Welcome to our second round of insurance terms you, as a performing artist, should know! In case...
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Band Management
Learn more about the music business and band management, including music licensing, booking your own DIY tour, music publishing, copyright law, music royalties, music promotion, music distribution and performing rights organizations.
Everything You Need to Know About Clearing Music Samples
WHY YOU NEED A LICENSE I’ve been doing music clearances for going on 20 years, and the main thing...
Get to Know Musicinfo, Your Steaming Connection in China
You know the phrase “We’re BIG in Japan.” It’s always been an inside joke that Western artists can...
Legal Pad: Creativity For Sale
For better or worse, a record deal consists of a handful of certainties. One such certainty is that your label, whether major or indie, will own the sound recordings created under your deal. But...
Pledge Music Interview: Funding Advice
Performer recently had an opportunity to chat with Pledge Music founder Benji Rogers, to discuss his company’s efforts assisting independent musicians in reaching their funding goals. ...
Label Profile: WARM Electronic Recordings Cozying Up to Athens Music Scene
Having gone through the experience of being in a successful, touring indie band with Man … Or Astro-man?, Brian Causey decided to take a break. “The life on the road was not doing so good for my...
Independent Label vs. Major Label Contracts
When presented with a record deal, it is extremely important to understand (or have someone on your team understand) what terms are standard for major label recording contracts, and how those might...
Independent Labels: What’s the Deal?
With the music industry in a state of flux and digital music all the rage, independent labels (“indies”) are multiplying and finding creative and alternative methods of doing business. Indies are...
House Concerts: Helping Touring Artists Turn a Profit
It’s no secret that high gas prices coupled with a sluggish economy have many touring musicians and the clubs they play feeling the pinch. Bands require more money to sustain themselves on tour...