription plan. The service is going to begin to insert more ads in videos in an effort to frustrate users enough that they’ll want to pay to eliminate them. YouTube’s global head of music Lyor Cohen laid […]

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