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moneykeys

Do you work in the financial industry and want to transition into the music industry? From time to time I receive messages from friends or strangers who work outside of the music industry but looking to make a career change. Recently, folks in the financial industry have been contacting me and want to know how/where their skill sets and experiences translate.

Generally speaking, with the industry being the Big Data industry that it has become, I feel that many of you how have experience with financial data modeling, forecasting, and other “financial/number people skills” could be a viable asset to numerous music companies.

Here are a few companies who specifically exist at the intersection of music and money, which could be a good transitional outlet for the right candidates:

And the publishing administration departments/divisions of every music distributor could use good number people (e.g. TuneCore Music Publishing Administration, CD Baby Publishing, and Songtrust).

Good luck!

June 5, 2015

CD Baby Launches Illustrated Sounds Its First YouTube Multi-Channel Network

Illustrated Sounds

YouTube Content ID and the MCN (multi-channel network) model has become a booming business for many in the music industry. For many years now, independent artists have looked to MCNs to help them increase and capture the revenues generated against their music on YouTube. Not only does independent artists earn revenue from ads served in and around the videos they upload to their own YouTube channel, but also when ads are served against videos uploaded by other users who use the artist’s music (such as background music for a silly video).