Sound Exchange

Next BIG Nashville Spotlight: SoundExchange’s Bryan Calhoun

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

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

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.

Most-Wanted Monday: The Cutting Edge

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.

Testimonial Tuesday: “SX saved our butts big time”

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.

Most-Wanted Monday: In search of heirs

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.

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.

Most Wanted Monday: Missing Children(’s artists)

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.

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

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.

Pianist Rada Neal gets surprise news of SX royalties

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.

Most Wanted Monday: The Lost Souls of Gospel

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.