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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

August 16, 2013

How Do Bands Make Money: Survey Identifies Band Behaviors

How do bands make money? United Kingdom-based Right Chord Music recently released the results of a small, 200-participant survey of mostly independent musicians. According to the survey, 75% of the participants were unsigned independent musicians. Based on that fact and some of the other numbers from the survey, we can conclude that the musicians answering the […]

Filed Under: Artist Revenue Streams, Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Background, Entertainment Law, Forming a Band, How Do Bands Make Money, Music Industry Insights, Music Industry Musings, YouTube Partner Program Tagged With: artist revenue streams, atlanta entertainment lawyer, bandcamp, digital music, Entertainment Law, facebook, Future of Music Coalition, how do bands make money, itunes, right chord music, soundcloud, Spotify, twitter, vinyl, YouTube

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