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There's an overlooked aspect of podcast production that doesn't get spoken about much ... the potential legal pitfalls of using unlicensed music. Learn how to steer clear of legal troubles and platform bans by securing proper permissions for your podcast's soundtrack with this week's article "Royalty-Free Music for Podcasts: 6 Paid and Free Music Platforms Worth Trying." 🎼 Navigate the world of royalty-free music with Lower Street's guide - where Steven unveils types, licensing and usage rights, while also debunking copyright myths. 🎸 Get insights on top platforms for both free and paid music, plus tips for selecting the perfect track for your podcast. 🎶 Article: https://lnkd.in/g7VZ2UMB Author: Steven Bonnard #podcasting #music #podcastproduction #podcastgrowth #podcastingtips

For you to have your music on iTunes, Spotify and etc, Independent artists invest in music distribution services, expecting a fair and reliable platform. However, the recent developments raise concerns. Numerous accounts from producers and artists on YouTube highlight a troubling trend where distributors unilaterally delete records or albums, offering no prior notice or substantiated evidence for alleged fraud. It prompts the question: Is this right? Is this the way to treat paying customers who use your services? Is is better to revert back to a time when reliance on record stores was more straightforward, or is this an isolated incident? I believe Independent artists need a plan B. It has finally been revealed that your songs are not safe. At any point, it will be deleted. https://lnkd.in/dnY8NVBp

ITUNES AND SPOTIFY ARE COSTING MUSICIANS MONEY ITunes charges a $5.00 USD monthly fee per album for every artist that posts to their sight. Spotify charges a $1000.07 USD annual fee to every artist. Both sites are cost music artists that write and record their music thousands if not million of dollars annually. This article explains why. #Musicians #MusicArtists #MusicIndustry #iTunes #Spotify #Film #FilmWriters #Novelists #MotionPictureIndustry https://lnkd.in/gXgTNG3E

https://lnkd.in/gfbBb_Q3 Just wanted to share an end-user description of hostile app design. The short of it is: you have to understand what your users want and aim towards that, rather than continuously extract out an extra $0.01 per interaction. People start using an app for a specific use case. Spotify's was a pretty easy guiding light: to listen to the music they wanted to listen to. Unfortunately, Spotify did not hold that as the highest importance use case, and it shows in the design changes that push you in different-but-related-but-popular music. I personally quit Spotify when 3 playlists across pop, rock, and stage musicals all led to the same latest-release Taylor Swift song. The bad news: the longer people hold on through changes they don't like, the less likely they are to ever come back, even if the final-straw changes were to be reverted. The good news: when people start leaving for the same reason, you can remember the goal you were originally working towards and get back to it. Do what you do, and do it well, and people will stick around.

What have you been listening to this morning? A podcast? A new release or deep cut from your favourite artist? If it was music, have you ever thought about what those artists and songwriters are really getting from your stream? I do - not just because I’m in the business of doing so, but also because I have a child who wants to dedicate her life to the craft. Music runs deep in our home. Prompted by Entertainment Strategy Guy’s latest newsletter I went back to look at numbers prepared by MIDiA Research. Here it goes… For every stream, Spotify keeps 30% and pays out an average of $0.004. That $0.004 represents the total amount paid per stream and represents the total value apportioned between the performer and the songwriter. The performer, actually their label, takes 56%. That’s then split between the artist and their label and distributor based on their deal. The remaining 14% goes to the songwriter. $0.00056 per stream. Cool? Well, that’s carved up even further, because the 14% is then split between the publisher, the performing rights organisation, and the songwriter. Of that 14%, the songwriter only takes 68%. So, of that $0.004 per stream, the songwriter actually only receives $0.0038. And that assumes the songwriter wrote the song on their own and isn’t sharing it with other collaborators - most hit songs feature more than you’d imagine. If I’ve still got you, consider that a song with 100m streams will pay a solo songwriter about $30k. But given that only 4.36% of all songs on Spotify have ever generated over 100k streams, it is no wonder that of songwriters surveyed, only 10% earn more than $30,000 annually, while over half (54%) earn between $0 and $1,000 per year. We’ve never really valued our artists - the musicians, songwriters, authors, chefs, producers, actors. Perhaps now we can appreciate why concert tickets are are more expensive than ever. For most artists, this is their only real source of income. Perhaps we can also understand why most are rallying against Big Tech and fighting against the final nail in all they’ve dreamt and worked for. Sobering. Depressing. I’m going back to my music. Thanks and credit to Keith Urban, Chase McGill, Greg Wells, and Jerry Flowers, for STRAIGHT LINE - the soundtrack to my morning.

Authors are worried Spotify won’t pay a decent royalty. The answer is don’t put your book on Spotify. Same answer for songwriters: Don’t put your music on Spotify. Because of AI, the answer is now the same for all content creators on the internet: Don’t put any content unprotected on the internet. If the creator economy is to have any future, it will have to be behind paywalls on platforms coded to protect work.

I was in the studio yesterday, and ended up discussing this very thing with the studio owner (also a previous musician). We are starving our culture and societies from new creative—music, literature, and more—works. The impact of this cannot be understated, apart from the fact that over 90% (perhaps 99 to be realistic) of musicians and writers have never been paid enough, or even fairly for their work, this has a deceptive effect on society and culture as a whole but one that isn’t noticed until it’s already happened. We become poorer on every level without this, a society without fresh and relevant creative works becomes devoid of a richer and higher meaning. This is not a complaint, it’s a warning from the understanding that companies and corporations (Spotify, Amazon, etc) have to consider this if they want their own products to hold any real meaning for society as a whole. Almost all monetary goals are devoid of this consideration and that’s a real danger to our societies and cultures.

Ever wondered why Snoop Dogg earned just $45,000 from a staggering 1 billion streams on Spotify? 🤔 Let's dive in and unravel the intricacies of music royalties! Snoop spilled the beans on 'publishing monies,' a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of the music industry. Unlike the $3,000 per 1 million streams that Spotify averages, publishing royalties constitute 15-20% of the revenue pie. 📚 Here's the scoop: Snoop Dogg is raking in two types of royalties—recording royalties (master) and publishing royalties (mechanical & public performance). The $45,000 he mentioned? It stems from tapping into the treasure trove of publishing royalties, particularly the 15-20% cut designated for the songwriter(s) and owner(s) of the composition from the total royalty payout (recording & publishing). Snoop shares these publishing monies with many co-writers on his chart-topping songs. With numerous co-writers in the mix (and a potential 50% publisher's cut), his $45,000 starts to make sense. It's all about sharing the love—and the earnings! But what about the 'real' money from Spotify? Enter the master recording rights. The funds are divvied up between Snoop and the label (and sometimes even producers involved), constituting a different revenue stream that complements the publishing royalties. #MusicIndustryInsights #SnoopDogg #musicroyalties #MusicEducation #SpotifyStreams #musicbusiness #copyrights #musicindustry

Love these quotes...“As Trolley becomes the backbone of SoundCloud’s payouts infrastructure", "it not only streamlines their financial workflows but also empowers them to accomplish more for artists". Trolley acts as a foundational piece of the royalties infrastructure if you are serious about providing your artists and creators with the best experience on the market then look and see why more and more choose #Trolley. #musicbusiness #music #royalties #payouts

𝐈𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲? Are AI music tools like Suno and Udio really harming the industry, or are they the next big thing? Major record companies are suing these AI music generators for copyright infringement, but let's flip the script for a second. AI in music is opening doors for independent artists, giving them tools they couldn't access before. It's mixing up genres and styles in new ways. Yes, there's a risk to copyrights, but isn't disruption part of any industry's growth? Remember how digital streaming changed everything? Think about how Spotify and Apple Music reshaped the music scene. Instead of fighting AI, maybe big record companies should team up with these tech innovators. They could create something amazing together and make the music world more dynamic and inclusive. Look at how Netflix embraced digital streaming and changed TV forever. Change is coming, and those who adapt will find new opportunities. What if AI is actually the next big ally in music's evolution? #AIMusic #MusicIndustry #Innovation #Copyright #MusicTech