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Who’s the real bad guy: music streaming, or the major labels?
Since its launch, Spotify has paid out over two billion dollars to rights holders. That’s a hefty sum, especially considering they’re just one player in a streaming market that also includes YouTube,...
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Four podcast episodes that will help you earn more money from sync licensing
This weekend at the DIY Musician Conference, Kevin Breuner and I will, for the first time, record an episode of the DIY Musician Podcast in front of a live audience. It’s got me thinking back over the...
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How an indie artist earned $56k from one song on Spotify (an interview with...
“As long as you have your own business in order and not too many hands in the cookie jar, (streaming) can be very lucrative.” — Perrin Lamb For those (most) of you who’ve never heard of Perrin Lamb,...
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Music Publishing Unlocked: Your Money is Waiting for You
Rob Filomena, CD Baby’s Director of Music Publishing, gave a talk last month at our DIY Musician Conference called “Publishing Unlocked: Your Money is Waiting for You,” expanding on some of the music...
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Do you need to get a license to cover Christmas songs?
Find out what holiday songs require rights from the publisher In a recent DIY Musician Podcast interview with Annie Lin from Loudr, we talked about the proper way to license cover songs for...
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I’m turning off the radio! (Let’s make 2016 the year we fix a 100-year-old...
[This post was written by CD Baby CEO Tracy Maddux.] The United States is among only four countries in the world that do not pay artists for radio airplay. The other three countries are North Korea,...
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4 ways to earn money from your music on Spotify
Are you getting paid everything you’re owed from your music on Spotify? If you don’t have a publishing administrator working on your behalf, the answer is probably NO. In many cases, for every $100...
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What is music publishing?
What is music publishing? How can I collect all the worldwide music royalties that are owed to me? And what exactly is CD Baby Pro? The handy video above from CD Baby’s Director of Music Publishing,...
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A few years ago we launched a publishing administration service for independent songwriters called CD Baby Pro. Along the way we built one of the largest indie publishing houses out there, driven by a...
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Music publishing royalties explained: what is a mechanical royalty?
If you’re a songwriter, there are a number of different kinds of publishing royalties you can earn from the usage of your original music. One of the big sources of publishing revenue is performance...
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