Erik Jacobsen (Syncfree Music) and I were recently interviewed by A
lison Stolpa at Careers In Music about production music. Thought some of you might want to read it here.
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PRO Payments and Revenue Transparency
by Paul Gelsomine
Is The “Black Box” Getting Bigger?
A composer’s business lies in their body of work, which they try to exploit to the best of their ability. By necessity, composers are entrepreneurs. Still, in today’s environment, music is used in a haphazard way, often making it an onerous expedition to receive PRO payments for some performances. In this data-driven day and age, many think that royalties should reach composers faster and be easier to digitally detect. But getting hold of royalties does not appear to be an easy task.
We Have Moved!
Well we did it. MusicLibraryReport.com has been on the new hosting site at WPEngine.com for 3 days and the results are fantastic!
MLR Now Mobile Friendly
I decided that I had been ignoring the little nudges from Google that MLR was not mobile friendly for too long. Today I installed a plugin that recognizes smart phones and tablets to deliver a better mobile experience. MLR now passes Google’s mobile testing tool. Yay! Please leave comments if you are having any problems with your particular device.
Thank you!
CryptoWall – CryptoLock – Ransom-Ware
I had been vaguely aware of ransom-ware over the years but the the latest incarnations are particularly nasty. One of the newest is Cryptowall. You can get it from links, attachments, clicking on ads, even a trusted web site can be infected (via drive-by downloads). Cryptowall will make copies of all of your files, encrypt them and then delete the originals. Read more…