Posts Tagged ‘Money’

Anyone who read my last article on Effective Social Media Marketing knows that I like to use the music business as a way to explain ideas but the principles can be applied to any area of business or life for that matter. One of the most difficult things about the music business, or any business, is [...]

News-Top Grossing Fine Art Artists. So far in 2011 China represents between 35 and 40 per cent a growth of between 5% and 7%. Most of the sales  were made in the first half of the year, but historically the first half is always strongest, with the London sales in February followed by sessions in [...]

Industry Tips & Advice: How Music Licensing Works by Marshall Brain Pt 4 « GET IT DONE BLOG. ASCAP and BMI If you own a radio station or a restaurant and you want to broadcast or play music, what you need are public performance rights– the right to play music that the general public will hear in one [...]

Industry Tips & Advice: How Music Licensing Works by Marshall Brain Pt 2. Music licensing in the United States is made possible by the protection that U.S. copyright law provides for artists. According to this article from the U.S. copyright office: The copyright code of the United States (title 17 of the U.S. Code) provides for copyright [...]

Promoters – A 2012 promotional video on the necessity of marketing today. via Loren Weisman’s Music Business, Music Industry, Music Production, Music Education, Music Consulting and Music Career Blog.  

Article: WARNING: Every Musician’s Digital Performance Royalties Are At Risk. HUGE NEWS TO PAY ATTENTION TO IF YOU ARE AN INDIE ARTIST

SOUNDEXCHANGE, the non-profit performance rights organization authorized to collect royalties for the digital performance of sound recordings, and CD BABY, the online music store and digital distributor, recently announced a reprise of their initiative to notify hundreds of recording artists owed back royalties. The match, which the organizations hope to make an annual event, identified [...]