After yesterday’s mailbag entry on royalties, our friend Ken Muse pointed me to a great breakdown of the current record deal math done by Cord Jefferson at The Root. By the math in the article, the average “signed” musician makes $23.40 for every $1,000 of revenue earned by the label. Think about it in terms [...]
Mailbag: Royalties vs. Publishing
From the mailbag, Mark wants to know about different kinds of royalties: hey whats the diffrence between royalties and publishing revenue..Cashmoneyrecords sighned a deal with Unviersal MusicThey keep 85% if tge royalties 50% publishing revenues and all master..i dont get the diffrencce…….if you sell 1000000 ringtones, do you recive 85% of the royalties or [...]
Music Management Skills: Help Clients Understand Your Career Development
I wrote Music Management for the Rest of Us to help novice artist managers avoid the kinds of mistakes I made when I first started managing acts. I also wrote the book to help musicians understand that it was becoming easier to convert a trusted friend or family member into a competent manager than to [...]



