BDS – Track Where Your Music Is Played

What is BDS? Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems is the world’s leading provider of radio tracking for the entertainment industry. Employing a patented digital pattern recognition technology, Nielsen BDS captures in excess of 100 million song detections annually on more than […]

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Don’t Get Screwed!!! Music Contract Terms Every Artist Should Know, In Plain English-Part 2

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In Part 1 of this list, I began listing common music contract terms you will see over and over again in the contracts you receive. And although an entertainment attorney and other experienced professionals should be reviewing and explaining them […]

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Don’t Get Screwed!!! Music Agreement Terms Every Artist Should Know, In Plain English – Part 1

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Entertainment contracts can seem foreign and unfamiliar to many trying to decode them. And it usually takes a law degree to understand what they mean because, although not mandatory, they are written with an old classical form of English, used in everyday speech about as much as Latin. Actually, some actually use Latin too!

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Are You Really Selling Music?

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It is critical in any business to ask yourself several questions before starting. As a performing artist (or songwriter, composer, producer…), one question you must ask yourself at some point is, “What am I selling?”. One of the biggest ‘light […]

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Bands Can Learn A Lot From An Underwear Gnome!

That’s right! There’s a lot you could learn from an underwear snatching little gnome. Well, let me clarify…there’s a lot you can learn from a cartoon about an underwear snatching little gnome. If you’re an occasional viewer of the Comedy […]

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Top 3 Reasons To Never Use Generic Contracts!

Many new artists, labels, managers, etc., to the music business often soon find themselves in a tough situation. Almost all sources tell them “Always have a contract!”, and “Hire an entertainment attorney to draft and review your contracts.” However, as […]

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7 Words Every Artist NEEDS To Know: Publishing

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If you’re serious about making this business of music your full time career, then one of the first things you need to understand is the lingo of the business! Today we will discuss, in plain English, the top 7 terms […]

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