Nashville Band In Need of Help on the Road

Just got an email from a Nashville band in need of some help. The Delta Saints bus has broken down on their tour and they need help getting it fixed! Here is the email:

Hello Friends,

Today we are launching a campaign to raise money to help save the bus. Due to 

transmission failure, we need some dough in order to stay on the road and get 

the ol girl repaired. 

To make a donation, click here: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/thedeltasaints

See the current progress: http://thedeltasaints.fanbridge.com/campaigns/show.php?id=677392&sid=119438479

Any contribution will be rewarded by the corresponding task. If you donate $10, 

we'll send you our albums. $15 gets you a t shirt, and so on. If you give $350 

you get to name the bus and live on in Delta Saints history. Take a minute and 

check out our campaign, and donate to help keep us around. Every little bit 

helps.  

We've also added the Pray On E.P. (2008) to bandcamp. Download a copy now! 

http://thedeltasaints.bandcamp.com/album/pray-on Consider any of these your 

personal early Christmas present to the band. Thanks in advance. And for those 

of you in Lawrence, KS and Jonesboro, AR; we'll see you this weekend!

Please donate if you can and support these Nashville musicians!

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Music Publishers and Labels, Have You Seen the New Orchard?

The Orchard, one of the original companies allowing for digital distribution of music for labels and music publishers is announcing some big changes to its Release Builder system.

Labels can now upload large amounts of music, complete with metadata, artwork, and of course audio.

...the real magic comes from the ability to repackage on the fly.  So, that means that labels can quickly reorganize tracks into different album bundles, remotely and without having to upload tracks a second (or third or fourth) time.  This is an easy way to create retailer exclusives and album variations, something that fits the highly-varied release landscape of today.

Digital Music News has the full story with photos here. 

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Radio Jingles are Still Rockin

Traditional radio is expected to post a revenue increase for 2010, the first time an increase has been seen since 2006. This is good news for the music industry overall as there are billions in revenue flowing from traditional radio in forms of performance royalties to songwriters and music publishers as well as as labels and artists in the form of music exposure.

This is also good news for the radio jingle business as that advertising money will continue to flow in to traditional radio stations. 

Most radio stations now have a digital form online as well. If you're considering running an advertising jingle, you may want to consider making a buy on the digital side to tap into that growing market.

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Great Explanation on Sound Exchange and Getting Paid as an Artist

Great video explanation from IndieConnect featuring John Styll, CEO of StyllPoint Consulting.

View the video on IndieConnect's website.

In the video, John talks about SoundExchange vs the traditional performance royalty services ASCAP and BMI. Where the traditional services pay music publishing houses and songwriters for song play over traditional radio and in public venues, Sound Exchange pays artists for play on digitial mediums such as internet radio or cable music channels.

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Apple Extends Previews to 90 Seconds Without Asking

Apple sent out a nice letter to music publishing services and record labels to let them know they were increasing the song preview time from 30 seconds to 90 seconds for songs over 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Smaller publishers and labels were a bit upset that they weren't consulted on this at all before the letter was sent. It seems Apple is really starting to flex its muscle based on their established control of the market. 

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Is Traditional Radio Still Important for Music Discovery?

A study from Edison Research is showing that 88% of 12 to 24 year olds still discover new music from traditional radio. Good news for those in the music publishing business who are used to having radio play ensure the success of an album or song. Radio has been such a powerhouse in the music industry that seems to be holding its ground a little better than the record labels in recent years. The thing that makes radio so powerful is that the reception hardware is built into multiple devices (especially cars) and there don't seem to be plans to remove it in place of a Wi-Max internet receiver anytime soon. I think radio may be around for a few years longer although the Internet will eventually take its toll. The question then will be, what will radio become when it's no longer the place to find and hear music? 

You can see the full Edison report here.

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