Money From Music
Living Up to a Brand
By Zoe Mitchell
Music Business Journal
Artists have always struggled to make ends meet, and more so since the drop in sales of physical product, i.e. CDS, cassettes, vinyl, and VHS music videos. A survey of the Future of Music Coalition claims musicians make, on average, $34K a year. Even if true, this figure does not take into account touring and recording expenses. And the business is not made up of the likes of Rihanna or Kenny Chesney who easily make more than $10M a year.
Money from Music survey
June 21, 2014 - 10:00am - June 22, 2014 - 4:30pm
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Navigating the New Music Landscape
Revenue streams, access to markets, and how musicians, labels and songwriters are compensated
Kristin Thomson
How are recording artists paid when their fans buy downloads on iTunes? How are songwriters paid when their music is played on Pandora? Since our founding, Future of Music Coalition has provided musicians, managers and labels with the in-the-trenches details about how performers, songwriters and labels are each compensated when their music is either streamed or downloaded on an array of music services. read more
Artist Revenue Streams Results are Live!
Remember when we told you about that ambitious, groundbreaking survey on musicians' revenue streams? Well, we've got all the data, and we're now in the process of making it available via unique presentations that highlight specific areas of our research. Through ths ongoing effort, we hope to shed light on the large, diverse, and specialized group of folks that are musicians. read more
Submitted by Casey on February 13, 2012 - 3:00pm
Last Chance to Tell Us How You Make Money From Music
On September 6, Future of Music Coalition launched a Money From Music — a groundbreaking new survey to determine how US-based musicians and composers are getting by in a changing landscape for music. What does a 21st-century artist revenue stream look like, and how has it changed over time? What are the similarities and differences between jazz artists, classical musicians, singer-songwriters and emcees? We really want to know. And you can help. read more
Submitted by Casey on October 25, 2011 - 2:50pm
Royalties for Kitteh? YouTube and Artist Compensation
This post was written by FMC intern Danny Weiss.
Since its birth in 2005, the nature of YouTube as a platform for (just) homegrown video has undergone some seismic shifts. The site is now home to more media than almost any online streaming platform. Cute kittens and The Beatles (OK, little kids singing The Beatles) are now only a single click away. read more
Submitted by Hannah on October 18, 2011 - 12:45pm
digital performance royalties