A deeper look at how much musicians make online. Information is Beautiful have just published a chart comparing how much artists and labels earn according to the royalty deals of various real and digital music formats.
The results are interesting in themselves: to break the US minimum wage of $1,160 every month, a recording artist must sell somewhere between 1,161 and 3,871 retail albums (depending on the deal they strike with their label); but to reach the same figure through Spotify earnings in a month they need to hit over 4.5 million plays. iTunes, Napster, Amazon, Rhapsody and Last.fm all fall somewhere between those two extremes. That looks like a pretty damning indictment of the digital model of music retail. But it doesn’t tell the whole story. IIB’s chart doesn’t factor in the relative popularity of digital streams over physical purchases. You might need nearly 4,000-times as many streams on Spotify as you do physical purchases, but is that number achievable? But that still doesn’t tell the whole story.
Like this: Becoming a Better Listener.jpg. History of Radio. 2000 Things to Generate 20,000 Fans. Author David Meerman Scott made a honest and realistic quote, “if you want 20,000 fans you must do 2000 different things that each generate 10 fans.”
This was my favorite quote from 2010 and I am going to take this on as a challenge for 2011 for an ambitious project to give you 2000 different things you can do to generate 20,000 fans. I am defining generating fans in a few different ways: A brand new fan who has never followed you before.Engaging with existing fans to get them to participate.Engaging with existing fans to get them to convert on an action. Some of these items will apply better for larger acts, some items will work for any act. Some may work for you, some may not… not yet. Of course the most important part of the project is your involvement! Making Freemium Pay: An Artist’s Perspective. With the much anticipated US launch of Spotify and the successful IPO of Pandora there’s a very palpable sense of momentum in streaming music.
And that’s great news, the future of music revenues will depend upon a successful transition from distribution based models (downloads, CDs etc) to consumption-era models (on-demand streaming etc.). Yet, there’s a growing sense that the current Freemium business model just isn’t fit for purpose. I’ve written before about the challenges of squaring the consumption circle (see my post here for more). There is a direct tension arising from record labels feeling they don’t get enough from ad-supported music, and from the services themselves feeling that they actually pay too.
To complicate matters even further, it is becoming increasingly apparent that artists aren’t getting enough out of ad-supported music either. Slicing the Digital Income Pie What Happens If / When Downloads Go Away? But there is also massive risk with the download dependency. Music Copyright, Publishing, and Contracts. Introduction to the Business of Songwriting. The Difference between ASCAP and BMI.
Description: Todd Brabec is the Vice President and Director of Membership for the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He talks about the differences between ASCAP and BMI. One of the main differences is the reason each organization was founded. ASCAP is a writer and publisher owned organization dedicated to enforcing the copyright law. BMI is a corporation owned by the broadcasting industry. Shoot Date: Nov-05. How to Copyright a Song.
Edit Article Registering Your Song OnlineRegistering Your Song by MailKnowing What to Avoid Edited by Dman0875, Jack Herrick, Ben Rubenstein, Tom Viren and 64 others Under international law, copyright is the automatic right of the creator of a work. This means that as soon as you write down a song or make a recording, it's copyrighted. In order to enforce the copyright, though, you'll need to be able to prove your ownership. Ad Steps Method 1 of 3: Registering Your Song Online 1Make a copy of your song. Method 2 of 3: Registering Your Song by Mail 1Obtain form CO.[4] You can either download it from the US Copyright Office website or call the office at (202) 707-3000 and request that the forms be sent to you. Method 3 of 3: Knowing What to Avoid 1Avoid poor man's copyright. Tips Warnings Make sure that your music is totally original.