Alexis Petridis writes a superb column for the Guardian about the steps that musicians have to take before releasing a major label record. It’s not just about the music, it’s about branding, and fashion, and all of the other subconscious hooks that tell your audience that you’re meant for them. When you’ve been growing your […]
Making Money
Catching Up with Tracy Bonham
Steve Safran, who normally covers the news business for Lost Remote, has a fun extracurricular Q&A with Tracy Bonham about returning to indie labels after leaving Island Records, and all the inherent changes in marketing, touring, and getting paid.
How Musicians, Writers and Filmmakers Make Money Today
Robin Good shares some key insights about multiple streams of income for musicians and other creatives.
BMI Podcasting And Licensing Podcasters
BMI Podcasting And Licensing Podcasters: BMI has just joined ASCAP to make it a little clearer for podcasters to include BMI songs in their downloads… More on this topic to come…
Licensing Music for Podcasting
I’m still gearing up to jump into the podcasting game — I think it’s a very clever application, and a way of expanding to the general public what Audible’s been doing with their subscription service for a while now. The HUGE, 800 pound gorilla on the table is music licensing. As folks are using tools […]
