If you are a recording artist or a manager and have been distributing music on iTunes under a deal with one of the big record labels, pay attention. F.B.T. Productions in Detroit, the producers who helped Eminem achieve his success are paving the way via a lawsuit against Universal Music and others, to larger payouts […]
Attention Music Managers and Artists: you may be owed BILLIONS in unpaid royalties
March 31, 2011 By 14 Comments
My Midem and Namm Presentations on the Future of Music
January 24, 2011 By 8 Comments
In this presentation I take a look at the music business from the perspective of the creative people working in it, the artists, songwriters and producers and how it works for them. After all that is where music comes from. I also highlight some case studies of what is working in alternative business models and […]
Will Artists Ultimately Profit from Digital Distribution?
October 25, 2010 By 12 Comments
For the past 5 years I have been delivering presentations, in a wide variety of contexts including Digital Music Forum, AES, Billboard, IEBA, Music Hack Day, NAMM, Digital Hollywood and at many, many other private consulting gigs. The essence of the presentation I have been making since 2006 is shown below with a couple of […]
Make a 360 Deal with Yourself
July 19, 2010 By 10 Comments
As we have seen, there are many different ways to make money in music today. In the past few years, much has been said and written about the 360 degree deal, where an artist/writer enters into a business partnership with a company and gives the company lots of rights to recordings, songs, merchandise, and touring, […]
Online Music Royalties
January 25, 2009 By 3 Comments
Many people have asked me to explain the current status of royalty payments for online music. A thorough discussion of this past year’s agreement on mechanical royalties was produced by my friends at the Future of Music Coalition. There is also a good summary on the meeting of the Copyright Royalty Board this past fall […]
