Featured Articles

15
Jul

Music is a business with a significant economic value

Music is also an art form. It is an expression of the inner sentiment of the creator or artist at a point in time. It gives a certain perspective on life and allows us to view the world through the eyes of someone else. Like any other art form, different people appreciate different styles and presentations of music.

2
Jul

Impact of Music

“A valuable business uses its assets in a way that attracts customers and gives them a reason to be loyal to the business.” ‘Assets and liabilities’… By just opening with this phrase you can tell that I mean business. Why? Because that is typical business, or shall we say Accountants’ speak. The whole concept of the Balance Sheet is based on making sure that the liabilities in the business do balance with the assets.

23
Jun

How are Music Royalties distributed? Part 4 of 5

This, the 4th insert in our 5 part series explains ‘Royalties and undocumented works.’ What happens when SAMRO members fail to notify SAMRO of their interest or share in a musical work?

7
May

SAMRO bursaries highest yet

“The need out there is great, and there are large numbers of students studying music,” he says. “SAMRO is committed to reinvest in the value of music. It feels good to be part of encouraging young people to study music in addition to our continued support for the music industry and the preservation of our musical heritage through the SAMRO Music Archive.”

21
Apr

Twitter help for musicians and bands

Last week we wrote about how to use the web to find your fans. This week we focus on Twitter for bands and musicians. If you have no idea what Twitter is or how to use it you can read this first.
We then found a very cool and informative link online “Twitter - A Guide [...]

16
Apr

Running an independent music label Part 2 of 2

Record labels started out to really facilitate the recording of an artist’s music. But in this day and age, music technology is readily available to set up basic recording studios that can produce a finished piece of work or at least allow for considerable pre and post production so that one can minimize the overall time spent in an expensive professional recording studio.

15
Apr

Find your fans

It’s all about the music…. it’s what you love, what you live for – but it’s no good if no one else knows what you’re writing, recording and performing. The web offers you so many different platforms through which to promote your band or yourself as a musician. There are a few select sites that you can use to better chat with your groupies and share your latest videos, songs, events and news.

6
Apr

Dancing ‘Sound of Music’ flashmob

Flemish commercial television station VTM used a creative Flashmob approach to launch their newest reality television program “Op zoek naar Maria” which has been launched to find an actress to play the leading role of Maria in the musical version of The Sound of Music.

23
Mar

Running an independent music label Part 1 of 2

Let’s be honest, running an independent recording company is not an easy thing. Setting up the business, having a clear understanding of the target market, devising a marketing strategy, finding and signing the right artists, recording the projects, releasing and distributing them and finding the right accountant and publisher to work with is definitely no easy task. It is important that before you look at establishing your label, you start by understanding exactly how the music industry operates and begin networking with those who can be of assistance.