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How to Maximize Your Digital Mechanical Royalties Through The MLC
As an independent artist, you are probably all too familiar with the issues that have long clouded...
How to Plan for Future Sync Opportunities with Your Collaborators
A sync is a wonderful thing, often bringing artists unexpected income and exposing their music to...
Soundrop: Single-First Music Distribution for All Music Makers
There is a growing wave of music makers who do not fit the traditional band/artist model. They’re not concerned with an album cover, a release date, high-concept videos, magazine reviews [editor’s...
How to Turn Your Lyrics into Revenue with LyricFind
LyricFind is Making Lyrics Sexy (and Profitable) Again Searching for lyrics online used to be an absolute mess. Plug in a lyric, and Google would display tons of sites with spammy banner ads, and...
The Holiday Music Licensing Challenge
Your challenge: Write (or pick a public domain) Holiday/Christmas song, record it, and release it this weekend. That’s it. It’s November, pumpkin-spice-everything is inescapable, snow flurries are...
Top 5 Songs to Land Music Licensing Deals with This Summer
Record These 5 Songs This Summer! A Tip Sheet for the Season’s Most Lucrative Music Licensing Deals From time to time, I like to give you a view into the world of someone who licenses music so you...
DotBlockchain: The Fight for Fair Trade Music And What It Means For Indies
Fair Trade Music and the Dot Blockchain Music Project: Building the Future Music Industry (Pt1) Put on your thinking caps, we’re going to delve into this whole “blockchain” thing you’ve been hearing...
How to Pitch, License, and Sell Your Music Online
Store, Pitch, License, and Sell All of Your Music Online with Songtradr Maybe you've been storing your pitching tracks in Dropbox or Box, and want a better experience for prospective clients and...
Indie Champion Crucial Music Launches Virtual Custom Music Marketplace
Indie Champion Crucial Music Launches Virtual Custom Music Marketplace And Why This is a Big Deal in the World of Licensing When an agency, producer, music supervisor, CMO, or even a small business...
Bands, Here Are 3 Reasons Sync Reps Are Ignoring Your Tracks
3 Reasons Sync Reps Are Ignoring Your Tracks If you’ve been trying to get Master/Sync licenses (Syncs) for your music to be used in advertising, games, movies, etc., you’ve probably been dealing...
Meet MixRadio: Your Indie-Friendly Global Music Streamer
[Editor's note - you can now stream a special Performer playlist on MixRadio, featuring great indie tracks from the past 5 years. Download the app and head to "Mixes" to check it out now] While...
Lip Sync Music Shares the Ins & Outs of Sync Licensing
The Filthy Love Affair Between Art & Commerce Lauren Harman, CEO of Lip Sync Music, Shares the Ins & Outs of Sync Licensing WHAT WE DO Lip Sync represents music for...