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Surrendering Copyrights For The Benefit Of

April 23, 2012

Here is a great article talking about, what I see, as a kind of needless surrendering of rights (and money) musicians can easily allow in navigating today’s digital distribution and marketing landscape. For example: If you listen to an a…lbum 1,000 times (once a day for 3 years) a band will get around $25. Who is benefiting [...]

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Meet and Exceed Client Expectations – Communication

March 21, 2012

After 10 years of practice, and especially in the past 2 years practicing under Elmi Law (our 2 year Business Opening Anniversary is coming up at the end of this month), my experience has afforded this observation: Perhaps the most important consideration Clients should make when choosing and working with a  lawyer is, communication – the speed, reliability, and substance of [...]

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Crowdfunding

September 20, 2011

Raising funding revenue for your startup or small businesses from the people around you, the people you know – your friends, family, or colleagues – it is a way of doing things that has been around for a long time (legalized in U.K. years ago, in fact), but never allowed in the United States, largely in an [...]

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Artist Revenue Streams

September 7, 2011

Musicians are encouraged to review this surey from the Future of Music Coalition regarding Artist Revenue Streams and the ways in which US based musicians and composers are currently generating income from songs, recordings, or performances. The results hope to provide a snapshot of the complex nature of being a musician in the 21st century, [...]

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San Francisco (and Oakland) In Prime Company On An International Scale

June 21, 2011

Eventhough music can be created from almost anywhere today, only a few cities are still considered influential when it comes to great music and a successful music career. It is good to see San Francisco in prime company (4th, only to NYC, LA, and London) with other great cities on an international scale.

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Factoid: $179 per year for on-line music artists

April 27, 2011

According to on-line music distributor, TuneCore, music artists on their site made $179 a year (on average) -  consistent with last year which was at $174. TuneCore’s numbers are based on 600,000 TuneCore accounts through April 2011.

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