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Royalties
(what else?) dominate streaming music panel at RAIN Summit
If the current music royalty arrangement is a mountain between
webcasters and profitability, Michael Robertson says broadcasters
have two choices: go around the mountain, or blow it up. Robertson
is founder and CEO of DAR.fm (which enables recording/time-shifted
listening of online radio). (more)
Muve
Music doubles catalog to 10M tracks via CDBaby, TuneCore deals
The CD Baby partnership adds up to 4 million new tracks from more
than 300,000 indie label artists across 850 different musical
genres. In addition, the deal enables artists to upload their
content directly to the Muve Music catalog, without the need for
third-party record label involvement (more)
Congress
to hold hearings on Universal-EMI merger
Sen. Herb Kohl, chairman of the Judiciary Committee's antitrust
panel, is planning to hold hearings on Universal Music Group's
proposed merger with EMI Music, a union that would give Universal
roughly 40% of the U.S. market for recorded music. No date has
been set. Kohl (D-Wisconsin) was outspoken (more)
It's
Time For iRecords, The Apple Record Label
If someone owns something can't they do pretty much whatever they
want with it? Well, doesn't iTunes already pretty much own the
music industry? An Apple run record label isn't a new rumor or
topic. There were rumors back in 2007 that Apple would start a
label and hire Jay-Z to run it. This would (more)
Michael
Martin Murphey returns to Linden for two shows
LINDEN,
TEXAS - The Academy of Texas Music will present 'Memorial Day
Cowboys' featuring Michael Martin Murphey on Monday, May 28 at The
Texas Music Barn, 301 E. Houston St. in Linden, with a second
show, 'The Cosmic Cowboy Revival' on Wednesday, May 30. (more)
Internet
radio on the rise thanks to social media and tablets
Why tune into FM when you can listen to anything you want on
Internet radio? The number of Americans listening to Internet
radio rose another 8% in the last year, reaching 42%. Among those
with broadband, 65% listen to Internet radio. Oh, and broadcast
radio use is down 47% among younger generations (more)
Big
Increase in Spotify's Payouts to Indie Labels
Independent labels saw a major boost in revenue from the Spotify
unlimited music subscription service in the first quarter of 2012.
Merlin calls itself 'the virtual fifth major label' for the way it
represents many of the world's leading independent record labels,
such as when it stood up first to (more)
Facebook
Breaks Up With Grooveshark on Eve of IPO
Facebook - the partner of just about every licensed competitor of
Grooveshark - which is getting its ducks in a row to go public
with an IPO soon, might have finally drawn a line in the sand
where Grooveshark is concerned. Not only have Grooveshark's
official page and app been deleted from Facebook, (more)
CHILDREN’S
BENEFIT FEATURES RISING COUNTRY STAR
Local
Artist Concert to Benefit the Starlight Children’s Foundation
Texas on May 17th at Choctaw Casino hosted by Park Lane Jewelry. Texas
Music Awards’ “Album of the Year” winner Scotty Thurman will
perform at Choctaw Casino in Durant, Okla., on Thursday, May 17,
with proceeds going to the Starlight Children’s Foundation
Texas. (more)
Music
Industry Fail: This Time It's Personal
The big mistake that the industry continues to make is that too
many are thinking of music in terms of social engagement, when it
is actually a deeply personal experience. The huge success of
Amanda Palmer's Kickstarter campaign, which has so far raised over
half a million dollars, exemplifies this (more)
Oppressive
copyright laws
Despite being the most well-known song in the English speaking
world, it is illegal for the song 'Happy Birthday' to be played in
a film, television show or YouTube video without proper
authorization. Written and composed by in 1893, the song's
copyright belongs to Warner Chappell, the third-largest (more)
The
Orchard acquires IRIS
Distribution firm The Orchard is again expanding through
acquisition, with the purchase of rival digital distributor IRIS
Distribution. The new deal, confirmed by IRIS co-founder Matt
Laszuk in an email to his firm’s clients, follows the recent
merger of The Orchard with IODA (more)
Since
before 1978, the Copyright Office has taken the position that sound
recordings should be entitled to a performance royalty just like
musical compositions are. 'We are one of the few countries on earth
that doesn't actually provide a performance royalty for sound
recordings played on broadcast (more)
Report:
Smaller Labels Less Threatened By UMG-EMI Merger Than Majors
BIG MACHINE RECORDS CEO SCOTT BORCHETTA said, 'consolidation
doesn't matter as much in a digital world. When the major labels
controlled the distribution channels, it was a different deal, but
now the barrier to entry is literally turning on your computer. If
I continue to make great records by (more) Vince
Gill feels free as an independent artist
For the first time in nearly 30 years, Country Music Hall of Famer
Vince Gill doesn't have a record deal. He got signed by a label in
1983 and had been on the MCA Records roster since 1989. 'My
contract ran out afterr 23 years, and I very well may run right
back there and take my next record to them (more)
Why
Mobile Apps Matter For Music
By
Corey Crossfield -- Through the use of mobile applications and
successful leverage of mobile technologies, musicians would be
able to reach an entirely new audience of people in a very
personal way: mobile applications
(more).
Spotify
Plays Can Increase iTunes Sales. Here's Proof!
Despite fears that streaming access cannibalizes sales, classical
music record label X5 tells me when it launched an app within
Spotify and saw streams of one album increase 412% in a month,
that album's iTunes sales shot up 50%. The Swedish label's 'The 50
Greatest Pieces of Classical Music' soon (more) Pandora,
Spotify face off in free online music market
It took decades for music delivery to evolve from vinyl records to
CDs and years to go from CDs to MP3 players. Now Internet radio is
shaping up as competition for digital audio players by providing
free online music streaming from sites like Pandora and Spotify.
As singer-songwriter (more)
Lawsuit
Alert! Sirius Introduces Pause, Rewind, and Skip Functionality
Because the music industry isn't generating enough billable hours
as it is! Actually, one of the angriest litigators of late has
been Sirius XM Radio (see Sirius v. SoundExchange and A2IM), which
makes this latest move seem like an aggressively calculated jab.
Sirius quietly updated its Android (more)
Major
labels lose global market share as indies gain
Both UMG and UMPG saw their market share decline in 2011 compared
to 2010, along with EMI and Sony Music Entertainment. Warner was
the only major name to gain market share, while independent labels
and publishers increased their market share as a whole as well. As
the only major to see market share (more)
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