“Help! my music was used in a production without my permission and I haven’t been paid for it!” “I...
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.
noncomMUSIC Alliance – Strengthening Public Radio Music in a Streaming World
Some of you have had the chance to run a traditional commercial radio campaign and you’ll probably...
5 Tips for U.S. Musicians Applying for U.K. Visas
International artists are finding it increasingly difficult to secure visas to perform in the UK,...
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...
Doin’ it on the Cheap with CHEECH
An Inside Look at DIY Recording and Packaging The question CHEECH hears most often from other bands is, “Where do you guys record?” For over 10...
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...
Q&A with Onesheet Founder Brenden Mulligan
Performer recently had the opportunity to chat with Onesheet's founder, Brenden Mulligan, to discuss exactly what his new venture brings to the table, and what it means to independent artists....
Q&A with Sonicbids CEO Panos Panay
His Prediction: 90% of All Submission Fees Will Disappear Congrats on Sonicbids' 10th Anniversary. Can you point to any one thing in the past 10 years that you're most proud of? Thanks. It really...
Is GrouponLive Good for Consumers?
Live Nation Entertainment and Groupon have partnered to form GrouponLive, an online ticketing deals channel that will apply Groupon’s discounting approach to Live Nation events. GrouponLive is...
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...