How to collect all your royalties for Pandora plays. What kind of royalties are being generated when someone hears your music on Pandora, and how do you collect them? Since … Continue reading
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How to get your music on Pandora Radio
Submitting music to Pandora Radio is easy, easy, easy. Over the past decade, Pandora has become one of the go-to destinations for music discovery. The popular radio service allows over 81 … Continue reading
New Year’s Resolution — Fair Pay for Artists!
Terrestrial radio does NOT pay artists. Let’s change that! Imagine you — and lots of other people — just went to see the new Star Wars movie. The theaters brought … Continue reading
Copyright Royalty Board raises non-interactive streaming rates (Pandora), but is it enough?
The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board just raised — by 20% — the rates that non-interactive webcasters must pay to rights holders. Starting January 1st, 2016, internet radio services such as … Continue reading
What’s the difference between ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and SoundExchange?
[This article was written by Dae Bogan and it originally appeared on his website.] I received an email this morning from a reader who had read my piece, “Demystifying The … Continue reading
CD Baby changes Terms of Service agreement to help you collect unclaimed royalties
We’re changing the CD Baby Member Agreement so we can collect unclaimed royalties for you On December 10th, changes to our CD Baby Member Agreement take effect that will allow … Continue reading
10 Ways to Earn Money From Your Music
As electronic music producer Daemon Hatfield says in a recent interview with CD Baby, “I think the future for (independent musicians) involves a lot of tiny revenue streams. A stream … Continue reading
How Music Publishing Works
Music publishing, songwriter royalties, and you Music publishing is one of the least understood — and most important — aspects of the whole music business. It’s how songwriters earn the … Continue reading
Artists May Lose Unclaimed Royalties from SoundExchange
According to a story from Digital Music News, artists who’ve not yet registered with SoundExchange may soon lose the ability (for good) to collect unclaimed royalties, specifically for royalties collected … Continue reading
The Top 100 Must-Follow Music Resources on Twitter, Pt. 4: Music Organizations
With Twitter, you don’t have to be affiliated with a particular music organization or subscribe to a music company’s services in order to see what they’re up to and learn … Continue reading