June 11, 2018

Spotify Looks At Unveiling A Long-Term Strategy The Music Industry Won’t Like

Spotify direct license strategy on the Music 3.0 blog

A new report suggests that Spotify is embarking on a new strategy that may ultimately alienate the very partners it needs to stay in business. A recent Billboard article outlined Spotify’s currently unannounced program of offering advances to a select number of indie artists for a direct licensing deal with the service. If you’re an artist or […]

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#direct license #license #Spotify

June 8, 2018

New ACCESS Bill In Senate May Stall Passage Of Music Modernization Act

ACCESS bill on Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 blog

Virtually everyone in the music business breathed a sigh of relief when the Music Modernization Act sailed through the House of Representatives recently. Finally it looked like we were making some headway towards changing at least a few outdated copyright laws. When it comes to Washington however, nothing is as easy as it seems as […]

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#ACCESS #Music Modernization Act #Ron Wyden

June 6, 2018

Check Out These 3 Podcasts I Recently Guested On

Working Class Audio on the Music 3.0 blog

I’ve been privileged to be invited to appear as a guest on three great podcasts recently that you might want to check out. Coincidentally, all of them posted at around the same time. The first is the great Working Class Audio Episode #180. Host Matt Boudreau and I spoke about artist/musician/engineer diversification, the state of the […]

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#Music Biz Weekly #podcasts #Sound Design Live #Working Class Audio

June 5, 2018

Facebook Losing Teens, The Creative Cycle, And Mixer Andrew Maury On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Andrew Maury on the Music 3.0 blog

My guest on the Podcast this week is record producer, mixing engineer and songwriter Andrew Maury. Andrew is one of the few mixers who has made the transition from mixing live sound to the studio, and he’s had a lot of success, especially lately working on big hits by Shawn Mendes. In the interview we […]

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#Andrew Maury #compsosers #Facebook #songwriter

June 4, 2018

A New Radio Royalty Rate Decision Could Soon Change Songwriters Incomes

BMI songwriters royalty on the Music 3.0 blog

Songwriters have always made a good amount of performance royalties from radio airplay, and many still do under the right circumstances (meaning, a big hit). That said, there’s a constant battle between the performance rights organizations (PROs – ASCAP and BMI) and the RMLC (Radio Music Licensing Committee) to raise and lower the rates every […]

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#BMI #BMI Rate Court #RMLC #royalties #songwriters

May 31, 2018

The Essential Elements Of An Artist Or Band Online Press Kit

Online Press Kit on Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 blog

It’s amazing that so many brands (which includes artists and bands as well as companies) don’t have a proper “Press” section on their website that contains all the information that a journalist or blogger might need when writing a story. I speak from personal experience as a writer in that I’m always surprised with what I can’t find […]

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#press kit #Social Media Promotion for Musicians

May 29, 2018

YouTube’s New Charts, The Guitar Isn’t Dying, And EveAnna Manley On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

EveAnna Manley on the Music 3.0 blog

My guest on the Podcast this week is EveAnna Manley, the president, CEO and sole owner of Manley Labs. For the last two decades EveAnna’s been instrumental in the continued proliferation of high-end tube gear to both the pro audio and hi-fi industries. She’s as smart as they come in this business and so incredibly […]

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#Billboard #EveAnna Manley #guitar #Manley Labs #YouTube

May 28, 2018

Music Video Distribution Won’t Change Much As Vevo Finally Succumbs To YouTube

Vevo logo on the Music 3.0 blog

I wonder how many times YouTube viewers watched an “official” music video from their favorite artist and saw the Vevo logo on the video or in the song’s description. I wonder how many actually thought to themselves, “What the heck is a Vevo?” That, my friends, was the main problem of the major record labels’ […]

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#music videos #Vevo #YouTube

May 25, 2018

Amuse To Go Up Against CD Baby And TuneCore

Amuse distribution on Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 blog

If you’ve been using a music aggregator like CD Baby or TunCore to get your music out to a wider audience, it looks like there’s a new alternative available that has a unique twist. Swedish  startup Amuse (amuse.io) was founded by a team of industry heavyweights, and they’ve just received $15.5 million in funding to expand […]

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#aggregator #Amuse #CD Baby #streaming music #Tunecore

May 23, 2018

Why Record Labels Hate Free Streaming Tiers So Much

Labels hate free streaming tiers on the Music 3.0 blog

If you were to poll record label execs off-the-record on which music streaming service they like the most in a strictly business-sense, chances are that Apple Music would end up as the clear winner. Why? Apple has steadfastly refused to institute a free ad-driven tier. Even though labels, artists, songwriters and publishers realize revenue from […]

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#Apple Music #NAB #radio #RIAA

May 22, 2018

Post Mixer Mike Rodriguez On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Mike Rodriguez on the Music 3.0 blog

My guest this week is award-winning sound designer and mixer Mike Rodriguez, who was another of my first guests when I started my Inner Circle Podcast 4 years ago. He was originally on episode #14. Mike is a senior audio mixer at Trailer Park in Los Angeles where he mixes everything from commercials to television […]

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#Mike Rodriguez #post-production #Shure #Universal Music

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