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Flint Eastwood Celebrates Pride with New Single REAL LOVE
by Macon Prickett - June 22, 2018 Detroit-based artist Flint Eastwood (Jax Anderson) is celebrating Pride with her new track “Real Love.” Flint Eastwood hit the stage at Fireflylast weekend, will open for GRiZ at Red Rocks next month, and is heading out on a solo US tour this fall. “Real Love” marks Jax's first release directly addr... 
Soundeon Joins Open Music Initiative to Help Advance Fair Music Rights Management
by Macon Prickett - June 06, 2018 Blockchain music platform Soundeon is joining the Open Music Initiative (OMI), a nonprofit initiative led by the Berklee College of Music Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship in partnership with the MIT Media Lab, to help promote and develop an open protocol for industry-wide creative rights mana... 
Sound Royalties to Co-Host 2018 ASCAP I CREATE MUSIC Expo Panel Featuring Songwriter-Performer Priscilla Renea
by Macon Prickett - May 07, 2018 Sound Royalties, a finance company specializing in the music industry, announced today that the company is co-hosting one of the featured panels during the 2018 ASCAP I Create Expo. Titled 'Your Music, Your Money: Shedding the Light on Royalty Financing & Your Global Rights,' the panel will take pla... 
Janelle Monae's MAKE ME FEEL Receives the EDX Dubai Skyline Remix Treatment
by Macon Prickett - April 09, 2018 Following one of his busiest, most successful Miami Music Weeks to date at the end of March, EDX now celebrates his fourth release in as many months, as he delivers another sublime remix for more pop royalty. ... 
Hyperwallet Teams Up with Lyric Financial to Facilitate Royalty Payment Advances to Artists
by Macon Prickett - March 20, 2018 Hyperwallet, a top global payout provider to digital platforms, today announced that they have signed a deal with Lyric Financial, a financial services provider that specializes in royalty advances and loans for recording artists. Using Hyperwallet's technology, Lyric Financial will now be able to e... 
Louisiana's Stonerpop Raises The Bar With Electronic Excellence On PHYSICAL BUSINESS LP
by Tori Hartshorn - March 08, 2018 Stonerpop presents their new album 'Physical Business', which was preceded by their high-energy and addictive single 'Headglow',... 
AUGUST GREENE, Comprised of Common, Robert Glasper, & Karriem Riggins, Release New Track BLACK KENNEDY
by Macon Prickett - February 15, 2018 Today, Golden Globe, GRAMMY, Academy Award winning activist, actor and artist Common, four-time GRAMMY Award winning pianist/producer Robert Glasper, and drummer/producer extraordinaire Karriem Riggins released the second single “Black Kennedy” from their new group August Greene. The FADER said of t... 
Songwriters Guild of America Announces That Negotiated Changes to Music Modernization Act Enable Endorsement of Bill's Passage
by Macon Prickett - February 09, 2018 The Songwriters Guild of America, the largest and longest-established music creator organization in the United States, today announced it has negotiated changes to the pending Music Modernization Act (HR 4706)that will enable it to support passage of the legislation. Among the agreed-upon amendments... 
Sony/ATV Releases Statement on Copyright Royalty Board Decision
by Robert Diamond - January 27, 2018 According to the National Music Publisher's Association, a deal has been reached to raise rates paid to songwriters and music publishers from Apple Music, Spotify and similar services.... 
Sound Royalties' Reggie Calloway Unites Musicians for Hurricane Harvey Charity Single
by Caryn Robbins - January 18, 2018 Led by five-time Grammy nominee and Sound Royalties' Director of Funding Reggie Calloway, a group of renowned musicians from the Los Angeles area today released a new charity single to benefit and grow music programs in the Houston Independent School District recently devastated by Hurricane Harvey.... 
Gratis Background Music Announced by Royalty Free Music Website AmazingMusicTracks.com
by Robert Diamond - January 14, 2018 Royalty free music website Amazing Music Tracks announces the release of their free background music download section. All tracks are available for immediate download to any user working on a budget that is less than $250,000. There are a variety of styles in this section some of which include hard-... 
Award-Winning Musicians Team For Hurricane Harvey Charity Single
by Caryn Robbins - December 18, 2017 Led by five-time Grammy nominee and Sound Royalties' Director of Funding Reggie Calloway, a group of renowned musicians from the Los Angeles area today released a new charity single to benefit and grow music programs in the Houston Independent School District recently devastated by Hurricane Harvey.... 
Richard Shelton Presents 'Sinatra and Me at Christmas' Concert
by Emily Bruno - December 07, 2017 For 1-night only, internationally acclaimed performer, Richard Shelton, is bringing his unique take on Frank Sinatra, jazz and swing back to Vitello's in Studio City.... 
SESAC Celebrates Kenny Rogers with 2017 Legacy Award
by Caryn Robbins - October 30, 2017 SESAC, the only music rights organization in the U.S., will honor GRAMMY award-winning superstar and music icon Kenny Rogers with the SESAC Legacy Award at its Nashville Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017...
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Launches App for Songwriter Royalty Portal
by Caryn Robbins - August 29, 2017 The new app means the company's songwriters and their representatives can obtain real-time access to their current royalty account and historic earnings whenever and wherever they are and in superlative detail. The app is available to download from both the Google Play and iTunes stores....
BMI Promotes Alison Smith & Mike Steinberg to Executive Vice Presidents
by Caryn Robbins - June 14, 2017 Mike O'Neill, President and CEO of BMI, today announced two key promotions within the company's executive team. Alison Smith, SVP of Operations, Distribution and Administration, has been promoted to EVP, Distribution, Publisher Relations & Administration Services; and Mike Steinberg, SVP of Licensi... |
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