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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,

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Music News 

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

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Music Industry 

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

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Music Industry 

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

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Music Industry 

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

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Music News 

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

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Music News 

“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

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Music Industry 

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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Music Industry 

ASCAP Settles Consent Decree Lawsuit

May 14, 2016May 14, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments ASCAP, consent decrees, Lawsuit, Licensing, Songwriters

There’s been a big development in a longstanding lawsuit against the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), better

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How Does Your Favourite Song End Up in a Commercial?

March 26, 2016March 26, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Commercial, Licensing, Selling Out

You’re watching TV and a commercial break comes on. The song in the background of the first ad is immediately

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Meet the Man Who’s Going After Spotify in the Name of Artists

January 21, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Audiam, Jeff Price, Licensing, Mechanical Royalties, Spotify

I’ve grown to know Jeff Price over the last couple of months. We’ve had some long conversations about what he

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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