Daily Tip #103 Getting your foot in the door is one of the biggest sources of anxiety and frustration to new and upcoming artists. Here are two things you can do when approaching music publishers, libraries and labels to dramatically improve your chances of being heard: #1. Reduce Friction Minimize the steps a prospective A&R […]
Daily Tip #102 Two relatively new technologies have emerged to help artists, labels and publishers to identify copyright ownership from an audio file, and to allow those rightsholders to get paid more often: Audio Fingerprinting and Watermarking. Here’s what you need to know about both… Audio Fingerprinting is a technique where the unique signature of […]
Daily Tip #101 As an artist, a lot of work goes into coming up with a good idea, developing the musical structure, giving it the right production, perfecting a mix, and polishing the final product. Wouldn’t you like to leverage that work to maximize the licensing opportunities that music can create? Here’s an idea: While you […]
How you go about spending your time and energy building your career is the determining factor in whether you achieve stardom/notoriety/financial success in music. Here are two extreme (but common) approaches I’ve seen newbies take, that by and large will not lead to long-term success. All your eggs in one basket. With this approach, you […]