Every artist knows which songs performed best on release day. But those are not necessarily the recordings with the greatest long-term potential. Sometimes a track that received very little attention when it first came out…
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For years, the music industry has focused on the next big release. The newest artist. The biggest debut. The song everybody is listening to this Friday. But something interesting is happening on Spotify: older recordings…
A music catalogue can be an asset. If songs reliably generate royalties, a buyer may be willing to pay several years of expected income upfront to own those future cash flows. But there isn’t one…
UPCs and ISRCs both help identify music. They do not identify the same thing. The simplest explanation is: ISRC = recording UPC = release What is an ISRC? An International Standard Recording Code identifies an…
Spotify has changed much more than how people listen to music. It has also changed how music itself is valued. A song recorded 30, 40 or even 60 years ago can continue generating royalties every…
When a music company buys an artist’s back catalogue or an old song suddenly returns to the charts, what exactly does “back catalogue” mean? An artist’s back catalogue is the collection of music they released…
