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YouTube Update Makes It Easier To Deal with Copyright Claims

December 26, 2019

YouTube has updated its Studio platform to allow video creators the ability to more easily deal with copyright disputes. Creators now can directly respond to copyright claims in the platform's interface. The... Read More...

Meet the Single Mom Cellist Who Makes a Living Off Her Music — Our Podcast Interview

Colin Cohen

December 18, 2019

Photo of Zoë Keating by Jo Trek (Courtesy of Zoë Keating) In 2015, cellist Zoë Keating suffered tragedy when her husband and business partner of 17 years died. Despite the loss, there wasn't even t... Read More...

Stop Chasing Playlists and Start Building a Music Career — Our Latest Podcast

Paul Resnikoff

November 26, 2019

Lucidious Warning: Spotify playlists may be damaging to your career. Ari Herstand explains why. What? You’re not subscribed to the Digital Music News Podcast? We’re available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Pla... Read More...

The Pretty Things — The Most Important Band You Don’t Know

Noah Itman

November 20, 2019

The Pretty Things | Photographer: Joop van Bilsen (ANEFO) - GaHetNa (Nationaal Archief NL) I recently had the opportunity to speak with Phil May from the band, The Pretty Things. One of the most influential p... Read More...

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Taylor Swift Fans Raise $1,000 to Publicly Humiliate Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun

Colin Cohen

November 19, 2019

Photo of Taylor Swift A pair of fans of Taylor Swift raised more than $1,000 in a GoFundMe a campaign to publicly support Swift in her ongoing battle with Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta. Haley Spalding an... Read More...

Tegan and Sara Shut Down Their Warner Music Merch Store Because of Backlogged Orders

Colin Cohen

November 8, 2019

Photo of Tegan & Sara by Justin Higuchi / CC by 2.0 Tegan and Sara announced on social media that they were shutting down their Warner Music merchandise store due to a "huge backlog" of orders that they i... Read More...

People Aren’t Getting Paid After Spotify’s $43.5 Million Class Action Settlement — No Responses, No Payments

Paul Resnikoff

November 8, 2019

Two years ago, independent songwriters and publishers agreed to a $43.5 million settlement with Spotify over unpaid mechanical licenses. Now, the payout process doesn't seem to be working. Back in 2017, Digi... Read More...

91% of Artists Remain Undiscovered — Here’s How Show4me Is Planning to Change That

Paul Resnikoff

November 5, 2019

Would you pay $1 a year to directly support an artist? That’s one of several solutions that Show4me is spinning as part of its broader direct-to-fan network. It’s a statistic that can make any emerging artis... Read More...

Spotify’s CEO Once Called the Black Keys to Explain Why Their Royalties Were So Bad

Paul Resnikoff

October 29, 2019

The Black Keys on Spotify, October 2019 After Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney publicly complained about his royalties, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek gave him a call to explain how streaming really works. The Black... Read More...

The Rise and Fall of PledgeMusic ⁠— How the Future of Music Crowdfunding Turned Into a Nightmare

Ashley King

October 25, 2019

"To me, the way PledgeMusic puts out music is what the future of the release of an album looks like." - Benji Rogers Rogers founded PledgeMusic in 2009 as a direct-to-fan crowdfunding platform that focu... Read More...

Neil Young’s Archive Has 25,000 Subscribers, Each Paying $1.99 a Month

Marsha Silva

October 25, 2019

Neil Young's Pono player was a high-profile disaster. But he's bouncing back with a low-profile success story. Instead of grousing about the wretched state of artist compensation, rock legend Neil Young is ... Read More...

Frustrated Singer-Songwriter Liz Longley Asks Fans for $35,000 to Get Out of Her Label Deal, Gets $130,000 on Kickstarter

Marsha Silva

October 23, 2019

It's not unusual for artists to have problems with their record labels. But rarely do such problems culminate in a happy ending. But this is exactly what happened to country artist Liz Longley, in a story th... Read More...

Burt Bacharach Dazzles at the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards in LA — Here’s Who Took Home Trophies

Songtradr Joins the Growing Music Industry Recovery Effort — Donates All Sync Commissions to Musicians

Here Are Some of the Latest — and Most Significant — Sync Music Deals

Sync Music Licensing: Secrets for Scoring Deals and Maximizing Revenue

Songtradr’s Big Sync Music Embarks on a Global Expansion — Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany

What Is Sync Licensing? A Look at One of the Music Industry’s Fastest-Growing Sectors

Spotify Probably Owes You More Money — Here's How to Get It (Our Latest Podcast)

Meet the Artist Who Is Literally Saving His Fans’ Lives — Our Latest Podcast

How to Game the Billboard Charts (And Why You Shouldn’t) — Our Latest Podcast

Meet the Single Mom Cellist Who Makes a Living Off Her Music — Our Podcast Interview

How to Protect Yourself From the Copyright Trolls — Our Latest Podcast

Stop Chasing Playlists and Start Building a Music Career — Our Latest Podcast

The Pretty Things — The Most Important Band You Don’t Know

As Coronavirus Shuts Down Shows, AirGigs Offers Relief for Isolated Musicians

Coronavirus Stimulus Check Calculator — How Much Will You Get?

Learn How to Live Stream and Collect Donations on Twitch, Facebook, and More

Help Musicians Is Sending £500 Checks to British Musicians — Here’s How to Apply

How to Master Opera Singing Technique

Spotify Plucks 36 Artists for Its Global Emerging Artist Program, ‘Radar’

YouTube Update Makes It Easier To Deal with Copyright Claims

Meet the Single Mom Cellist Who Makes a Living Off Her Music — Our Podcast Interview

Stop Chasing Playlists and Start Building a Music Career — Our Latest Podcast

The Pretty Things — The Most Important Band You Don’t Know

Tegan and Sara Shut Down Their Warner Music Merch Store Because of Backlogged Orders

People Aren’t Getting Paid After Spotify’s $43.5 Million Class Action Settlement — No Responses, No Payments

91% of Artists Remain Undiscovered — Here’s How Show4me Is Planning to Change That

Spotify’s CEO Once Called the Black Keys to Explain Why Their Royalties Were So Bad

The Rise and Fall of PledgeMusic ⁠— How the Future of Music Crowdfunding Turned Into a Nightmare

Neil Young’s Archive Has 25,000 Subscribers, Each Paying $1.99 a Month

Frustrated Singer-Songwriter Liz Longley Asks Fans for $35,000 to Get Out of Her Label Deal, Gets $130,000 on Kickstarter