Distribution: Why “Keep 100% of Your Royalties” is a lie.
You have probably seen the promise that you will “Keep 100% of your royalties” when taking up a subscription-based distribution deal with...
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Oct 25, 201969 min read
Welcome to Meeksville: The Incredible World of Joe Meek.
Robert George “Joe” Meek was a song-writer, producer and sound engineer. He was also an independent label, publisher and studio owner. He...
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Oct 11, 20192 min read
Record your next release in Iceland and get 25% of your costs reimbursed by the State Treasury!
Several countries around the world offer incentives to get movies and TV shows filmed and produced in their country. It’s usually some...
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Jul 29, 201926 min read
The Lion King’s Ransom: The story of “Mbube”, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”
I’m sure you’ve heard at least one of the versions or adaptations of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”. It has been re-recorded or adapted over...
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Jul 21, 201935 min read
Mime & Punishment? The rise and fall of Milli Vanilli
On the 21st of July 1989, during a “live” performance for MTV the playback device failed and began to skip. Not only did it halt the...
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Jul 11, 201910 min read
PledgeMusic goes bankrupt, other sites in decline. What is the future for crowdfunding in the music
In early May 2019 music crowdfunding website PledgeMusic announced it was officially entering bankruptcy. Most of the artists who were...
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May 27, 20198 min read
Bittersweet Victory: Why The Rolling Stones owned 100% of a song they didn’t write and how the
At the 2019 Ivor Novello Awards, Richard Ashcroft announced that after 22 years the dispute over his song, “Bittersweet Symphony” was...
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Feb 24, 20199 min read
Who should you join? (In order to make sure you are paid everything you are entitled to)
Aside from the distributors and retailers of music, there are a huge number of societies, organisations and companies that collect and...
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Jan 10, 20195 min read
The Possible Effects of Brexit on Independent Artists from the UK
As March 29th, 2019 approaches, with no Brexit deal in sight, it’s still unclear what will actually happen if the UK leaves the EU as...
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