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Music Industry 

If you want to know the pitfalls of being a musician, here’s a video on the “music industry scam”

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Advances, Contracts, Royalties

As Hunter S. Thompson once wrote, “The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway

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Music Industry 

If you pay for a streaming service and download songs for offline listening, how does that work when it comes to royalty payouts?

March 13, 2020March 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Royalties, Spotify

One of the best things about paying for Spotify, Apple Music, or any of the other streaming music services is

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Music News 

YouTube’s new policy on song snippets will cost musicians big bucks

August 28, 2019August 30, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Copyright, DMCA, Payments, Pex, Royalties, Streaming, YouTube, YouTube Music

YouTube won’t be helping musicians track down and demand payment from people who use tiny snippets of their music –

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Music Industry 

New copyright report wants to bring CanCon regs to streaming

May 27, 2019May 26, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Cancon, Hulu, Music Canada, Netflix, Parliament, Royalties, SOCAN, Spotify, Streaming, Streaming Music Services, Streaming Royalties

It’s a bit of an oversimplification, but new copyright policy in Canada wants to make sure streaming platforms are adequately

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Music News 

Nile Rodgers calls out Spotify on songwriter treatment

April 13, 2019April 13, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Chic, Nile Rodgers, Royalties, Spotify, Streaming

Nile Rodgers is one of the coolest people imaginable. It’s that endless style, the carefree stature and the killer playing,

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Music News 

Songwriters continue fighting Spotify

April 12, 2019April 11, 2019 Amber Healy 2 Comments Apple Music, Copyright Royalty Board, Google Music, Lawsuits, Pandora, Royalties, Spotify, Streaming, Streaming Royalties

This is a turbulent spring for songwriters. First, Spotify files an appeal to prevent musicians from getting a 44% increase

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Music News 

The music industry made a ton of money in 2018 – but not artists

April 3, 2019April 2, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Billboard, Copyright, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Music, performance rights, Royalties

A new report showed the music industry raked in an astonishing $19.1 billion in 2018, an increase of 9.7% from

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Music Industry 

“Streaming Music is Ripping You Off.” Discuss.

March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 Alan Cross 3 Comments Royalties, Streaming

When it comes to how streaming works from the financial end, there’s a lot of misinformation, fear, uncertainty and doubt.

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Music News 

What’s going on with Spotify and streaming payments?

March 13, 2019March 12, 2019 Amber Healy 2 Comments Apple Music, Copyright Royalty Board, Google, Lawsuit, Pandora, Royalties, SiriusXM, Spotify, Streaming Music

Musicians are paid fractions of a penny every time their song is streamed. The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ruled

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Music Industry 

25 years later, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” is bigger than ever

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments All I Want for Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey, Radio, Royalties

Feeling swamped by Mariah Carey this Christmas? It’s not your imagination. According to BDSRadio Canada, her perrennial  seasonal hit “All

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Geeks&Beats Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcasts, Episode 177: A Piece O’ Drake

March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Publishing, Royalties, Stone Temple Pilots, Vezt

What if you could own a piece of your favourite song? And you get a piece of the musician’s royalty

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