Friday, October 29, 2010
Listening this Must Be Real by Fernando (ready for music publishing and licensing) http://startmysong.com/
Listening this Must Be Real by Fernando (ready for music publishing and licensing) http://startmysong.com/
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Music publishers who think they may be owed payouts from the labels for the years 2007-8 ("phase II") http://ping.fm/OjZKw
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Paying Musicians and Recording Artists for Radio Play May Pass Soon
Changes may be coming that effect the Nashville songwriting and music publishing scene. Yesterday, I had a chance to sit in on a recording session for a new song co-written by Jessica Rae. While I sat, I noticed all the elements that go into producing a hit song. Everyone in the room adds a special element that makes that song unique. Most of the people in the room, however, are paid a flat fee, never to see future royalties from their creative help.
Changes may come soon though as the NAB Joint Board has ratified settlement terms to MusicFirst Coalition trying to settle radio performance royalties issues...
According to Radio Ink Magazine:
Under the terms approved by the Radio Board, broadcast stations that play music would pay between .25 percent and 1 percent of net revenues. A law requiring cellphones to include a radio chip -- with an "acceptable phase-in period" and the inclusion of HD Radio chips when that is "economically feasible" -- is part of the term sheet, but if that can't be accomplished right away, radio would agree to an initial performance royalty of .25 percent of net industry revenue.
Thereafter, the performance royalty would mirror the penetration of radio-capable cellphones. Once market penetration reaches and maintains a level of 75 percent, broadcasters would pay a full 1 percent performance royalty. That rate has no expiration date.
See the full proposed terms here.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
At OMNIsound for Recording of New
> > Hanging at OMNIsound for recording of Jessica Rae's new song, Between Sundays - Coming Soon!
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> > > > Sounding good guys! Always enjoy the Nashville music publishing scene.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
90% of Artists Are Eligible To Sue For More Digital Royalties Thanks to Eminem
Music attorney says 90% of older music sold is owed music licensing fees!
! Sunday, October 24, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
PR Success Story - A Press Release About A Press Release
So a few months ago, I sent out a press release about a success we had with MusikPitch and The Local Taco jingle. I really enjoyed writing the release which you can read here: Get a Jingle
Following the success of that release, PRWeb called to interview me about my experience using their service. I basically told them that I loved it :) I had first read about using PRWeb for press releases in David Meerman Scott's book: The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News Releases, Online Video, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly. A great read and highly recommended. I also read Made to Stick after the recommendation of a couple people including Nashville's top UX expert, Justin Davis.
I tailored my press released based on the recommendations of both books and got a tremendous response from the release. It was picked up by over 5,000 sources and had 107,610 impressions to date. See attached data sheet.
Overall it was a brilliant success and a lot of fun to watch the news spread.
PRWeb has written a great story about the effectiveness of that release here: PRWeb Helps MusikPitch Sing its Tune (which is a very nice looking blog by the way, well done guys). Which they then released across the wire and it was picked up by some big services to include Yahoo! News and the San Francisco Chronicle.
So overall, I think the original release has paid for itself many times over.
Have you ever used a press release wire service? What was your experience?
Thursday, October 21, 2010
What Should I Use for My Profile Picture?
A quote from Google Juice:
You are going to be setting up a bunch of different accounts in the next couple chapters and you’ll need a few things on hand. You already have your GMAIL account so use this as your email to keep everything under the same email account. You will also need a good profile picture of yourself. Honestly, get a professional photo done. There is nothing worse than the obvious fact that you cropped your face from a group picture taken at your cousin’s wedding two years ago. You also need to avoid the creepy badly lit webcam image.
It only costs a few hundred dollars to hire a professional photographer to meet you at a location and get a few nice photos. Take some shots in your office, home, or around your city. Dress nice and look professional. Don’t have a few hundred? Call that friend with the nice camera to help you. Technology has made it so easy these days for anyone to take some pretty decent headshots. However, if you want to look your best, try and hire a professional. Need help finding one, put an ad on Craigslist. Be sure you let your photographer know that you need jpeg images for use as profile pictures on social networks for business purposes.
The other choice you have for a profile photo is to use your logo. There is debate back and forth about which is better to use on services like Twitter. If this is your sole business, use your own image. However, if you own a number of businesses, you may want to consider using a logo for the Twitter accounts and other accounts that we’ll discuss later. For Facebook and LinkedIn use your headshot.
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$200 - Song needed to celebrate Dr Chau's achievement of PhD and to wish him all the best: http://ping.fm/aJNeP
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Introducing Google Juice | A Guide to Increasing Your Online Presence and Search Results http://ping.fm/MnnrC
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Need a better online presence? Need help with your web rankings? Need to sell more music? Get Google Juice: http://googlejuice.co
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