Peter Wells, SVP Operations, Customer Advocate - Tunecore http://www.tunecore.com Peter Wells left a teaching career at...

Jules

so the RIAA blames file sharing for low revenues... a lot of folks blame the record labels for lack of good artists.. as well...

gsilbers

Do have to have special rights to make a music video of a cover song, or can you simply pay the same mechanical royalty rate you...

bionic brown

I'm an independent producer and I've been working with an artist that I'm trying to get airplay for. A couple of people referred...

blaqsun

We are just about to send out our product to you guys, we are ordering about 2000 cd's, they'll be sold in a few months. We'll...

illynoise

I thought of a perfect example of why the labels DON'T need iTunes, and could be far better off if they followed the following...

VegasMusicMan

For years you're like so many other musicians. Chasing "THE DEAL". Boring. Musicians should chase ideas, not contracts,...

juicylime

Hi all, I'm writing to tell all budding digital music entrepreneurs AND existing companies with new ideas to submit to the...

Enzo

Hey Gents, Yes, it's the internet, and anyone with access can most likely download music from your sites, but do any of you...

Empty Planet

Hi all. So first of all, now that this forum is wrapping up I wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU for your time. This was a great...

not_so_new

Derek, Patrick, and Peter, Thanks for participating in the forum! If a musician must choose between making great music on...

astorian

Hi guys... thanks for being here. I've been using Tunecore (which is great!). I'm curious if there's hope for a shorter delay...

Stick

BBC NEWS | Technology | France unveils anti-piracy plan It looks like France is taking action against illegal...

mac black

I'm in europe and most of my friends and family don't have a creditcard to buy the music I put online. This for me is a big...

Koed

An apology ahead of time I am going to be gone from Thursday, November 29th - Thursday, December 6th. I am getting married! ...

Jeff Price

Why wouldn't allowing the market to set prices for music make for a much more robust and profitable music industry and much more...

ALL*MYTEE

Universal's CEO Once Called iPod Users Thieves. Now He's Giving Songs Away. Some quotes: " wants to wring every dollar...

BevvyB

I cant help thinking the internet slaps a big wet ironic paintbrush across the face of some musicians.. With the traditional...

Jules

Is there a new breed of manager? The download act manager? What new skills (if any) have you seen them bring to the table?

Jules

In your experience, how much do the downloaders/buyers care about audio quality? When given a choice, what is their favorite...

andychamp

Hey gang First, thanks for hanging out with us, there is a whole lot of very interesting info here. :thumbsup: So I...

not_so_new

its horrible... basically all techno, club or most electronica music just has a kick and snare preview. then for more commercial...

gsilbers

Maybe a way that the industry could upgrade the digital phase that we are going through is to allow labels and independent...

VegasMusicMan

We have to deal with two kinds of people - the ones who don't care (A) and those with a deep love for music who will seek and pay...

frans

1. How possible/soon is it that recorded music can only be monetized through either advertising/co-branding or a...

Saudade

One of the things the digital age has done is unleashed pandora's box of content...It used to be that the only music the public...

peeder

Can anyone shed some light on how I can be a featured artist on the iTunes home page..or any other page for that matter??? I have...

RMJAZZ

My artist Black Pegasus that I work with does shows around the country, it would be nice to offer prepaid cards like iTunes does,...

illynoise

Hi Derek. I just signed up with CDBaby for a project and was about to send off that creepy form and a copy of the disc to the...

Empty Planet

I'm a big fan of the EP, especially when checking out new artists. It gives more of a flavor for the artist than a single, but...

n8tron

What is an ISDN# and how does one obtain one.....Thanksthumbsup

Syki

Do any of you guys have artists selling surround MP3s? Do you guys think that this would help artists at all? See...

PDC

I like the idea of using CD Baby for selling CD's and then Tunecore for selling on iTunes because of the 100% cut that Tunecore...

bcgood

1st off, thanks for taking time to do this guys! I am an independent artist who does electronic music (Ambient, world-beat,...

Paul Vnuk Jr.

Back in the early days of mp3.com, there was a service they offered called D.A.M. (CDs on demand) where the disc wasn't...

gotpop

Do subscription services such as Rhapsody pay the artist when the tracks are streamed? I'm a basic member on rhapsody and I have...

ericzang

Hey guys, Don't be discouraged by the lack of traffic, at least so far. This site is called Gearslutz, but could just as...

BrianT

There are a bunch of different models, but I'm wondering as an independent artist who just self released an EP, how to get people...

n8tron

Special guests, I was wondering if you have read the NY TIMES article on Rick Rubin. He has a lot to say about this subject. ...

skipperkins

Hi there, I'd like to get your opinion about the following. Most of the indie artists I know will make an album and will...

vinco

I realize this might be a bit off topic. Moderators feel free to delete.. Question is: How inter-related are the hostbaby and...

TREMORS

Hello Derek i have produced, and own rights to a number of albums by (ethnic?) indian musicians... never published / made...

audiothings

Hi again! I know you already talked about promotion tips but I'm wondering if you could tell us more about web...

vinco

We work with CD Baby mainly, I have sent about 5-10 clients there, so first off I love you guys! Tunecore has been experimented...

illynoise

The question on everyone's lips: In your experience: Does giving away our music ala Radiohead et all with the option to pay,...

soulstudios

hi, first off thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and wisdom in this forum. this is incredible! thank you!! not sure...

electric

The licence cost to publish a cover song on cd is as cheap as chips at about 5c per cd (in the UK anyway). I noticed recently...

Trev@Circle

Hello Derek, Patrick and Peter, First off, thank you for donating your time here on Gearslutz.com Your insight into the current...

Scriabin

I wanted to ask your opinions on why Limewire and Kaza are sill legal, when Napster was ruled illegal (aside from the...

juniorhifikit

A lot of people are saying traditional "mass media" channels are dying or evolving desperately to keep up. But the...

Saudade

I would like to ask the experts how they would explain the whole scenario to someone thats totally clueless. ( yes, that could be...

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