WHY YOU NEED A LICENSE I’ve been doing music clearances for going on 20 years, and the main thing...
Music Licensing
Learn how to license music for TV, commercials and film.
How Metadata Makes Sync Licenses Run Smoother
Remember: the next time you get a pitch from a friendly music supervisor, if you can’t find it,...
2018: The Most Critical Year In Your Music Career
2018 will be the most important year in your musical career and you need to pay attention. It has...
LEGAL PAD: The Basics Behind Sync Licenses
What You Need to Know About Sound Recordings vs. Musical Compositions Every sound recording has two copyrights: a copyright for the musical composition and a copyright for the sound recording. Any...
Sending Clean Links to Music Supervisors
So Fresh And So Clean, Clean! "Send me a clean link." This may be the most important sentence you ever read from a music supervisor. Why? It means that a) they are actively accepting music for a...
BMI Live: Info for Artists
PRO Launches New Service to Pay Royalties for Live Gigs Most touring bands are quick to say it isn’t easy to make money on the road. With rising gas prices and an economy that has regular...
Download the New Music Business Handbook from Berklee
FREE DOWNLOAD FROM BERKLEE: MUSIC BUSINESS HANDBOOK VOL. 2 Go inside the music industry with this brand-new handbook from Berkleemusic, the online extension school of Berklee College of Music. This...
Download the New Music Business Handbook from Berklee
FREE DOWNLOAD FROM BERKLEE: MUSIC BUSINESS HANDBOOK VOL. 2 Go inside the music industry with this brand-new handbook from Berkleemusic, the online extension school of Berklee College of Music. This...
CENTURY MEDIA Pulls Music from Spotify
In a press release, Century Media has made it known that they are pulling their artists' music from the new-to-the-States Spotify. Full statement below: Century Media and its associated labels...
Will Google Control Your Cloud?
Music by Google: Will Internet Giant Control Your Cloud? Users of Google agree - the Internet giant changed the way the world searches for information. Email, chat systems, social networking...
Interview with Earbits CEO Joey Flores
Earbits.com, a new online radio site, formed a collaboration with the San Francisco Chronicle this Wednesday to provide a curated, location-specific music discovery destination. CEO Joey Flores...
Spotify: Is U.S. Launch Good for Artists?
On July 14, Swedish music streaming service Spotify made its U.S. debut. Will Americans grasp onto it as much as our mates across the pond have? On Spotify’s “Hello America” welcome page, the...
DIY LICENSING: Inside a Music Licensing Office
For many years I have been inundated with questions mostly about copyright. Lately at conferences and in consultations, the overwhelming majority of questions I receive are about music licensing....