Words By Holly H | @holl_x Up-and-coming artists are always looking for ways to monetize their hustle. The great underutilized revenue stream is music licensing. Artists are making money by [...]
Calling all DIY artists: Kyle Bylin brings us an essay by Jay Frank that gives us some brilliant insight into the modern music industry. Exploring the significant roles of YouTube, Live Touring, and Sync Placement, the focus is placed on the bigger picture. Show More Summary
This is an essay by Jay Frank ( DigSin) from Divergent Streams, a collection of essays edited by Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm) and written by influential executives, startup founders, and thinkers in the music industry. Download a free copy of the e-book here. Independent artists can make more money than ever before. Show More Summary
Ahem, U.S. music labels! Artists across the pond are making more online than on air. Royalties earned from digital music services in the U.K. have beaten licensing revenues from radio broadcasts for the first time, the nation's Performing Rights Society has revealed. Show More Summary
"The 360 Deal" is not actually about contracts that seek to involve a label in everything an artist does in order to expand the label's revenue streams. Instead it's a collection growing to include "360 words of wisdom by 360 musicians and music professionals" with a minimum price of $3.60. Show More Summary
SHATTER ALL ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES… except that Bandcamp revenue stream!
Aaron Dilloway — ultra-prolific noise artist, floppy-mask-wearing creep, shrieking jester to our inner King Lear — has gifted the internet a brand-new solo albumShow More Summary
By Mike Masnick of Techdirt. At the always wonderful SF Music Tech conference yesterday, I went to what should have been a fascinating panel discussion about "artist revenue streams." It had Kristin Thomson from the Future of Music Coalition,...Show More Summary
At the always wonderful SF Music Tech conference yesterday, I went to what should have been a fascinating panel discussion about "artist revenue streams." It had Kristin Thomson from the Future of Music Coalition, talking about their wonderful artist revenue streams project, as well as Steve Rennie, who manages the band Incubus, among others. Show More Summary
The 3 Most Profitable DIY Revenue Streams: And Why Many Artists Succeed At Only One Of Them Midem: Indie Labels "In Shock" Over MySpace "Free Ride" Licensing Policy Jonathan Coulton Reissues Cover Of 'Baby Got Back' Ripped Off By Glee...Show More Summary
Finding Your Band's Key Metric The 3 Most Profitable DIY Revenue Streams, And Why Many Artists Succeed At Only One Of Them Why Music Supervisors Don't Listen To Your Music The Pillars Of Fan Engagement 3 Most Profitable DIY Revenue Streams SOLD: Sonicbids BandsInTown Launches Spotify Tour Dates App
Guest post by Jay Frank (@Repojay) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Independent artists can make more money than ever before. The walls of major label distribution have crumbled, and have been down for a decade. Social networks make promotion to fans easier and cheaper. Show More Summary
We've discussed in the past that the Future of Music Coalition was putting together a fantastic artists revenue streams project, in which they sought to look at the myriad ways in which musicians make money today. FMC has been releasing...Show More Summary
Being a modern music manager is no longer about getting a record deal and much more about helping an artist build and nurture a fan base, acting as the point man for marketing efforts and piecing together a multitude of revenue streams. Show More Summary
By Tyler Hayes, who runs the music discovery site Nxt Big Thing. Up until recently the solution for artists not making money on their music recordings was for them to tour. The live show is something that can't be, easily, pirated or duplicated. Show More Summary
With income from recorded music sales in decline, artists have had to create new revenue streams. Social media has allowed an deeper fan connection and new opportunities for engagement. In this NARM and digitalmusic.org spooned webinar,...Show More Summary
By Antony Bruno, digitalmusic.org’s community manager. He's moderating a SXSW panel, “Music Subscription & Artist Revenue”. Last week's news about Topspin’s Ian Rogers leaving to head up a new streaming music service from Beats by Dre called Daisy had a very interesting subtext to it that didn’t get as much attention as it probably deserved. Show More Summary
CD Baby, founded as a backroom enterprise by Derek Sivers and sold to DiscMakers in 2008, announced that it has paid out over $250 million to artists for digital download sales, on-demand streaming revenue, physical CD sales, and sync licensing royalties. Show More Summary
With a backdrop of the radio royalty wars raging in Washington, The Future Of Music Coalition is digging deeper into the data derived from it's Artist Revenue Streams project in an effort to debunk the often held popular myth of the rich and easy life of the professional musicians. Show More Summary
Kim Dotcom is determined to put the major music labels out of business with Megabox. At the same time he promises to give artists full control over their own work and a healthy revenue stream. Today Dotcom released a video on the making of Megabox which unveils some of the service's features. Show More Summary
Digital distribution will be a big revenue stream for music artists in Africa by 2020, predicts digital music company Africori, with percentage revenues from live performances expected to decline. The...