Meet the Composer - Workshop Supplimental

Jeremy
dePrisco’s
Meet the Composer
Workshops

March 2012

University of Pittsburgh

Greensburg Campus
Greensburg, PA

Working as a Singer-songwriter

READ THESE NOW: Quality Is Overrated: The Mechanics of Excellence In Music (2 parts)
Everything popular is wrong: Making it in electronic music, despite democratization

Folk Alliance
ASCAP
BMI
SESAC
Harry Fox Agency
Sound Exchange – non-profit performance rights organization that collects statutory royalties from satellite radio (such as SIRIUS XM), internet radio, cable TV music channels and similar platforms for streaming sound recordings. The Copyright Royalty Board, which is appointed by The U.S. Library of Congress, has entrusted SoundExchange as the sole entity in the US to collect and distribute these digital performance royalties on behalf of featured recording artists, master rights owners (like record labels), and independent artists who record and own their masters.
The Download: SoundExchange rises as music streaming increases

Music Reports – Songdex®, the world’s largest independent relational database of music copyright and related business information. Strategic consulting, copyright research, licensing, and royalty reporting. The company’s clients include the world’s most successful broadcasters, record labels, digital music services, wireless carriers, and consumer products companies.

Rumblefish – helps consumers & professionals create amazing soundtracks for their projects. Then, artists and labels get paid royalties when their music is used.
Limelight – Clear mechanical rights for cover songs.
Diversifying Your Music Career
SXSW 2012: Artists, you have 42 different ways to make money
42 Revenue Streams (direct link to Future of Music study 2012)
Utah Phillips – “Yes, the long memory is the most radical idea in this country. It is the loss of that long memory which deprives our people of that connective flow of thoughts and events that clarifies our vision, not of where we’re going, but where we want to go.” – U. Utah Phillips

Audio Production for CD Release

CDBABY Guides
DiscMakers Guides
Oasis CD Guides
ISRC Codes
Bandcamp
Propellerhead Reason
Mandala – Making of the Debut Album (1999)
CD Baby’s 2011 Annual Stats [Infographic]
SoundScan’s full report, in 2011, CDs continued their downward slide…

Is The Music Business Finally Rebounding? New Numbers Say Yes. Some select stats:
- CD Sales fell by 6%
- Digital album downloads soared 20% to 103.1 million, up from 86.3 million in 2010 (including 1.8 million for Adele’s 21).
- Total digital song sales ticked up 8.5% to a record 1.27 billion, up from 1.17 billion last year.
- 13% dip in total album sales from 2009-2010.
- For the first time since 2004, overall music sales are up.
- Album sales edged up 1.4% to 330.57 million units from 326.15 million in 2010

A Performer’s Integration of Social Media

Sound Design vs. Composition

Electro Resources by Shivasongster – a survey of resources that have inspired me over the years, or have helped in my ongoing exploration of sound as texture.
Electro-music.com – Great place to explore electronic music. Annual conference and online radio programs.
Generative Music – WolframTones
Rhythmicon
Sutemos (net label)
suRRism-Phonoethics a n0tlabel (Net Label)

Collaboration

“I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Billy Joel”

Disclaimer: These links are presented for informational purposes only. I do not make anything for recommending the services above. For example, I’m a CDBaby customer, not a representative. The industry is always changing, and there are many services out there and there will bound to be more. I’ve tried to list those that I’ve had good experiences with, or those I’ve heard good things about. Always read the fine print and do your own research before signing up with any company for any service.

Jeremy dePrisco’s Meet the Composer Workshops