Stay current with music tips, tools, and Sound Royalties news in our blog. Advice from the industry’s best, music current events and conferences, artist interviews, and everything in between! We post about current developments in the music industry regularly.
April 19, 2023
At Sound Royalties, we have pioneered the artist-friendly funding model! Whether a Creative is independent, signed to a publisher, label, or distributor, or registered with a performance rights organization (PRO), they can turn to us for financing. In reality, working with Sound Royalties is a win-win situation for creatives, AND …
October 27, 2022
We put together a comprehensive guide to the most critical income streams that every music creative should know about. Keep yourself informed with these streams of revenue. Whether you’re a songwriter, artist, producer, attorney, manager – or any other position in the music industry – this guide of 50 music …
October 25, 2022
On October 15, our team came together with fellow members of the global music and tech community to support Digilogue Day in New York. Programming for the day included keynotes, panels, workshops, 1-on-1 mentor sessions, an artist discovery expo, a music career fair, and more! Our Regional Director of Business …
August 12, 2022
Help us vote for our panels in this SXSW 2022 PanelPicker. Community panel voting ends on August 21! SXSW 2023 will be held March 10-19, 2023. Sound Royalties Presents “Funding Your Music Career” Description Finding capital to fund your music career can be difficult. As a rising star, …
April 26, 2022
Maria del Pilar Lopez is a business manager and Director at Citrin Copperman. Her wealth of knowledge and experience in the music and finance industry has provided creatives with peace of mind and financial security for over 15 years. In our latest Financial Literacy Month blog, we get Maria’s advice …
April 22, 2022
We are celebrating Financial Literacy Month with advice, tips, and tricks from top music industry professionals all April long. Below, we sat with Tara Moore, Director of PS Business Management, to talk about her career, the role of a business manager, and her opinion on some of the latest trends …
April 20, 2022
Welcome back to Financially Literacy Month with Sound Royalties as we explore different financial topics in the music industry with seasoned industry professionals, like Chuck Lowe and many more! Check out our latest Q&A with business manager Victor Wlodinguer of Citrin Cooperman. Tell us a little about yourself and how …
April 15, 2022
As we continue Financial Literacy Month, we speak to Lamont Graves of The Graves Firm, a music publishing and royalty consulting firm. Lamont shares his experiences in the music industry and his financial advice for creatives. If you want to learn more about royalty financing, read about music catalog sales. …
April 8, 2022
April is Financial Literacy Month! To celebrate, we are launching a series of Q&A’s with experts in the financial realm of the music industry, where they give a little insight into what they do and their advice to creatives. First up is our very own CFO, Chuck Lowe. Chuck has …
March 25, 2022
YouTube’s Global Head of Music, Lyor Cohen, announced on June 2, 2021, that YouTube has paid over $4 billion in the last year to artists, songwriters, and other rights-holders. Plus, according to YouTube, over two million users log on each month with over one billion hours of content watched per …
January 19, 2022
Legendary house music DJ, Marshall Jefferson, has been in the industry for decades and was essential in the creation of house music, sometimes being referred to as “the father of house music.” In this Q and A interview, we recently caught up with Marshall to learn about his influences, musical …
October 22, 2021
Advances in music have been considered standard practice in the music industry for decades, but not everyone realizes there are different types of advances, and all of them come with a cost. Understanding each of the four types of advances can help a creative make the best choice for their …