25% of artists earning $10K+ on Spotify are self-distributed, as total payouts near $40BSpotify shared some stats at today’s Stream On event that independent musicians will find both sobering and hopeful. Spotify shared just how much competition there is, but with 914,000 songs. Continue reading
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Reid Signs Publishing Deal with Chester Music LimitedWise Music Group is pleased to announce a global exclusive publishing deal between American composer and sound artist Ellen Reid and Chester Music Limited. A composer and sound artist whose breadth of work spans opera, sound design, film scoring, ensemble and choral writing, she was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her opera, p r i s m. Reid is currently working on a work for string orchestra commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic with generous support from the Esa-Pekka Salonen Commissions Fund. West Coast Sky Eternal will be premiered in May 2023. Other projects include a stage work for Dutch National Opera.

In collaboration with composer Missy Mazzoli, Ellen co-founded the Luna Composition Lab. Luna Lab is a mentorship program for young female, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming composers. During the 2022-2023 season, Reid serves as Composer-in-Residence with New Mexico Philharmonic and is Contemporary Music Chair for Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

In 2020, she created Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK, an ongoing work of public art that reimagines city parks as interactive soundscapes. SOUNDWALK premiered in New York’s Central Park, featuring the New York Philharmonic, and continues to expand to parks around the world, fostering collaborations with ensembles such as Kronos Quartet and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

"I am honored to join Chester Music's phenomenal line-up of composers — these are artists whose work I deeply respect and admire”, says Ellen Reid. “And I couldn’t ask for a more talented and passionate team than those at Chester and Wise Music Group to help guide me through the next chapter of my career."

Managing Director of Chester Music Limited, Wiebke Busch, comments: “The team at Chester Music is honoured to welcome Ellen Reid, composer and sound artist of a unique dimension! We are inspired by her creative energy and honoured to be part of her creative journey.”

Gill Graham, Group Head of Promotion and Creative Director UK Rights Companies, comments: “I heard SOUNDWALK quite by chance in Central Park and since then it’s been both inspiring and rewarding getting to know Ellen and her catalogue. We look forward to collaborating with Ellen and her team on exciting musical adventures.”

Price hike for touring visas is a bad idea coming at the worst timeProposed increases of 205% and more for visas for foreign musicians performing in the U.S. threatens to make coming to America to tour financially impossible for most artists. By Rufus Sivaroshan, a. Continue reading
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Band Submission Are Now Open For Joshua Tree Music FestivalFounded in 2003, the bi-annual (May & Oct) Joshua Tree Music Festival is held at the gateway to the world-renowned National Park. JTMF is a resource-generating powerhouse of passionate creativity, community empowerment, and arts education for all ages. A family inclusive global music experience in the magical Mojave. Committed to radical inclusion, these four-day funky desert-style festivals create experiences where passion, purpose, family, and friends come together, and the boundary between performer and patron is blurred. The music is diverse and eclectic, from dance-world-electro-funk’n groove to soulful global-ethno melodies.

To apply, fill out this ARTIST/BAND SUBMISSION FORM.

British MP slams TikTok’s Australia music test, says app is ‘silencing creators in favour of its own self-interests’Conservative MP Damian Collins criticises TikTok in an op-ed written for The Telegraph
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Jennifer Blakeman joins Evan Bogart’s Seeker Music as Chief Rights & Royalties OfficerExec joins Seeker from her previous role as President and CCO of boutique music publisher one77 Music
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TikTok ban more likely as China asks private firms to ‘fight’ alongside the Communist PartyChina wants to weaponize private companies like TikTok in what it sees as its battle against Western oppression, according to remarks yesterday from the country’s leader Xi Jinping. Xi attacked the. Continue reading
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What to expect (and not) at Spotify’s Stream On eventSpotify is holding its annual Stream On event this Wednesday. The usual slate of announcements comes at a time of growing pressure on the streamer from the music industry amid. Continue reading
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Microstreaming: How brands use niche music streaming to reach key audiencesWhile the industry measures streams and steamers in the tens of millions, there are also successful and profitable ways to use music and streaming to serve far smaller niche and. Continue reading
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Key Songs In The Life Of… Jérémy ErlichSpotify's Global Head of Music on the songs that have soundtracked his existence
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Celebrate Women's History Month with Falcon Publicity TalentsHayla’s soaring vocal is heard on Kx5’ debut single “Escape” released in early 2022. The single which she co-wrote went on to soaring heights for Kaskade & deadmau5’ project landing them their first ever Top40 radio single and becoming the #1 radio dance track of the year.  She has also joined the duo live to perform “Escape” at EDC Las Vegas and their iconic record-breaking performance which drew 50,000+ fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. 

"Maybe a better question is - what does it mean to be a man in music? Being a man in music means you don't have to battle for your place, you don't have to prove yourself, you don't have to fight to be taken seriously, and you don't have to worry you're being booked to meet some quota. Being a woman in music means being fatigued by still having to answer this question in 2023. Music is my life and my world, but it has nothing to do with my gender." – Nicole Moudaber

"I never think or create based on my gender nor do I think of myself as a woman in music. I simply think of myself as a musician. Having said that, there have been numerous times that I have been reminded of my minority status, especially in the composer world, which have made me feel that I needed to work extra hard to prove myself.” - Kid Moxie

“Being a woman in music means singing a little louder, expressing a little deeper, and standing a little taller. It means embracing your power, and using it to tell stories and pave a path for yourself that’s void of stereotypical ideas women ‘should or shouldn’t’ be talking about, and focused solely on being the most fully empowered version of yourself: firm, strong, honest, and unapologetic. loud. soft. everything in between.” - Annika Rose

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Snoop Dogg to launch Shiller, a Web3-centred live broadcast platform for creatorsSnoop Dogg has teamed up with tech entrepreneur Sam Jones
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Eno, Jacob Collier, and others name the Earth as co-writer of songsBrian Eno, Jacob Collier, Dave and Stormzy producer Fraser T Smith, and Anna Calviare are among a growing group of musicians naming the Earth as a co-writer of their music. Continue reading
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Google AI can now uncover stolen music samplesGoogle has developed AI that can snuff out samples from copyrighted songs that may have been disguised with audio editing. How will this affect the future of digital music? by. Continue reading
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The REAL reasons governments want to ban TikTokNations worldwide are now scrambling to set restrictions on the use of TikTok. In this op-ed, Karl Bode of techdirt explains why banning a single app may not be the. Continue reading
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