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 15 Comments
Making a Living as an Artist in the Future
February 17, 2011 By 5 Comments
From the Wharton School, an article on the new economics of life for creators and how they will be compensated in the future. Making a living as an artist has never been easy — whether in film, music or publishing. But the digital revolution — and to a lesser extent, the global economic crisis of […]
Mining Money from Musical Data
December 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In this economy, it’s hard to imagine anyone making thousands of phone calls trying to give money away. But that’s exactly what is happening as Sound Exchange contacts musicians who have earned, but not yet claimed, digital performance royalties. And they are building their database fast, by tapping into the cloud of musician profiles available […]
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 […]
