How to Cancel and Change Your Music Representative
An Exploration Step-By-Step Guide From digital distributors and administrative representatives to more traditional industry players like record labels and music publishers, there is a »
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How to Work Remotely in the Music Business
In 2013, when Aaron Davis and Rene Meredith founded Exploration, they agreed their goals and services, as a technology startup in the entertainment industry, did not »
A Bird's Eye View
What is Your Favorite Song? Take a moment to think about how you listen to music. Whether it’s on the radio, on vinyl, on an »
What are Music Industry Consent Decrees?
Although rarely brought up in casual conversation or mentioned in the news, the consent decrees imposed by the U.S. Department of Justice on ASCAP and »
What is On-Demand Music Streaming?
Why We Wrote This Guide This guide serves as a logical continuation of our previous guide, the Digital Download [https://exploration.io/digital-downloads/]. In order »
What is Non-Interactive Music Streaming?
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A Glossary of Music Industry Terms
Table of Contents 360 Deal Administration Deal Advances Album Cycle A&R Department Artist Site Back Catalogue Black Box Blanket Licenses Bundled Services Business Manager »
How Does the Music Modernization Act Work?
The Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (MMA) was signed into law on October 11, 2018. The provisions of the MAA have overhauled several »
What are Print Rights?
Why We Wrote This Guide This guide serves as a resource to grant interested parties a better understanding of print rights and how they function within »
What are Lyric Rights?
Why We Wrote This Guide Lyrics are integral to modern music. Many of the most compelling songs in the world use lyrics to tell a story »
What is a Digital Download?
Why We Wrote This Guide Over the last decade, the digital music industry has gained significant momentum. Many digital platforms—streaming services, downloads, digital media players, »
What are Neighboring Rights?
Why We Wrote This Guide Music Business World [https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/artists-are-missing-out-on-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-from-neighbouring-rights-iafar- »
What is Work for Hire?
Why We Wrote This Guide Work for Hire agreements are a popular mode of contractual interaction between various people and entities in the music business. Due »
What is a Master-Use License?
Who This Guide Is For * Producers that want to sample copyrighted sound recordings in their work. * Recording Artists [https://exploration.io/what-is-a-recording-artist/ »
What is a Mechanical License?
Why We Wrote This Guide For over a century now, American copyright law has worked to create and maintain a system that ensures copyright owners are »
What Is SoundExchange?
Why We Wrote This Guide This guide serves as a comprehensive resource to grant interested parties a better understanding of SoundExchange and its unique function within »
What is Music Reports?
Why We Wrote This Guide Music Reports (MRI) is another major royalty collection entity in the United States. This organization services a variety of agreements to »
What is The Harry Fox Agency?
Why We Wrote This Guide The Harry Fox Agency administers various royalties [https://exploration.io/what-is-a-mechanical-license/] to songwriters [https://exploration.io/what- »
What is a Recording Artist?
Why We Wrote This Guide Recording artists and composers [https://exploration.io/what-is-a-songwriter/] create the foundations of the music industry: compositions and recordings. »