If you're involved in the music industry in any way, you're likely familiar with the importance of proper identification and tracking of content, individuals, and organizations. This blog discusses the importance of identifiers like ISRC, ISWC, and UPC in the music industry for accurate royalty payments, music credits, and sales reporting.
Nel Oliver's Baby Girl tells of the emotional attachment between a father and his daughter as he gives her away on her wedding day.
With labels, distribution companies, and producers, appearing on records without performing, it begs the question, who is an artist and who can appear as one? And what does this mean for crediting and payment of royalties?
In the last three years, Afrobeats, Afro-fusion, and Afropop have become the more widely used terms to refer to West African pop music. Causing a naming and branding crises. While Afrobeats is the more common and older term, it is often criticised and dropped in favour of Afro-Fusion or Afropop, both terms whose early use can be traced to refer to the music of Angelique Kidjo and King Sunny Ade.
Collaboration is a great way to build strong relationships with your fellow artists and music business professionals like ARs, curators, and promoters.
