For the artists, managers, and operators building the next music industry. Owned audiences, real economics, and the playbooks the major labels won't write.
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5 Steps to Claim Your Mechanicals Before the Majors Do
Part 2: Mechanicals. The $424 million graveyard in Nashville, the second cheque hiding inside every stream, and why your distributor was never going to send it.
In February 2021, the major streaming services wired $424,384,787 to a nonprof...
The Spotify Experiment That Changed My Mind
There’s a Reddit comment I keep thinking about.
A user tried switching from Spotify to Qobuz, lost too many tracks in the migration, and gave up with a line that deserves to be framed: “So I’m sticking with the devil for now.”
“Sticking...
How to Collect Every Dollar Your Song Earns
Part 1: PROs. The venue already paid. The radio station already paid. Spotify already paid. Here's a field guide to avoiding the Royalty Black Box.
After I did a deep dive on the Royalty Black Box some weeks ago, I posted “How The Majors G...
The Death of the Middleman
Distribution used to be a beautifully dumb idea.
You made a thing. Somebody else made sure that thing was sitting on every shelf, in every store, on every corner where a human being might reach into their pocket and hand over some money....
Starting From Scratch: 10 Things To Set Up Before You Release Anything
Year One, Part One — the 2026 setup checklist before any music comes out.
As the community grows around The Artist Economy and its subscribers, I often get emails asking for advice on what to do as a brand new artist. It’s important to und...
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