The final schedule has been released for the Future of Music Summit, happening next Monday and Tuesday, October 28 – 29. The agenda for the 12th annual summit features 20 sessions and events with more than 50 speakers, advocates, musicians and experts on the music industry. When I spoke to Future of Music Coalition interim […]
North Carolina Representative Mel Watt introduced a new bill to tackle music performance royalties for terrestrial radio this week. His timing isn’t the greatest however, as the government shutdown certainly threatens to overshadow his Free Market Royalty Act. As its name implies the Free Market Royalty Act would create a market wherein broadcasters and copyright […]
Last week I had a conversation about radio and musicians with Casey Rae, Executive Director of the Future of Music Coalition. He told me “Commercial radio has made it difficult for artists to have access to the airwaves, no matter how talented. Radio is still a big resource. This is why the musician community rallied […]
Back in August, SoundExchange, the non-profit that distributes performance royalties to artists who have received digital airplay, issued a remarkable announcement. Over 50,000 artists and bands had yet to claim their royalty checks, the outfit noted. To clear the books, SoundExchange created a searchable database of groups that it thinks still haven’t registered to get […]
