Licensing Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

RE:SOUND, SOCAN now working Entandem

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Making an Impact, Together! – Kate McKenna & Donnovan Bennett in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 022 February 22, 2021
Personality, intelligence, and work ethic can take you a long way in life. In the media business, however, these traits are simply not enough. Not only will you have to sacrifice to make your dreams come true, but those closest to you will have to share that commitment and all that comes with it. Now […]
Mark Silver
Chasing a Dream – Keith Pelley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 021 February 8, 2021
From a young hotshot TV producer to one of the world’s top sports executives, Keith Pelley continues to chase his dreams. As Keith puts it, “life is about adventures”, and what an epic one he’s been on, culminating with the European Golf Tour where he’s now CEO and Commissioner. In this episode Keith shares stories […]
Mark Silver
Who’s Ready for a Monkey Knife Fight? – Nic Sulsky in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 020 February 1, 2021
Long before the dawn of the internet, fantasy gaming and betting were already wildly popular pastimes for sports fans and gamblers. Fast forward to today, and the internet has more than caught up, it’s the dawn of a new day! We’re seeing explosive growth in the market cap and revenue of dozens of fantasy and […]
Mark Silver