by Michael St. James | Nov 8, 2018 | Music Licensing, Music Promotion
You still have time. You can still bust out a Christmas EP that might net you thousands of new fans on streaming platforms everywhere. While it may be too late for that $15,000 Christmas music national placement, it’s not too late to rack up streams and gain fans.... by Michael St. James | Nov 6, 2018 | Music Licensing, Music Promotion
eMusic is old-school, OG MusicTech. It was 20 years ago (1998) when the company launched as the “first ever legal, digital music store.” If you’re curious, the iTunes Store launched in 2003. eMusic has made its bones off of a mixture of discovery, music locker,... by Jessica Sobhraj https://twitter.com/jessicasobhraj?lang=en | Nov 5, 2018 | Music Contracts & Law
“Help! my music was used in a production without my permission and I haven’t been paid for it!” “I hired a producer to complete my album and now they won’t give me the instrumentals because they claim to own them.” “My content was tagged as copyright infringement and... by Deborah Mannis-Gardner | Sep 24, 2018 | Music Licensing
WHY YOU NEED A LICENSE I’ve been doing music clearances for going on 20 years, and the main thing I’ve noticed along the way is that many young artists have no idea what they are or how they work. It’s not their fault; it’s confusing! However, without the proper... by Michael St. James | Sep 5, 2018 | Music Promotion
You know the phrase “We’re BIG in Japan.” It’s always been an inside joke that Western artists can kind of blow up in Japan, but you never really hear the same about China. That’s odd. There are 1.4 BILLION people in China, and according to a 2017 study from Nielsen,...