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Check out the latest music industry jobs

Posted by Mike McCready | February 11th, 2015 | No responses

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Searching for a new music industry job? A number of new vacancies have been added to the Music Week jobs page.

Have a scan through the list below and keep an eye on the jobs hub for new additions.

Royal Albert Hall is looking for a Programming Manager to join the Programming and Education & Outreach Department to deliver and oversee the diverse range of programming of live events and exhibitions. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of working in the live events industry with agents, promoters and artists.

 

Pandora And BMI Face Off Today In Court Battle Over Royalty Rates

Posted by Mike McCready | February 11th, 2015 | No responses

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Today in Manhattan, pioneer streaming giant Pandora is set to meet licensing agency BMI in court to settle a dispute over current royalty rates. The trial will determine how much Pandora pays BMI’s songwriters and music publishers to stream their songs. According to the New York Times, Pandora currently pays BMI 1.75 per cent of its revenue, but wants to reduce that to 1.7 per cent to match that paid by most radio stations.

 

 

Trial to determine who wrote Y.M.C.A. to begin this week

Posted by Mike McCready | February 10th, 2015 | No responses

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A trial is due to begin this week to establish who wrote 24 of the Village People’s songs including Y.M.C.A.

Original band member Victor Willis won a court ruling in May 2012 to reclaim the rights to his share of the group’s songs. His royalty payments were due to increase from a 12-20% rate as a result, but he claims that as one of two songwriters, he is entitled to a 50% share.

However, Billboard reports that publishers Scorpio Music and Can’t Stop Productions believe Willis is only due a 33% share, pointing to copyright registrations indicating a third author, Henri Belolo.

 

5 Unlikely Connections Every Musician Should Make

Posted by Mike McCready | February 10th, 2015 | No responses

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The booking agent, the journalist, and the sound guy are all names that every musician should, and likely already does, have on speed dial. It’s pretty much a known fact in the music industry that networking is key. However, we also need to network outside of our industry, because quite often, we end up connecting with folks who boost our career unexpectedly. Here are five unlikely connections that you should add to your network ASAP!

Grammy Breakdown By Label: Majors Sweep Major Awards, Indies Have Strong Collective Showing

Posted by Mike McCready | February 10th, 2015 | No responses

billboard.com

At the Grammys on Sunday evening, major labels won big across the most popular genres, and Universal Music Group nudged out Sony Music for the most wins — 13 to 12 — across 50 recorded music categories.

Major label-associated companies brought in 17 of the 20 Grammy categories — 85 percent — associated with pop, rock, R&B, hip-hop, country and dance/electronic. Universal-owned Capitol Records came away with five of these (three trophies for Sam Smith and two wins by Beck, which label head Steve Barnett was quite pleased with).

RIAA Reaction To U.S. Copyright Office Proposed Reforms To Music Licensing System

Posted by Mike McCready | February 10th, 2015 | No responses

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WASHINGTON–The U.S. Copyright Office today issued a comprehensive report – “Copyright and the Music Marketplace” – with its recommendations on how to modernize music licensing. Below is a comment on the report from RIAA Chairman and CEO Cary Sherman:

“The Copyright Office has made an important contribution to the ongoing conversation about modernizing the copyright laws. They have given all of us in the music community a lot to digest and reflect upon.

 

The PonoPlayer Review: Criticism and Follow-Up

Posted by Mike McCready | February 9th, 2015 | No responses

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There are two kinds of people who get really riled, really fast online: photographers and audiophiles.

OK, there are lots of people who get really riled online. But photography and audio recording are both black arts, equal parts science and craft, where no expert can ever really be wrong.

So when I reviewed Neil Young’s high-resolution PonoPlayer last week, I went to a lot of trouble to design a fair test.

Black Cloud Productions – Music Publisher

Posted by Mike McCready | February 9th, 2015 | No responses

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Who Is Beck?

Posted by Mike McCready | February 9th, 2015 | No responses

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The Grammys have actually liked him since the ’90s, though this is his first major win.

So this guy named Beck just beat Beyoncé and Sam Smith to win the 2015 Grammy for album of the year. If you don’t know who he is, there’s a good chance you’re under the age of 25 or don’t follow alternative music much.

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But that’s fine! And trust us, we’re just as surprised as you are (and probably Beck, too) that he won.

Joe Budden Instagrams How He Takes Submissions Via Music Xray

Posted by Mike McCready | January 16th, 2015 | No responses

From now on, send ALL music submissions to: http://smarturl.it/BuddenSubmissions.

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