Los Angeles Songwriters Collective Photo Recap
I had a great time as the keynote speaker atthe Los Angeles Songwriters Collective meetup this past Monday. Here are some photos.
Thanks Los Angeles Songwriters Collective For Having Me
Thanks to LA Songwriters Collective for having me as the keynote speaker tonight.
Music Subscriptions Passed 100 Million In December. Has The World Changed?
Brief, yet interesting, data-driven analysis on the impact of streaming.
In streaming’s earlier years, when doubts prevailed across the artist, songwriter and label communities, one of the arguments put forward by enthusiasts was that when streaming reached scale everything would make sense. When asked what ‘scale’ meant, the common reply was ‘100 million subscribers’. In December, the streaming market finally hit and passed that milestone, notching up 100.4 million subscribers by the stroke of midnight on the 31st December. It was an impressive end to an impressive year for streaming, but does it mark a change in the music industry, a fundamental change in the way in which streaming works for the music industry’s numerous stakeholders?
Streaming Has Piqued Investors’ Interest
The streaming market was always going to hit the 100 million subscriber mark sometime around now, but by closing out the year with the milestone it was ahead of schedule. This was not however entirely surprising as the…
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Dae Bogan’s New Year 2017 Announcements
Announcing Pride Music: A Music Business Workshop for LGBTQ Music Creators
Last month, I announced that I was working on a music business workshop for LGBTQ creators; and the reasons why I felt such a workshop was necessary. Read more here.
I am excited to present PRIDE MUSIC: A Music Business Workshop for LGBTQ Music Creators, taking place Nov 16th & Dec 17th at Brotherhood Clubhouse – BIF. Tickets $15 at https://pridemusic.eventbrite.com
Announcing Music Business Workshop Focusing On LGBTQ Music Creators
UPDATE: I’ve announced the first services of workshops – “PRIDE MUSIC: A Music Business Workshop For LGBTQ Creators”. Read the announcement.
When I came to LA as an aspiring artist, there weren’t many “out” recording artists being marketed in mainstream music. When I stopped pursuing music and began to build my career on the business side, I learned that there were plenty of LGBTQ folks in the music industry behind the scenes and many who weren’t ready to live their truth already in mainstream.
Over the 13 years I’ve been here, we’ve seen acceptance grow and artists like Ricky Martin and Lance Bass come out. We’ve seen Sam Smith, Adam Lambert, Frank Ocean, and many others own their truths and break records while doing it.
Nevertheless, there are still many artists who need the support and tools to be their authentic selves in the music industry.
I have taught many music business and marketing classes and workshops. I’m putting these pilot programs together because in all of the many music industry conferences and programs in which I’ve participated, there hasn’t been a unified approach to covering the fundamental complexities of music industry AND the unique needs of LGBTQ creators.
This is why I am excited to announce that I will be developing and teaching two pilot music business workshops focusing on the unique needs of LGBTQ music creators at the new Brotherhood IMPACT Fund space in West Hollywood (aka Brotherhood Clubhouse).
SAVE THE DATES: 11/16 (7p to 9p) and 12/17 (3p to 5p)
The workshops will consist of 1 hour of my signature music industry insights and education and 45 minutes of the issues that relate to LGBTQ creators (e.g. touring in countries where homosexuality is illegal, spousal/beneficiary grants of residual music royalties (thanks Marriage Equality), dealing with social media bullying, authenticity when creating music for the masses, storytelling and distribution of audiovisual works depicting LGBTQ relationships, gay baiting, and more.
As a gay music industry professional who now works with creators and professionals at all levels, it is important to me to give back and help the next generation to be more empowered creators.
More details to come. Follow my Facebook page for the event info http://www.facebook.com/DaeBoganMusic
The Elephant In The Room: Unclaimed / Undistributed Royalties
In the United States, there are several “unclaimed / undistributed royalties” funds held by music rights organizations. These funds collectively consist of tens of millions of dollars in undistributed earnings generated by the use of music within the greater music industry, from legislative appropriations imposed on manufacturers of audio home recording media, and from agreements with foreign entities.
Some of the organizations (SoundExchange, AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund, Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund, Live Television Videotape Supplemental Market Fund, and although this is not royalties per say, the US Copyright Office has a Section 115 NOIs Filing database that can be used to track down missing mechanical royalties) have created public databases so that music creators can search to see if they have royalties sitting in these funds. However, the biggest funds do not have public databases and often music creators can not be reached by any of these funds to be notified that they have unclaimed royalties.
I am working on a side project called RoyaltyClaim.com to address this issue of unclaimed / undistributed royalties. The goal is to get each of these funds to join the RoyaltyClaim.com Disclosure Program and to encourage them to submit very basic information to us on a periodic basis regarding the income participants who are due royalties. We will then aggregate these disclosures and maintain one searchable public database accessible for free by music creators and income participants.
By aggregating these lists of unclaimed / undistributed royalties information, we can aid income participants — including songwriters, recording artists, publishers, labels, musicians, background vocalists, composers, and beneficiaries (in the event of musician parents or spousals who passed away, but their music still generates royalties) — in locating and claiming their monies.
If you are a music creator, you should signup at RoyaltyClaim.com to be notified of our launch. We are currently in conversations with the various funds to get them to cooperate and help creators and their families.
Join Me In Malibu Tomorrow Evening For Wine, Music, And Networking #SCMIP
Our next Southern California Music Industry Professionals mixer will be held on Thursday, October 27th, from 5pm to 8pm at the Rosenthal Wine Bar & Patio off of PCH in Malibu.
Come mix and mingle with professionals across all sectors of the music industry from recorded music and publishing to live music, touring, and music supervision.
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