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… […]

Tune in Saturday November 29th to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

1 This is weird to me. For a journeyman singer, barely covered in the media, unknown to most, Todd Snider got some of the most glowing obituaries I’ve ever seen. Lengthy, with not only biographical information, but lyrical quotations…if one was not a fan a reader would think they’d missed out on something. If only […]