Share Tadcast offers a unique solution for musicians looking to advertise their music as well as viral video producers. The concept is unique, musicians can pay to place their songs in the viral videos of YouTube sensations on a PPC basis. Raising the question of how many artists will pay to feature their songs in [...]

Share In Urban music most new artists want that “Hot” feature on their record.  That is all well and fine, but let’s start with the basics of getting the single ready for the feature.  If you have taken the time to produce and write a hit song on your own, then a feature should only [...]

Share Coast 2 Coast New Music Industry Convention Announced for August 27th-29th in Miami, FL Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes & Magazine announce the 2nd Annual Coast 2 Coast Convention to take place in Miami, FL August 27th-29th. The conference will be attended by a large list of music industry guests and sponsors such as iStandardProducers.com, [...]

Share What’s up to the seekers of knowledge (Guru Gong here)! It’s been a while what I’m back with more ASCAP info.  I noticed some of the questions on the comments of past articles and tried to answer some here. Before reading this particular ASCAP Guru session, I recommend reading Guru Session #3 “The 9 [...]

Share There has been a recent influx of businesses that are using online services to create legally binding agreements with clients. Not only is this easier and simpler for me, it is much easier on the company to both get the contract out as well as signed by both parties.  I have used two of [...]

Share Synchronization royalties (‘synch licenses’) are paid for the use of copyrighted music in audiovisual productions, such as in DVDs, television, movies, commercial, and advertisements. Music used in news tracks are also synch licenses. Synchronization can extend to live media performances, such as plays and live theatre. They become extremely important for new media – [...]

Share So I was recently asked by an artist/friend how does publishing work? My response is do you have a couple of hours to site down and we can go through everything and you can buy me lunch. I think I got the short end of the deal. Now onto publishing 101…..Successful songwriters (Lyrics) and [...]

Share I just came across a new site that has a smaller client list but a proven track record of great placement opportunities for artists. Most recently he placed a group on a national Corona TV ad and secured $7500 for the license! Since all the new online licensing companies are non-exclusive there is no [...]

Share Many artists know that licensing their tracks is a great way to make money from your master recordings from the use of them in Film, TV, Online and more. But not many artists actually know how to go about doing it. There are many online “Licensing Marketplaces” now that simplify the process using Web [...]