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This indie artist’s latest shot against Spotify involves this documentary.

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Pocket Gods, Royalties, Spotify

The Pocket Gods have been railing against the low payouts from Spotify for years. There’s now a documentary on their

Music Industry Tech

I have seen the future of music and it’s called the Web3 musicverse

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concerts, Metaverse, Royalties, Touring, Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web3

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] SINGAPORE — If you want to kill a conversation quickly, just

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Random music news for Thursday, September 8, 2022

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, David Bowie, Kanye West, Madonna, NFTs, Nimrod, Royalties, Spotify, Taylor Swift, TikTok, U2, WABC

Forget what Apple unveiled yesterday. Here’s the new virtual sex Teslasuit (not affiliated with Elon Musk. He’s busy working on

The average Canadian songwriter made $67.14 from streaming music services last year: Report

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bill C-11, Canada, Royalties, SOCAN, Songwriters, Streaming

SOCAN, the organization responsible for collecting and distributing royalties for artists from live performances, radio airplay, TV use, and digital

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

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments New York Times, Royalties

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

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Random Music News for Monday, December 6, 2021

December 6, 2021December 5, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Comedians, Patton Oswald, Royalties, Spotify

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

SoundCloud’s user-centric streaming plans seem to be paying off

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Royalties, Soundcloud, Streaming

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

Music News AJMT

Random music news for Thursday, July 15, 2021

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britney Spears, Covid, Cuba, Discovery Mode, Documentaries, Ed Sheeran, Emmys, Eyehategod, Knebworth, NFTs, Oasis, Royalties, Spotify, Streaming, Triller, Virtual Record Labels, Wallflowers

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

Portishead is experimenting with SoundCloud’s “fan-powered royalties”

July 10, 2021July 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Portishead, Royalties, Soundcloud, Streaming

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

How much do musicians make from streaming? Find out using this royalties calculator. You may be shocked.

April 20, 2021April 21, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Royalties, Royalty Calculator, Streaming

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

This meme points out an interesting contradiction…

April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments Royalties, Spotify

…or does it? Thoughts?

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