Music Biz Consulting

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SolMusic Consulting & Music Reviews ******************************************** My first Chapter of the Music Article is online... Chapter 1: The Music Biz. Let me know if you find it interesting, commenting it!... (Tiziana) http://solmusicconsultingandmanagement.com/Article.php See more

Dear all of you, As a journalist and graduate of Music Consulting, I am pleased to announce my new website "MUSIC BIZ CONSULTING & REVIEWS" which will probably be online next weekend. Soon, I will finally be at your disposal for Biz Consultation and for those who want, I will review your Album. Bands and Musicians are asked to send their CD via the address that will be placed on the website contact section.... At the same time, SolMusic Management Inc. will continue to manage the Artists, hoping they can soon start touring again, maybe, who knows! Thank you! (SolMusic Management, Tiziana Hurd See more

I have specialized Music consultant since 1995 and I own SolMusic Management since 1995. Do you need to review your last CD? I am here, and I will more than glad to listen it. Contact me to know terms and conditions. Thank you.

FROM THE FUTURE OF MUSIC COALITION *************************************** If a song is streamed on Spotify, the company has three entities to pay: 1. The sound recording copyright owner, which is usually the record label. In many cases, this payment is made via an aggregator like IODA, The Orchard, Tunecore or CD Baby.... 2. The song publisher 3. The performance rights organization, which then pays the songwriter Ooh, where’s the musician/recording artist on this list? They're not on it, because they are not paid directly by Spotify. There are at least three versions of how money flows from Spotify to a musician/band: 1. Unsigned/independent musician, using Tunecore as its aggregator: Spotify > Tunecore > musician 2. Musician signed to an indie label: Spotify > IODA/Orchard > indie label > musician 3. Musician signed to a major label: Spotify > major label > musician Add into this the time lag between streams and payments being filtered down the food chain, and you can see why "I don’t know" might be the answer that is most appropriate in this instance.

Music Biz Consulting is available for shopping in the labels for bands and musicians who just released their latest CD. For more info, contact me.

MUSIC DISTRIBUTORS: How to Attract them and How to Work with Them ******************************************** The distributor's job is to make the buyers at retail outlets aware of a label's product. They use their sales tools; promos, one sheets, airplay, press, Internet, and live performance reports to try and convince the buyers that they should stock the product they carry. If a specific title sells, it is the job of the distributor, in cooperation with the label to pro...vide the retailers with a continuous flow of the product. It is essential that a label have a consistent, professional, and mutually respectful relationship with their distributors. Selling recorded product is a team effort, and that fact should never be forgotten. In the business of music, no one is an island. Do you need more info in regards this matter? Contact me!

WHY WE STILL NEED INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES ************************************************** Supporting indie record stores has come down to this? You support them ONLY when there is a day set aside every year to raise awareness of how important they are? I don't get it.... I heard that the National Record Store Day was very successful, and that business that day contributed to a week of great sales for indie stores, up 466% from the previous week. Sounds good huh? Well, go back to your favorite indie store now, and ask them if the momentum from that day celebrating indie stores has lasted. I asked that question. The answer was that after that big splash of a day, business returned to so-called 'normal' real quick. Because of that one day 'burst' of retail excitement you may have gone to an indie store to take advantage of the one-day specials, limited edition CDs or vinyl releases or whatever. But think of it this way: YOU WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THAT SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION WHATEVER IF THE STORE HAD CLOSED AND DISAPPEARED DUE TO LACK OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT!

DESIGN SIMPLE, BUT EFFECTIVE PROMO MATERIALS ************************************************* The topic of designing and writing effective promotional materials; bios, fact sheets, cover letters, quote sheets etc. is a lengthy one to say the least. Here are 3 tips to help you promote your careers, and enhance your chances of getting some deal offers. Do the following: - Take the time to inventory any accomplishments, positive reviews, training and awards, past sales, and liv...e appearances, and organize them into bios and fact sheets. - Make your promo materials as compelling, and informative as possible. If you can’t write, hire a professional publicist. - Having done that, take more time to research who to send the materials to, and to ask each potential recipient what type of information they would like to have sent to them. No ‘generic’ kits should ever be sent out to any gatekeepers in the music business. See more

ADAPT...or DON'T **************** The way the music is going is the way the world is going. Things that use to work, don’t work that way anymore. So, what is one to do in that situation? Adapt.... If you can’t, you have two options: 1) Quit while you’re ahead 2) Keep on doing what doesn’t work Sound too ominous? Not really. Let me explain. Change is what life is all about. Think about it. We may want things to remain the same in a relationship but they don’t. A job we’ve had for years requires us to get re-trained or risk being laid off or fired. Somehow life gets in the way of our plans, and we have two options change things, or pretend everything is just fine and face the consequences. Well, life in the music business is no different. The changes that have been going on for the last decade or so, present a similar situation for any musician or band. Change, adapt, or not. Technology changes have been the most common trend in our business. Think of it: a decade ago there was no Twitter or Facebook, or MySpace. Social networking was an email event, or at best a discussion group. The economy has changed dramatically too. Unemployment and the housing market have brought challenges to everyone. And that means your fans have been affected by these and other social changes. What are you going to do about it? Face the fact that your fans are, like the rest of us, are trying to deal with technology and economic issues just like we are. So, we have to adapt to these changes, as uncomfortable as that may be, or NOT. What is your decision? Are you going to adapt to as many new technology tools as you can and learn how to communicate with your fans in newer and more efficient ways, or are you going to remain stubborn, set in your ways, refusing to adapt to these new technology tools? And the same goes for our economic problems. If indeed the economy is affecting all of us, and that means your fans too, what can you do to get their business, their money, when times are tough and fans of music have SO many other musical choices to choose from? Are you going to give them some ‘special deals’, or reward them with free songs, or tickets to your live shows, or contests? What can you think of to attract your fans to support you MORE? Or You still have that other choice do nothing. Just deny reality and pretend that nothing is different today in artist/fan relationships, and that the old analog technology you relied on in the past is just fine. Yeah, do that. That’s a real smart idea. Don’t change, just deny as best you can.

ANALYZE YOUR CAREER MOTIVATIONS AND GOALS ************************************************ Understand what truly motivates you. Do you want to be rich? Do you want to be famous? Do you want to be both rich and famous (the two do not necessarily go hand in hand)? Are you pursuing a career to attract the opposite sex? Or to party? Or are you pursuing music for spiritual reasons, for the art and for the love of creating, to make a valid contribution to the world of music? Your answers to these questions are ultimately going to affect the career decisions you make. For this reason, you need to be totally honest about your goals. That said, it's also extremely important to interpret the goals of the people with whom you may become professionally involved.

My first book (volume 1) of THE DISCOVERY Of THE MUSIC will be available in Europe from November 2019. ******************************************************** First, I am going to arm musicians with all the information they need to move their career forward in the real world, with or without a major label record deal. Secondary, I am going to give you tips about: - Labels and how to get one and how to present yourself to an A&R - Booking Agencies... - How to start a band - How to promote your band - How to get a manager and what is the profit in having one - Why a musician has not to take care his biz by himself. - And many other biz tips. ********************************************************** The 3 volumes will be dictionaries aimed at all musicians who want to learn about the world of music biz, and who would like to live by their music. (Love, your Tiziana) See more