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December 6, 2016

Five Mistakes Musicians Make And How to Avoid Them

Mistakes Musicians Make

The Seay Firm has entered its sixth year of business, which has me reflecting on some of the most common mistakes musicians make, and how they can avoid making them. This list isn’t exhaustive and it may not even reflect the five most common mistakes musicians make. It’s not like I really index these things. But, hey, […]

Filed Under: Music Industry Insights, Music Industry Musings, Uncategorized Tagged With: ImmersiveATL, legal, mistakes artists make, Paid In Full, tourdiy

March 18, 2015

The Seay Firm at Slingshot Festival

John Seay of The Seay Firm will be a panelist at the First Annual Music & Technology Conference. The event is presented by the UGA Journal of Intellectual Property law and sponsored by the University of Georgia School of Law and the Slingshot Festival in Athens, Georgia. The event is Friday, March 27, 2015, at the […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Background, Copyright, Digital Performance Royalties, Entertainment Law, Licensing, Music Industry Insights, Music Streaming Services, Sound Recording, Spotify Tagged With: Georgia Law, Journal of Intellectual Property Law, Morton Theatre, Slingshot Festival

February 17, 2015

A Musician’s Guide to Metadata: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?

By Michelle Davis, UGA Law Class of 2015 Metadata, generally speaking, is data that describes other data. In the context of music, metadata is the identifying and descriptive information embedded in a digital song file. For example, when you play a song in iTunes, metadata is used to populate the “artist,” “song title,” and “album” fields. […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Background, Entertainment Law, Metadata, Music Industry Insights, Uncategorized Tagged With: ASCAP, atlanta entertainment lawyer, BandsInTown, BMI, Content ID, Future of Music Coalition, itunes, Mediabase, metadata, Nielsen BDS, performance rights organization, SESAC, Shazam, SoundExchange, SoundScan, The Music Business Toolbox, YouTube

September 12, 2014

Spotify Incorporating Video Ads – But Will Artists Make More Money Now?

The music streaming service Spotify recently announced the addition of video advertisements on its ad-supported (i.e., FREE!) platforms. According to Spotify, on mobile devices, the video ads will be in the form of “sponsored sessions,” where users can watch a video ad in exchange for 30 minutes of ad-free listening. As for desktop users, they’ll […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Background, Entertainment Law, iTunes, Music Industry Insights, Music Streaming Services, Spotify Tagged With: itunes, music streaming, paid digital downloads, sponsored sessions, Spotify, video takeovers

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