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Streaming Music Services Google, Amazon, Apple, Spotify and Pandora Will Have to Pay Musicians More In Royalties
Copyright Royalty Board has Helped Raise Rates for Songwriters by 43.8 Percent A major victory has taken place in the music industry regarding an increase in royalties to be paid tos musicians within streaming music. In a recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board, which has yet to be made public, the court has decided to require streaming services such as Google, Amazon, Apple, Spotify and Pandora to pay 15.1 percent of their revenue to songwriters and music publishers. In the past the rate was close to 10.5 percent. This will most likely result in an increase in cost that will
Streaming Music Sales in the United States on the Rebound
The music industry has gone through some major changes since 1997. Before the Internet reached mass market, consumers would go to central record stores, produced by large-scale corporate record companies, and buy copies of albums for sale. Once Napster hit homes across the globe in 1999, music went from being controlled by a few record companies, to having thousands of independent labels rise from the ashes of the fallen major labels. As indie musicians took control of their music, they also took control of the financing and advertising their creative work. Overall, a majority of these startup record labels
Lil Dicky Perform $ave Dat Money at Pandora SXSW 2016
LD Showcases at SXSW SXSW Music is closing out with a collection of impressive performances from emerging artists in downtown Austin, Texas. Lil Dicky performs his hit single '$ave Dat Money' from the 2015 release Professional Rapper at the Discovery Den on the third day for Pandora at SXSW Music. Watch the live performance, and catch his set on tour this summer. He will be performing at the Summer Camp Music Festival, Hangout Music Festival and select live shows across the country. Lil Dicky performs "$ave Dat Money" at Discovery Den https://youtu.be/uC7-gVyI4jo It's been a couple years SXSW but I'm
Fetty Wap releases self-titled album with a year full of buzz
[av_heading heading='Over a half a billion spins and counting for Fetty Wap' tag='h3' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] Fetty Wap, rapper and musician from New Jersey, has just released his debut self-titled album with Entertainment/RGF Productions. The 2015 rising lyricist has caught international attention on music streaming sites, as well as with the traditional media outlets. Connect with Spotify to stream Fetty Wap online. Pick up a copy to experience Fetty Wap offline and on demand. The first artist ever to simultaneously chart his inaugural four entries in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot Rap Songs Chart.