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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.
Dear Music Maker – You’re Doing Just Fine
Did you see that meme about how Shakespeare wrote King Lear during the plague? How about Isaac...
Is Your Band Ready for Entertainer Insurance?
With the world of touring and live gigs at a standstill for the past few months, you may be...
Everything You Need to Know About Booking Your Own Tour
Hey! I’m Mike Montali and this summer my band, Hollis Brown, will be embarking on an incredible headlining tour. Since our band’s formation in 2009, we have been nonstop writing, producing, and...
The Dot Blockchain Music Project & The Future of Music Royalties
Fair Trade Music and the Dot Blockchain Music Project: Benji Rogers on How Virtual Reality & Bitcoin Will Shape the Future of Royalty & Licensing Transparency in the Music Industry (Part 2...
Bandcamp Can (and Should) Bury iTunes. Here’s Why.
APPLE TO EXIT DOWNLOAD MARKET WITH ITUNES Welcome to another dispatch from the streaming wars. Or, wait a minute, are we still in the format wars? If you thought the music industry - especially the...
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...
Why Instant Live Recordings Are Important For Your Music Career
An Exclusive Interview with Live Streaming Pioneer Brad Serling Live music fanatics have known of nugs.net for decades. In the early ’90s, live music tape trading was colliding with the new digital...
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...
How to Strike the Right Co-Writer Agreement Between Songwriters
How to Strike the Right Co-Writer Agreement Between Songwriters Under the U.S. copyright law, an author or creator owns a copyright in his or her work the moment it is “fixed in a tangible medium”...
ShowSlinger: The Next Killer App For Booking & Touring
ShowSlinger Takes Aim at a Better Live Music Experience There are plenty of apps that notify fans when their favorite artist is playing a show in town, and ones that display favorite venues and live...
Get to Know Soundfly: The Next-Gen Learning Hub for Musicians
Soundfly – The Next-Gen Learning Hub for Musicians Musicians, by nature, are constantly learning new things; from fresh songs to gear tricks, recording techniques to music business concepts. The...