March 11, 2019

Streaming Services Fight Back Against New Songwriter Royalty Increases

songwriter royalty increase graphic on the Music 3.0 Blog

The recent Copyright Royalty Board ruling that increased songwriter’s royalties by 44% was met with great satisfaction by both writers and publishers alike. The streaming services are not so happy though, as Spotify, Google, Pandora and Amazon have all teamed up to appeal the decision. While each organization filed a separate appeal, Apple Music has […]

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March 7, 2019

7 Best Practices For Using Facebook Live

Facebook Live logo on the Music 3.0 Blog

Facebook Live is a boon to artists and bands everywhere who want to reach their Facebook fans. That said, there are some best practices in using the platform, according to Facebook’s Media Blog. Here’s what they suggest: 1. Alert friends and followers in advance about plans to broadcast live, in order to build up anticipation. 2. Ensure […]

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March 5, 2019

Radio Royalties, MI Business Health, And CD Baby’s Heli Del Moral On My Latest Podcast

CD Baby's Heli Del Moral photo on the Music 3.0 Blog

My guest on the podcast today is CD Baby’s VP of international development, Heli Del Moral. Before coming to the company Heli worked in television as international director of marketing for ESPN and Univision where he won 3 Emmy awards, and numerous Telly, Promax and other honors for his creative efforts. In the interview we talked about the strength […]

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February 28, 2019

9 New Rules For Success In Today’s Music business

9 rules for success

We’ve gone through a mighty change in the music business over the last 10 years, and it keeps on morphing and evolving every day. Since these changes are constant, many of the old school rules pertaining to success in the music business no longer apply. Here’s an excerpt from the latest edition of my Music […]

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#book excerpt #Music 4.1 #Music 4.1: A Survival Guide For Making Music In the Internet Age #success

February 27, 2019

Pledge Music Leaves More Artists Unpaid

Pledge Music graphic on the Music 3.0 Blog

Recently I posted about a group called Fastball having a difficult time collecting from the crowdfunding site Pledge Music. There appears to be many more that fall into that category as artists from Queensryche to Blacktop Mojo have since posted apologies on their social media pages because of Pledge Music-related payment and delivery issues. Variety […]

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