COVID Misery Index Rent is Too Damn High Edition
Streaming royalties based on revenue are doomed to fall short until they include the value transfer in the share price.
Author: Chris Castle
Here to Help: Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operator’s Grant Portal is Still Down
The SBA SVOG applications are a disaster but rest assured–it’s Washington so no one will be held accountable.
SBA Inspector General Report: Serious Concerns About SBA’s Control Environment and the Tracking of Performance Results in the #SaveOurStages/Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program
The SVOG program is turning into a classic Washington disaster.
The Charlatan’s Bookends: The Inventor and WeWork
The Inventor and WeWork are two sides of the same coin–except the girl went to jail and the boy failed upward.
The Metadata Hot Potato: The MLC Enters the Jerry McGuire Reality
The MLC is in the Jerry McGuire phase–and on April 15, songwriters will say “show me the money.”
Speaking in Public: Copyright Office Black Box Roundtable
I will be on one of the black box roundtable panels hosted by the Copyright Office on March 25.
SBA Announces It Will Open Save Our Stages Grant Applications On April 8
The Small Business Administration has announced that it will open the Small Venue Operators Grant applications on April 8. Venues can sign up for notification from SBA when the application opens. There’s also a “how to” page you should read to get ready to apply as well as an FAQ. According to the SBA […]
Where is the Save Our Stages Money to #SaveOurStages? Texas Music Office Leads the Charge
#SaveOurStages grants are hung up at SBA, but Texas Music Office leads the charge to get the money.
User Centric As Competitive Advantage: The Arc of the Moral Universe is Bending
How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Our God Is Marching On!March 25, 1965, Montgomery, Alabama Everyone knows that streaming royalties are unsustainable. The question is what to do about it. The current system evolved from the early […]
Must Read: Your Morning Coffee Podcast
Every now and then we run into a great resource for artists, managers, labels toiling in the vineyard of the music business as currently constituted. The new Your Morning Coffee podcast is one of those, featuring Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart and it’s highly recommended for your valuable time. You can get it on iTunes […]
