Sony Music To Launch ‘Real Time’ Royalty Payments

Sony Music is promising its artists real time royalty tracking and monthly payments starting this fall. The major music group will  launch ‘Real Time Royalties’ and ‘Cash Out’ via its. Continue reading

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Revelator Launches Artists Wallet To Enable Real-Time Royalty Payments

Multi-territorial music rights administrator Revelator has launched Artist Wallet, a mobile copyright app that uses smart contracts technology to turn future receivables into instant royalty payments. Slow, delayed and inaccurate. Continue reading

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Black Box Income Most Musicians Don’t Even Know About

Some of the most common advice given to indie artists is to populate their metadata. In the streaming age in particular, telling organizations who you are and how to get. Continue reading

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Amuse To Utilize Machine Learning To Calculate Royalty Advances

Royalty advances are typically an unpredictable shot in the dark about what an artist is worth, with publishers seeking to keep it as low as possible, while artists work to. Continue reading

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Fair Pay, Fair Fight: For Musician Radio Royalties, Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

After the struggle of getting the Music Modernization Act passed and allegedly gave pre-1972 artists the royalties they finally deserved, a new merger between Sirius and Pandora by their hold-tightening. Continue reading

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David Crosby Slams Low Royalty Payments, Byrd-mate Roger McGuinn Agrees

David Crosby of Byrds, Crosby, Still, Nash (+ sometimes Young) and solo fame has tweeted his displeasure with the payments he's receiving. In a tweet headlined "real numbers," the outspoken musician. Continue reading

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Performance vs. Mechanical Royalties: What’s The Difference?

While any artist is aware that playing shows or selling albums can bring in cash, there are a multitude of other potential revenue streams that are a little less clear. Continue reading

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Which Music Streamer Pays Best? It’s Not Spotify [CHART]

Which music streaming service pays musicians and songwriters the most most per stream? As Spotify goes public, Apple Music picks up steam and YouTube prepares to launch a new paid. Continue reading

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Dubset, Rumblefish Partner For Royalty Payment Solution

Dubset Media, which handles royalties for DJs, announced a strategic partnership with music licensing and administration company Rumblefish. The deal enables “a turnkey royalty payment system” between music publishers.

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How Scammers Legally Collected $1 Millon From Spotify

An alleged scam operation in Bulgaria collected as much as $1 million in royalties form Spotify last year; and did so, apparently, without breaking any laws.  

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