I truly believe this is an exception. In the past, artists were not required to pay to submit their music for professional consideration. Additionally, there have been numerous scams and shams where unscrupulous people have preyed upon the aspirations of emerging artists to take their money from them. I understand when I hear musicians say, “You shouldn’t have to pay people to consider your music”. And, “Music industry professionals already get paid by their companies to find talent.” Or, “Any professional that’s charging you to listen to your music is running a scam!” And, “Aren’t people supposed to pay me to hear my music and not the other way around?”
More than 850 songs have been selected for real industry opportunities in the past 60 days alone! These deals include placement in major Hollywood movie soundtracks, major TV network theme songs, major and cable network series placement, reality show auditions and placement, radio station playlist adds, magazine features, blog features, publishing deals, management deals, production deals and sample deals.
If you haven’t been following the evolution of the traditional music business, there’s a lot to catch up on but let me give you the quick overview:
In this episode we discuss how artists can target and acquire new fans. Artists featured on this episode are The Strike Nineteens, Xanthe Littlemore, and songwriting duo Gail Vareilles & Tommy Faragher.
In this episode we discuss how artists can avoid being out-competed in the new music business. Artists featured on this episode are Andrew Ryan, Mary Sarah, Amanda Blush, & Kotadama.
We’ve been enabling industry professionals to divert their money to charity for over a year. Honestly, not all of them send their money to charities. In fact, a lot don’t but we’re seeing increasing numbers of them do it. At some point we may display a badge on the profile pages of those that send their fees to charity. For now, we just quietly suggest it as an option and it seems to be working.
Layers is seeking an experienced executive to serve as our company’s Chief Product Officer.
The job’s responsibilities’ will include interfacing with PR companies, marketing staff, US company investors and US clients, defining the marketing and monetization strategy for the US market, and leading its execution.
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Musicians can no longer expect to create a great product and to then be discovered by happenstance. They cannot expect industry professionals to give their time away for free to listen to and evaluate their music when there are 13 million unsigned artists out there requesting their time and attention.
While there is no one formulaic way to success, we’re starting to see an increasing number of success stories emerge on Music Xray and I’d like to share the stories of two artist and how they each got it done differently.
