The Association of American Independent Music held its 10th annual Indie Week conference in New York City this week, as members of the indie sector celebrated their growing impact on the music marketplace.
The Association of American Independent Music held its 10th annual Indie Week conference in New York City this week, as members of the indie sector celebrated their growing impact on the music marketplace.said during the group's annual meeting on Tuesday.
earlier noted, "With growth and success, comes great opportunity." But he stressed it's also a time for the indie label and distributor community to stick together in order to insure that sector of the industry is treated equitably. Quoting the famous Ben Franklin quote, "We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately," Posen said, "Lets not hang separately, let's hang together.
Likewise, artist songwriters often don't think too much about publishing, she added: "Usually, they sign a pub deal get the advance, buy a van and stop thinking about it." "We don't want those artists to have that money; we want the creators to get it," Bond said, noting Songtrust's "relationships with 45 digital service providers and societies in 170 countries," covering about 90% of the global music market with direct relationships. In total, the company represents 170,000 songwriters and 20000 publishers, representing 1.5 million song copyrights, she added.
Merlin, which claims 12% of the digital marketplace operating in 63 countries around the globe, acts as an agent for indie labels, collectively negotiating licenses with the major digital services around the globe. It then offers its members -- 850 labels and distributors -- an opt-in to each deal. says Merlin doesn't do deals with all the digital services. "There are more services out there that we don't license, than we do," he said. "If a DSP wants to do business with Merlin, we tell the DSP they have to go out and do their legwork with our members." If Merlin does a license for a DSP and the members don't know anything about that service, they might all opt out, he explained.
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