I hope all is well with you and yours. I worked at AWAL as its U.S. SVP of Business Affairs from 2018-2023, and it was amazing to see how many indie artists at AWAL were earning real money while owning their recordings and controlling how and when they were released and licensed.  As an attorney, […]

“The Truth About Streaming Payout – Take a closer look at the actual math behind real music royalties.” https://spotifynews.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-streaming-payout Even I missed this story, which was published a week ago. I caught it in today’s Record of the Day e-mail. I constantly get e-mail from people claiming that Apple pays more per stream than Spotify… […]

  If you’re a fan of the man and his bands you’re gonna love this book. I met Derek back in 1990, when I wrote about the Rembrandts, a band on his nascent label, Atco. Their manager sent me an advance cassette and I loved it. It was a return to form for Danny Wilde, […]