Nov 13, 2021

to own the rights to her music

 Taylor Swift rereleased her Red album recently in an affort to own the rights to her music.

Taylor Swift 


Back in November of 2020 Taylor talked about a sale of her masters to a third party. This transaction occurred without her knowledge or permission. Taylor started rerecording those albums and Red is the second one.  

Red is raking in the streams.

Nov 11, 2021

netflix and transformation

Netflix is diversifying into games. In taking this bold meta bet, Netflix finds itself in good company with Meta (Facebook). 

Netflix has always been an attention driven business due to its all-you-can-consume monthly pricing model. The pivot into digital across all media verticals has raised the pressure for the company to maintain high levels of engagement.



Mar 24, 2020

problem with being a producer

A group of lawyers and music producers are working toward reforming the payment system. Modern albums come out fast. This catches producers by surprise. Once the music is released, it's difficult to get paid.

Great things get lost in the sauce. Royalties make up a lot of the money. Producers won't get paid royalties until the artists make back the costs and advances are paid back or met.

Major labels use third-party accounting systems. That doesn't help much for the producer. The only option is to follow up.

A solution is out of reach for young producers. The music industry's building blocks are being neglected.


To learn more, read the post from Rolling Stone: You Produced a Hit! Now Good Luck Being Paid

Mar 23, 2020

15 great double albums

Bold statements from artists. We get them from time to time. They are double albums.

Here is a link from goliath.com about 15 great double albums.


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Mar 12, 2020

suspension of large music events urged

Live Nation, AEG, CAA, WME, Paradigm and UTA have joined together to recommend a worldwide postponement of large live music events in March.

A growing number of film releases, including Fast & Furious 9, No Time to Die and A Quiet Place Part II, have also been postponed.

Here the link to the story on The Guardian: Urge Suspension of Music Events