Musician Coaching

My post today is all about my favorite blog I follow. Rick Goetz runs a website called Musiciancoaching.com .

He has a extensive background in the music business and now is a music business consultant. He offers services such as, writing your bands bio, writing a marketing plan for you, product management, he can help critique your existing business and help to make it more successful, and he also does corporate work like licensing and event production.

His blog consists of different interviews he does with key music industry people, or articles he comes across that he finds beneficial to read.

Alot of the articles I post about here on my blog have come from those which he has posted. He tends to post a few times a week, so he gives me alot of material to base my posts off of if I am having a hard time finding topics to write about.

I will be giving a presentation near the end of the semester about this blog, so keep checking back to get my full analysis of his blog!

As Always,

Keep the Music Alive, and Straighten Your Tie.

Music Streaming: How are the artists paid?

I came across an great article that talks about the many different music streaming sites that are primarily free and how popular they have become. David Harrell breaks down probably the most popular streaming site, Spotify. It is almost scary how small the payout is per play for the artists.

Spotify Per-Stream Payouts August 2009 to March 2011

Smallest: 0.02056 cents
Largest: 1.1456 cents
Average: 0.2865 cents

That means that it would take an artist, on average, 244 plays on Spotify to equal the cut they receive from a .99 ITunes download. Crazy to think about huh?

To read the whole article check it out here

Never Give Up Your Copyright!

We talk all the time about how, in today's industry, important copyright is to writers. With the endless avenues to promote your music and the countless opportunities to get your music played commercially, labels are out for copyright and publishing rights to more and more music.

I came across another great article talking to an expert in the world of copyright law, Barry Heyman. Take some time to take a look at the article and let me know your thoughts on the importance of keeping your copyright.

Keep The Music Alive, and Straighen Your Tie

First Post

Hello World! Welcome to Music with a Tie. This blog is all about the music business and what is going on behind the scenes in the industry. I will be posting my own thoughts on current issues, and also other articles and interviews I come across. The music business is like an iceberg. On the surface it seems so concrete and simple, but under the water it is a huge operation. I hope that you will get out of my posts what I do. Keep the music alive and straighten your tie!