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Music Industry plagued by retitling of songs

Millions missing in unreported artist royalties. New report reveals prolific problems with royalties in the music licensing landscape for artists and companies.

March 13th 2013: A new infographic report “State of the Music Licensing Industry: 2013” just …

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BUCKCHERRY – CONFESSIONS

by Brian McKinny

Buckcherry is an L.A. sleaze rock band that got its start emulating bands the likes of Guns & Roses, Motley Crüe, and L.A. Guns, and not much has changed with Buckcherry since the beginning.  The unusual Christian-themed …

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Otherwise Doesn’t Apologize

Lives life by music
By Jeni Blue Proft

Otherwise — a melodic rock band from Las Vegas may not be well known, but their single “Soldiers” and their newest release “I Don’t Apologize” — both quickly rising on the billboard …

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CRASH Course For Success

Commitment: Achieve what you want as a musician
by Rich Redmond (part one of five)

Hey folks! Do you want to be a better musician? Do you want more gigs? Do you want more overall happiness in your life?

Well …

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Intellectual Property 102:

What your mama never told you about your reproductive rights!
by Stephen M. Stern, executive editor, Music Insider Magazine

In the kinetic world of shagging and in vitro fertilization, artists still hold the top spot for reproductive rights. That’s according …

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Production Music Primer

3 ways to stand out from the competition
by Danny Pelfrey

As a professional composer and producer, I have been involved in many facets of the music business as a studio and touring musician, an arranger and conductor for recording …

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Trapt – Reborn

by Brian McKinny

Trapt is a post-grunge, nu-metal band from Los Gatos, California that caught my attention with their 2002 release of their self-titled album, ‘Trapt’.  The first of three singles on the album was ‘Headstrong’, a raucous anthem that …

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Disturbing the Peace

The quest for hearing preservation
by Gene Baker, editor, Music Insider Magazine

Over a year ago, my band MGB (Mean Gene Band) directly routed everything to our PA system to avoid neighbor or family disturbance. These noiseless rehearsals benefited us …

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