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Re: Know Them Before They’re Famous: Shytown

katieohalloran — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:44:47 -0000

Yup! "When You're Here" started getting spins on Chicago's B96 FM shortly after this article was posted.

Re: http://blog.artistshousemusic.org/post/369211024

katieohalloran — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:12:18 -0000

Hey guys,

Here's some more commentary on this subject via Creative Deconstruction if you're interested: "Can Music Stand on Its Own in Today’s Entertainment Culture?" http://bit.ly/bYP68f

Re: Copyright Infringement Insurance Policies for Songwriters

katieohalloran — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:14:10 -0000

Didn't realize the link wasn't working - thanks! Just fixed it.

Re: Get Paid for Giving Your Music Away with trueAnthem

katieohalloran — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:35:25 -0000

Well, we don't know for certain how much trueAnthem is paid by its brand partners per free download, so an artist's $.10 to $.40 per download isn't necessarily 10% to 40% of what trueAnthem makes.

Both Soundcloud and trueAnthem are free to use, offer imbeddable widgets, and allow artists to make their music available for free streaming and/or for free download, but my understanding is that artists make no money from free downloads through Soundcloud widgets. trueAnthem, on the other hand, pays artists $.10 to $.40 per song that fans download for free through the artists' trueAnthem widgets.

Re: Get Paid for Giving Your Music Away with trueAnthem

katieohalloran — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:51:12 -0000

Hey guys,

Sorry for the delay in replying; I was traveling last week and my internet access was limited.

Mike, I believe that you are correct; it is my understanding that artists can enter into other contracts with music that's NOT being hosted by trueAnthem. However, I'm not 100% sure about this as I'm just going by the information provided on the site, so anyone planning to use trueAnthem should definitely get clarification about that before entering into any agreement with the company.

Daniel, thanks for bringing Beat-Play to our attention. I look forward to the launch of the video and to learning more about the model.

Overall, I share similar concerns as many of you do about the exclusivity of the contract and about fans' tolerance of ads in songs. Regarding the exclusivity, artists who are looking for record deals and who have a good chance of getting signed within a 12 month time period (the duration of trueAnthem's exclusive contract) would probably be wise to stay away from this model, at least with content that a label would want to release. As for the ads, I certainly don't see this exact model taking off on a mainstream level and saving the record industry (i.e., major artists giving all of their music away for free and getting paid for it by including an ad in each song). It's hard to imagine that people would accept ads on THAT wide a scale, even if the music is free and the ads are short/recorded by the artists. I could, however, definitely see major artists giving away free tracks in this manner on an ad hoc basis and making hefty sums of money from the resulting downloads. But for the most part, I really see trueAnthem's model as being a useful tool for new, unsigned talent. From the artists' perspective, being new and unsigned, they need all of the income that they can generate to fund their careers; they're not already making enough from "ancillary" revenue streams to completely disregard recorded music sales and give it all away for free without any financial benefit. trueAnthem, while it has its flaws, is the best - and only - way I've seen thus far for unsigned artists to give away their for free and still generate some income from the downloads. Furthermore, fans seem to be more open to ads in music from unsigned artists. Perhaps they are more understanding because they are cognizant of the financial positions that unsigned artists are in.

Re: Why Are We Doing This In The First Place?

katieohalloran — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:42:15 -0000

Wonderfully put. Great video as well.

Re: Ask RIZ

katieohalloran — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:30:51 -0000

Are you still unable to read it? Not sure what's up with that - it's visible for me. In the meantime, I'll copy and paste it here for you:

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Hello ArtistsHouse community!

I’m excited to announce that RIZ will be sitting down with me to do a video interview for ArtistsHouseMusic.org.

RIZ is an emerging artist and songwriter. He is currently independent, but that hasn’t stopped him from taking his career into his own hands and making some very big things happen. For example, in addition to writing and performing his own material, RIZ also writes for other artists. To that end, he has written for (or is currently writing for) some of the biggest artists on the planet: Sean Kingston, Flo Rida, Kat Deluna, Ryan Cabrera, and more. He is also associated with Akon’s label, Konvict Muzik, as a writer. It’s not a publishing deal, but when the label needs songs for projects it is working on, RIZ is one of the writers those projects are dispersed to. Finally, he has ignited a major online buzz using Facebook, where one of his groups, Petition To Get RIZ Featured on MTV “Buzzworthy”, now has over 400,000 members (yes, you read that number correctly!).

From a business model perspective, RIZ has been making himself available to write hooks for aspiring artists for a $1,000 flat fee, thereby giving these new artists access to the same quality hooks that the majors get (something that sets him apart from most writers with similar track records).

Suffice to say, there is a lot that can be learned from RIZ and his success story… and I want the ArtistsHouse community and RIZ’s fans to get involved!

I would love to hear any questions you have for RIZ that you would like me to consider asking him. These questions can be about songwriting, the steps a songwriter must take to launch their career without the backing of a major music publisher, how the current climate in the industry is affecting artists and songwriters, or anything else you think would make sense to ask RIZ.

Send your questions to: katie.ahm@gmail.com

We’re still working out the details regarding when we’ll be able to record the video, but I’d like to start preparing the questions now so I’m ready to go when RIZ is available.

I look forward to hearing your questions! I will try to ask as many of them as possible.

On a concluding note, here is how you can learn more about RIZ and connect with him online:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/rizo...
Twitter: http://twitter.com/RizMusic
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/rizo...
Facebook (Fan Page): http://www.facebook.com/pag...

His self-titled album, “Riz”, is available on iTunes now.