This document provides an overview of digital music distribution and revenue streams. It discusses the roles of labels, artists, composers and publishers in digital music. It also outlines the major digital stores like iTunes and Spotify and the types of downloads and streams available. Finally, it recommends tools for artists and labels to utilize like Excel and music business books and lists contact information for a music digital marketing company.
12. Recommended Toolkit
! Recommended
Toolkit:
! MS
Excel
(2007
or
newer)
[1,048,576
rows
vs.
65,356)
! Dummies
Guide
to
MS
Excel
! Good
Music
Business
Book
! “Music
Publishing
–
The
Complete
Guide”
(Steve
Winogradsky)
! “All
You
Need
To
Know
About
The
Music
Business”
(Donald
Passman)
!
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File
Transfer
Program
or
Service
Youtube/Facebook/Twi[er
Channel
Name
Large
Email
Inbox
Billboard.biz
(and
print
version)
Music
Blogs
(e.g.,
Digital
Music
News,
Hypebot,
etc.)
Paypal
Account
Constant
Contact
or
other
Newsle[er
Program
13. A CLOSER LOOK
BFM
Digital
hUp://www.bfmdigital.com
BFM
Jazz
hUp://www.bfmjazz.com
RSS
PR
Feed
hUp://www.prweb.com/rss2g/256934.xml
BFM
Ar+st
Blog
hUp://www.thehookblog.com
Steven
Corn’s
Blog
hUp://bigfishmedia.typepad.com/
Twi[er
hUps://twiUer.com/bfmdigital
Facebook
hUps://www.facebook.com/bfmdigital
SlideShare
hUp://www.slideshare.net/scorn100
14. REACH US
Steven Corn
C E O
&
C O -‐ F O U N D E R
scorn@bfmdigital.com
12650
Riverside
Drive
#203
Valley
Village,
CA
91607
(818)
762-‐0191
(818)
475-‐5357
fax