Music Business Journal | Berklee College of Music

The EDM industry has exploded into a lucrative business platform. Attendance at the top twenty global festivals jumped from 1.9 million in 2009 to over 3.4 million in 2013. As well, digital...

Vladimir Putin, leader of one of the most powerful governments in the world, has found himself scared of a 24-year-old girl. Her name is Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. Tolokonnikova, a Russian...

On November 1, 2013, all European Union Member States were required to make legally effective the Directive 2011/77/EU. The Directive, an amendment of the 2006 version, extends the...

The Economics of EDM

by William Kiendl 1

Rebel Music: Dangerous

by India Thomson 2

A Copyright Extension for EU Recordings

by Stephanie Theofilos 3

by Kyle Billings

Jayce Varden on PledgeMusic

Musician and businessman Jayce Varden co-founded PledgeMusic a few years ago. The company’s practice of crowdfunding is novel because it emphasizes an unprecedented customer service and targets direct-to-fan sales internationally. PledgeMusic features the crowdfunding capabilities of...

by Eduardo Loret de Mola

A Non-Musical Brief on JOBS

Crowdfunding is surpassing record label funding in the modern artist’s lexicon and is now used for tours and recordings, album art, and music videos. For independent musicians, a crowdfunding campaign is a career stepping-stone. It helps that entrepreneurship is the rave and is encouraged...

by Christian Florez