Following the Money – Alternative music revenue streams for musicians
February 8, 2012A bucket under every drip… I recently had the opportunity to research and write a piece for Berklee Today magazine exploring lesser known revenue streams for composers and musicians. In today’s music industry, tapping every revenue source is key, particularly for independent artists. Thinking like an entrepreneur and getting ahead of the curve with new technologies…
Back office efficiencies in the digital music supply chain
May 9, 2011In this Music Ally blog post from October 2010, Martin Redington of Microgen, discusses the state of data management and back-end systems in the digital music supply chain. Identifying and paying the multiple rights holders for each download or stream requires managing vast amounts of data in multiple formats. The lack of a uniform standard…
Impermanence & Innovation in the Music Biz…
June 21, 2009Michael Masnick’s great presentation at NARM 2009 really lit a spark in me. While many of us want to hold onto or modify the old business models in this industry, everything has changed. The supply of digital music far exceeds the demand, and most everything is available in one form or another for ‘free’. The…