SX’s Bryan Calhoun featured in Amalgamation Magazine

Bryan Calhoun, SoundExchange’s VP of New Media & External Affairs was featured in a Q&A in Amalgamation magazine this week, talking about what artists and labels need to know about SoundExchange.  We’ve included question #4 below, but you can read the full article here as a PDF.

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Bryan Calhoun Tells “SoundExchange non-believers” the good news via BlogTalkRadio

Last night, SoundExchange’s VP of External Affairs and New Media appeared on BlogTalkRadio, hosted by the inimitable Ms. Ssugah. In a 40 minute live interview (which you can download or stream here

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Testimonial Tuesday: Robert of MyDIYMusic calls SX “One of the most important things I did with my record”

This week’s testimonial came to us in an unexpected way. Robert Selvaggio (very talented singer, songwriter, producer, engineer and mixer) authors a blog called MyDIYMusic, on which he provides insight and advice which will “prove to be invaluable for those of us who have decided to go it alone with their music.”

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Most-Wanted Mondays: “Partial Pays”

Among the unpaid artists who have money here at SoundExchange, we frequently run into a problem we call ‘partial pays.’ That is, we’ve received registration documents and are writing checks to one or more members of a group, but one or more members remain unregistered. This happens more often with groups who’ve broken up, who’ve left the business, or who haven’t shared the SoundExchange news with their bandmates. It can also mean we’ve registered the members of a group who are still alive, but can’t locate the heirs of a member who’s passed on. This week, we’re bringing you a list of our top ‘Partial Pays’ – can you help us tell these renegade rockers it’s time to get registered?

Run DMC
The Isley Brothers
Sublime
The Temptations
Fleetwood Mac
Three Dog Night
Abba
Pretty Ricky

If you know these artists, let them know it’s time to register with SoundExchange. They can go complete the free registration online, so they can finally get paid when they get played. If you, or a friend, aren’t yet registered, don’t wait for us to put your name on the blackboard: it’s time for you to sign up too.

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Testimonial Tuesday: Sandra McCracken via the Tennessean

This week’s testimonial comes courtesy of reporter Anita Wadhwani at The Tennessean, who talked to Nashville-based artists about the royalties they were receiving from play generated overseas.

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Most Wanted Mondays: More from our summer help

This week’s ‘Most Wanted Mondays’ is another listing of one of our summer interns’ favorite artists who have money waiting at SoundExchange.  These are some of Ashley’s favorites: can you help us get it touch with them?

Dwele
Red Café
Little Brother
Fabolous
Wu-tang-clan
Mos Def
Jean Grae
The Isley Brothers (we have some members but not all)
Jesse Boykins III 

If you know these artists, let them know it’s time to register with SoundExchange. They can go complete the free registration online, so they can finally get paid when they get played. If you, or a friend, aren’t yet registered, don’t wait for us to put your name on the blackboard: it’s time for you to sign up too.

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Testimonial Tuesday: Indie Artist Gordon Chambers Loves SoundExchange!

Gordon Chambers, indie recording artist and Grammy-winning songwriter for such luminaries as Anita Baker, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and more, dropped us a line this week to tell us his SoundExchange success story:

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SoundExchange and Audio4cast Q2Y10 Webinar for Service Providers – Q&As and Video

On June 30th, SoundExchange presented a webinar, “Q2Y10 Webinar for Service Providers,” to address licensing options for services, materials that services need to submit, and what happens to the royalties SoundExchange collects from services.  During the event, we asked the 75 participants to ask us their questions about SoundExchange and statutory licensing. 

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Testimonial Tuesday: Manager Scottie Diablo quoted in Billboard Magazine

In Billboard Magazine this week, Senior Editorial Analyst Glenn Peoples (formerly of Coolfer) recounted a conversation he had with a SoundExchange success story, and we snagged a paragraph for our Testimonial Tuesday.

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Most Wanted Monday: Our summer interns’ favorite unpaid artists

We love our summer interns here at SoundExchange, so this week’s ‘Most Wanted Mondays’ features our interns’ favorite artists who have money waiting at SoundExchange. Do you know these names?

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Next BIG Nashville Spotlight: SoundExchange’s Bryan Calhoun

September 2nd

SoundExchange’s VP of New Media and External Affairs, Bryan Calhoun, was featured today in American Songwriter. We’ve included the first question here, but be sure to check out the full story

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Testimonial Tuesday: How SX royalties helped one widow rebuild after Hurricane Katrina

August 31st

Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina pushed more than five feet of water into Antoinette Kador’s New Orleans bar, stranding her for seven days and devastating the music memorabilia she kept there. Antoinette, widow of legendary R&B singer Ernie “K-Doe” Kador, was left wondering how her business would survive. Then she received a phone call from SoundExchange, telling her that her late husband’s estate was due a royalty payment for all the times his music had been streamed over the Internet.

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Most-Wanted Monday: The Cutting Edge

August 30th

Our executive director, John Simson, gave the keynote at The Cutting Edge Media Business summit in New Orleans this week, and we had the chance to meet some great artists. We compared our unpaid list against the showcasing artists, and talked to each of them about their waiting royalties.

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Testimonial Tuesday: “SX saved our butts big time”

August 24th

Imagination Theatre is American radio’s premiere drama series,  featuring all-time favorites like Harry Nile and Sherlock Holmes The mind behind these mysteries and masterpieces is Jim French Productions.

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Most-Wanted Monday: In search of heirs

August 23rd

Great music is immortal, but musicians aren’t. Here at SoundExchange, we have many hundreds of thousands of dollars for musicians who are deceased. As long as their tracks are played, they keep accruing royalties, while we at SX attempt to contact heirs and track down estate information. Today, we’re bringing you a sampling of jazz artists who’ve passed away – all of them before they had a right to be paid for their work.

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SX’s Bryan Calhoun featured in Amalgamation Magazine

August 22nd

Bryan Calhoun, SoundExchange’s VP of New Media & External Affairs was featured in a Q&A in Amalgamation magazine this week, talking about what artists and labels need to know about SoundExchange.  We’ve included question #4 below, but you can read the full article here as a PDF.

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Most Wanted Monday: Missing Children(’s artists)

August 16th

For this week’s Most Wanted, we bring you a collection of children’s musicians and recorded storytellers. These folks are brightening the days of our kids, but aren’t yet getting the royalties they earn for those plays. Especially now that satellite and internet radio have all-kids channels, hitting the under 5-foot set can mean big bucks! Can you help us register these happy hearts and make sure they claim their money?

Al simmons
Awele Makeba
Wee Hairy Beasties
Sherry Goffin Kondor
Matthew Campanozzi
Jodie Resther
Adam Bryant (of ‘Pajama Time’)
Jim Weiss
Stacy Buehler
Bonnie Phipps

If you know these artists, let them know it’s time to register with SoundExchange. They can complete the free registration online, so they can finally get paid when they get played. If you, or a friend, aren’t yet registered, don’t wait for us to put your name on the blackboard: it’s time for you to sign up too.

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Free Event: IMSTA FESTA’s music software celebration in NYC 9/25

August 12th

Attention music producers, engineers and software specialists: this event is just for you. The International Music Software Trade Association’s “IMSTA FESTA” is a celebration of music software in NYC in September.

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Pianist Rada Neal gets surprise news of SX royalties

August 10th

Rada Neal, the musical talent behind Piano Passions, began her life in a refugee camp in Germany, and went on to write lyrical melodies which have earned her endless praise. This week, she dropped us a line to say ‘thanks’ for her first check.

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Most Wanted Monday: The Lost Souls of Gospel

August 9th

This week, we’re bringing you a list of our top gospel voices who are missing out on their milk and honey.  The rewards of heaven may be some time off, but the rewards of royalties are ready to be claimed. Can you help us tell these lost souls it’s time to get registered with SoundExchange?

Rev. James Cleveland
Kierra Kiki Sheard
Hillsong United
J. Moss
Pastor Hezekiah Walker
Bishop Paul S. Morton
Matt Redman
33Miles
Smokie Norful
The Winans

If you know these artists, let them know it’s time to register with SoundExchange. They can go complete the free registration online, so they can finally get paid when they get played. If you, or a friend, aren’t yet registered, don’t wait for us to put your name on the blackboard: it’s time for you to sign up too.

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