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.
Category: Must Read
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 […]
Andre Paine: @IMPALAmusic’s Helen Smith on how Brexit will impact the indie sector
With just days to go until Brexit at 11pm on Friday, January 31, there’s still uncertainty surrounding key areas for the music industry. As revealed in the latest issue of Music Week, the biggest issues for the sector once the transition period concludes at the end of the year include touring, employment restrictions on EU […]
Must Read Guest Post by @kerrymuzzey: YouTube’s Latest Deceptive Tactic
[We’re thrilled to have a chance to publish an important Twitter thread by composer Kerry Muzzey that crystalizes a number of phenomena: How Kerry caught YouTube using Content ID as a tool to extend the period of time that they can profit from infringement (or the “piracy profit window”), how draining it is for indies […]
MUST READ: @myemuisemo Gives PledgeMusic’s Public Financials A Microbial Scrub
I commend to you the fantastic and detailed analysis of PledgeMusic’s open source financials created by Eilonwy’s emu (@myemuisemo) that is a real eye opener.
Must Read by @davidclowery: Google Doxx: Google Funded Groups in 2017 Illegal Doxxing of FCC Chairman — The Trichordist
Editors note #1 – Over the last year, this blog has been reporting on Google’s apparent use of proxies in an attempt to intimidate members of the EU parliament into voting against the proposed EU Copyright Directive. The Copyright Directive requires social media platforms above a certain size to do more to counter copyright infringement […] […]
20 Questions for New Artists Sidebar: The Economic Reality of Streaming
In this 20 Questions Sidebar, we look at the harsh reality of ever-declining streaming royalties.
20 Questions for New Artists Part 1: Bank Accounts/Tax Returns/Accountants
The popular 20 Questions series is a favorite on MTP. We’re updating and consolidating the posts in a new series with some important sidebar topics.
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