6 things to do after you sign with Symphonic (or any other music distributor)
Randi Zimmerman of Symphonic shares a checklist that the indie music distributor has created for new clients that can serve as a roadmap for any artist using almost any distributor.. Continue reading
9 essential newsletters every musician should read in 2021
If you’re serious about your career in the music business, it’s important that you stay in the loop and informed about evolving trends, strategies, events, and conversations happening in your. Continue reading
Music Publishing 101 with Symphonic’s Randall Foster
Randall Foster, VP of Business Development and GM of the Nashville office of Symphonic Distribution, joins Micahel and jay on the Music Biz Weekly podcast to discuss music publishing 101.. Continue reading
Guide to maximizing music income from songwriting, recording
In this concluding segment of their series on maximizing revenue, Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan explore how the different variations of the final versions of your recordings can be used. Continue reading
How to narrow down your music strategy into manageable steps
Here we explore how to break up an otherwise Sisyphean music marketing strategy into more manageable and actionable steps. Guest post by Sara-Lena of Blackbird Punk Music Strategy is a. Continue reading
Why YouTube Music’s most recent figures are actually good news for artists
The recent successes of YouTube – a platform notorious for its puny payouts to artists – may not seem like good news to artists, but there may in fact be. Continue reading
Guide to releasing an album so people actually want to buy it
In an industry landscape so heavily dominated by the release of singles, releasing full length albums is still incredibly important for artists, an if you can release an album that. Continue reading
Combating ageism in the music industry
While there are many legacy acts still performing today that might make it seem otherwise, ageism is a huge problem for the music industry. Here, we look at the problem. Continue reading
Warhol v. Goldsmith: Court ‘rolls back tide’ on Transformative Use ‘high water mark’
In the latest battle over intellectual property ownership and use, The Second Circuit Court Court of Appeals has started whistling a different tune on what constitutes ‘transformative use’ in art. Continue reading
Make Music Equal is Chartmetric’s data-driven initiative to advance gender equity in the music industry
The good folks at Chartmetric have made their artist pronoun and gender database free for commercial as well as academic use and it’s a gamechanger. Guest post from Chartmetric On. Continue reading
