Royalties Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

How did a NYT journalist end up collecting royalties from hundreds of musicians?

This is an interesting and heartbreaking story. The full thing runs about 20 minutes, but the lessons contained therein are

Out of North America until Thursday. I need a PCR test to even get on the plane to come home.

Earlier this year, SoundCloud teamed up with Portishead to test a new royalty distribution system that it said had the

I ordered this shirt. This way people won’t be afraid of me yet will still stay away. Moving on to

Complaints about paltry payouts from streaming services are as old as streaming itself. Thousands of artists are wondering if there’s

The Royalties Calculator (brought to our attention by Tom) offers and easy way to see how much your favourite musician

…or does it? Thoughts?

In the long legal fight between the three surviving members of Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell, Chris’ widow, the latest round

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

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

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

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver