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Please welcome HIFI, a financial rights organization for the music industry
Artists used radio as their top-of-funnel channel, to get discovered. They subsequently went on tour as their mid-funnel device to re-engage fans through live concerts. And to make money, artists monetized fans at the bottom of this funnel at local record stores when they bought CDs. At each step of the way, labels had control.
Yash Bagal • A New Funnel for Music
The top 1% of musicians now make ~77% of revenue in music. Many factions of the independent musical infrastructure have become closer and closer aligned with corporate interests and advertising supported journalistic models in order to keep their head just slightly above water, and are in danger of losing their distinction and identity as a result.
Mat Dryhurst • SoundCrowd: Tokenizing & Collectivizing Soundcloud
Making a living from a business you don’t understand is risky. Yet a large number of artists, including major ones, have never learned such basics as how record royalties are computed, what a copyright is, how music publishing works, and a number of other things that directly affect their lives.
Donald S. Passman • All You Need to Know About the Music Business: 10th Edition
The Ultimate Guide to Music Publicity: Proven Strategies For Getting Featured In Blogs, Playlists, & Traditional Media
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