All Blog Posts Tagged 'royalties' (5)

WOODLAND HILLS, CA. Music Reports Inc. ("MRI"), the leading provider of music rights administration services in the United States, today announced that it has distributed more than $5,000,000 in statutory mechanical royalties on behalf of its digital music service clients. These royalties have been calculated at t

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One of our Hits A Million members wrote this article that is vital for us all to read and ACT on! PERFORMANCE RIGHTS ACT OF 2009 Allen Johnston – The Music Specialist www.asha.com In the past few weeks there has been a flurry of controversy concerning the PERFORMANCE RIGHTS ACT. Many broadcasters and thousands of uninformed people are suggesting that the bill would be the death of Black radio within the United States. Black radio died years ago when consolidation of ownership, syndication o… Continue

For many people that write and perform, they believe they have arrived once they get their music on the radio. One thing that artists should understand is labels call the departments that get music on the radio the PROMOTIONS department. Getting your music on the air is supposed to promote it for sales. Now I do understand some feel getting their music on the radio is a good way to get noticed by record labels (and it is), but ones primary reason to getting on the air should be to SELL records.… Continue

Industry, Online Services Reach Royalty Deal September 23, 2008 - Digital and Mobile | Publishing By Ed Christman, N.Y. The recording industry, music publishers and online music services have revealed the details of a landmark royalty deal for streaming and limited downloads of music, which was first announced June 18. The agreement proposes a mechanical royalty rate of 10.5% of revenue, less any amounts owed for performance royalties for composition, for digital service providers that offer… Continue

You all may have heard of this new program. I wanted to post both what it allegedly provides and what some have had to say about it so you can be the judge of whether you want to participate: ROYALTIES FOR UNSIGNED ARTISTS AT LAST.FM: Last.fm announced recently the official launch of its Artist Royalty Program, an initiative which will pay unsigned artists royalties when their tracks are played. Artists enroll in the program before uploading their tracks to Last.fm and receive royalty payments… Continue