October 16, 2017

Avenged Sevenfold Lawsuit Could Change Label Contracts Forever

Avenged Sevenfold

It doesn’t matter whether you know who Avenged Sevenfold is or not, the Huntington Beach, CA metal band is attempting something pretty rare in the music business that could end up changing how record label contracts are forever written. The band is challenging what’s known as the “7 year rule” that labels have employed in […]

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#7 Year Rule #Avenged Sevenfold #Billboard #Olivia Newton John #Warner Music

October 11, 2017

Warner Music Does A Deal With Mixcloud

Mixcloud

Mixcloud has announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Warner Music Group, and is said to also be pursuing similar deals with both Universal and Sony Music as well. The company is known as a platform for podcasts, DJ sets and radio shows that include celebrity music artists, DJs and publications like Tiesto, Moby, Erykah […]

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#Content ID #license agreement #Mixcloud #Warner Music

October 10, 2017

Composer/Arranger Dennis Dreith On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Dennis Dreith

My guest today is composer/arranger Dennis Dreith, who started in the business playing sax for The Beach Boys but soon turned to composing and orchestrating for commercials, television and motion pictures. Along the way Dennis wrote the scores for cartoons for Hanna Barbara, television movies of the week like Columbo, and motion pictures like A […]

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#Dennis Dreith #film composition #orchestration #Recording Musicians Association

October 6, 2017

Microsoft Dumps Groove Music For Spotify

Groove Music Spotify

You’re probably not aware that Microsoft has its own streaming service called Groove Music, and that’s exactly why the company is now dumping the platform in favor of Spotify instead. The company plans to stop selling subscriptions soon and will completely phase out the service by the end of the year, which probably won’t break […]

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#Amazon #Apple #Groove Music #Microsoft #Spotify

October 5, 2017

For Online Success, Remember The Theory of 22

Theory of 22

Last week I discussed in a post about how social media is really only word-of-mouth. That’s important to remember because word-of-mouth is really the most important kind of advertising available to us, but it has both on a positive and negative side. That brings us to something outlined in my Social Media Promotion For Musicians […]

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#book excerpt #social media #Social Media Promotion for Musicians #theory of 22 #word of mouth

September 29, 2017

Now You Can Buy Stock In Eminem’s Music Royalties

Eminem royalty stock

In what may be the wave of the future, a company offering stock in rapper Eminem’s music royalties will soon hit the stock market. The new company owned by Royalty Exchange (a company that brokers royalties) called Royalty Flow filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise between $11 million and $50 million via a […]

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#crowdfunding #David Bowie #Eminem #FBT Productions #Royalty Exchange #Royalty Flow

September 27, 2017

It’s Official – Hip-Hop Dominates Music

hip-hop

It’s been a long time coming, but hip-hop is now the undeniable leader when it comes to music consumption. For the first time since Nielsen started tracking the music industry in 1991, R&B/hip-hop officially dominates all other genres, according to Billboard. Hip-hop now claims 25.1 percent of total music consumption, while the #2 genre, rock, can […]

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#electric guitar #Recording Engineer's Handbook

September 26, 2017

Marketing, Content and Technology Consultant Frank Wells On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Frank Wells

Frank Wells started his career in the music business as head of technical services at the famed Masterfonics studio complex in Nashville, but then made a left turn when he become editor first of Audio Media Magazine, and then later Pro Sound News. I talked to Frank about some of the things that go on […]

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#Frank Wells #Harman #Masterfonics #piracy #Pro Sound News

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