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Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 946: The concept of selling out, part 2

March 18, 2022March 17, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Licensing, Selling Out, Sellout

Artists make are because they have to. There’s something in their hearts that forces them to turn what they feel

Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 945: The concept of selling out, part 1

March 11, 2022March 10, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Endorsement, Licensing, Major Labels, Selling Out

One of the worst insults you can throw at an artist is to accuse them of selling out. The most

Caught a Ghost

Here’s how an unknown band can make money in the world of sync and licensing–and what it implies for the future

May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Caught a Ghost, Licensing, Sync

I’d never heard of Caught a Ghost before this week. They’re an LA indie band with exactly one album to

RE:SOUND, SOCAN now working Entandem

May 15, 2019May 14, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Entandem, Licensing, performance rights, Re:Sound, SOCAN

Promising to make music licensing easier and more streamlined, RE:SOUND and SOCAN have joined forces to create a single entity,

How Much Do Streaming Services Pay to Artists? Not Much. This Chart Illustrates Everything.

July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Licensing, livestreaming, Rates, Streaming

First, you can’t draw an equivalency between the stream of a song and a sale of a song. A stream

I Swear I Heard This In A Commercial: How The Internet Handles Licensing

May 8, 2017May 7, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Advertising, Business, industry, Licensing, Rights Management

Earlier this week we talked about MixBANK, a licensing software designed to make legal remixes easy for both the DJ

Is This Software the Future of Creating Legal Remixes Filled with Samples?

May 6, 2017May 5, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 4 Comments DJs, Licensing, Mashups, MixBANK, Remixes, Rights Management, Soundcloud, Streaming

There’s a huge problem facing artists in the age of digital music. Programs for downloading and remixing songs make the

Meet the People Who Decide Which Music Gets into Movies and TV

March 16, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Advertising, Licensing, Music Supervisors, Sync

They’re called music supervisors and have the power to place your song in a movie, TV show or commercial, something

Looking to Get Your Song into a Movie or TV? Beware of This.

February 19, 2017February 19, 2017 Alan Cross 2 Comments Licensing, Pay-for-Play, Sync

Artists know that licensing their material for use in a movie or a TV show can be an important source

“Sing”‘s Incredible Movie Music Licensing

December 11, 2016December 11, 2016 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments Licensing, Movie, Music, Sing

You know when a movie has a lot of music in it when they can release an album’s worth as

Very Little Consent over Decree Ruling

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments ASCAP, BMI, Consent Decree, Department of Justice, Lawsuit, Licensing, Royalties, Songwriters

The dust has started to settle since the US Department of Justice announced, for certain, it would not be making

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