Fuel Your Musical Aspirations: Ignite Your Dreams with Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding has become a popular way for independent musicians to finance their recordings and other music-related projects. The process involves raising funds from a large number of people, typically through online platforms that allow artists to connect with potential backers.
Protecting Your Rights, Collecting Your Royalties
A performance rights organization (PRO), also known as a performing rights society, can sometimes seem like a big mystery to songwriters. But as a creator, you owe it to yourself to educate yourself on what these organizations do and how
Tidal
If you have ever found yourself at a party trying to explain to someone that you hate MP4's because of the way they make Stewart Copeland's incredible Hi-Hat riffs on Peter Gabriel's Red Rain, than Tidal may be what you have been looking for. Look, I know you love you collection fo new and vintage vinyl, but you are not going to get very far with the record player in the car. and let's face it we know how great you are at curating great playlists, but you are not going to get those songs pressed to vinyl so unless you like spending the evening behind two turntables and a microphone, Tidal may be where it's at. TIDAL is a high fidelity, lossless music streaming service a prerequisite to enjoying music the way it was intended by the artists.with 25 million tracks, 75,000 music videos, and expert editorial from experienced music journalists. Aimed at audiophiles (and wanna be audiophiles) who appreciate quality on any level and want to enjoy music the way it was intended to sound by the artists. TIDAL is now live in the US, Canada, the UK and many countries worldwide and for a monthly subscription with a 30-day free trial.
Make a Lyric Video
You've recorded and mastered your song, now you want to get it out there. Making a lyric video is a great way to share your song without the expense and timeframe of doing a full music video. There are a lot
Publish or Perish?
Music Publishing
A lot of songwriters are mystified by the world of music publishing. Publishing is a very important part of creating music. First of all Publishers administer the rights to a song, including collecting performance royalties. Secondly, Publishers work to commodify the song by finding new uses for it to be heard and get into the marketplace, thereby potentially generating new revenue streams for the songwriter. Here are some sites to help clear things up! In the music industry, a music publisher (or publishing company) is responsible for ensuring the songwriters and composers receive payment when their compositions are used commercially. Through an agreement called a publishing contract, a songwriter or composer "assigns" the copyright of their composition to a publishing company. In return, the company licenses compositions, helps monitor where compositions are used, collects royalties and distributes them to the composers. They also secure commissions for music and promote existing compositions to recording artists, film and television.[1]
Getting Your Music Heard
Getting your Songs Heard Online
Here are a few channels and options for getting your music heard online! All have pros and cons of course, so think carefully about what you are trying to achieve by getting your song out there and then it will be clearer which channel works best for you.- SoundCloud: http://www.soundcloud.com
- ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com
- BandCamp: https://bandcamp.com/
- My Space: https://myspace.com/
- Twitter: https://music.twitter.com/
- LastFM: http://www.last.fm/uploadmusic
- rdio: http://help.rdio.com/customer/portal/articles/58994-getting-content-into-rdio
- Instagram: http://blog.instagram.com/post/53448889009/video-on-instagram
- YourListen: http://yourlisten.com/
- BandPage: https://www.bandpage.com/
- Earbits: http://www.earbits.com/
- YouTube for Artists: http://www.youtube.com/yt/artists/
Music Distribution: The Art of Getting it out there
Wanna get your songs on iTunes? Amazon? Spotify or GooglePlay?all of the above? here are some links that can help with that. Some will even help with Physical distribution for that special collectors edition 8-track tape you are thinking of releasing.