Artists
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ArtistsA&R Is Not Talent Scouting Anymore
August 16, 2026Signing an artist is where the job begins. Most of what an A&R person does happens afterwards, in release plans, writer pairings...
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ArtistsThe Band Agreement Nobody Signs Until It's Too Late
July 11, 2026A band is a business partnership whether or not anyone writes it down. Songwriting splits, touring money, merchandise and the...
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ArtistsManager, Agent, Lawyer, Publicist: How an Artist Builds a Team
July 9, 2026Four roles, four different compensation structures, four different definitions of success. Why the order an artist hires in...
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ArtistsWhy an Advance Is Really a Loan: How Recoupment Works
July 8, 2026An advance is paid against future royalties, not on top of them. Recoupment explains how an artist can have a visible record and...
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ArtistsWhat a Music Manager Actually Does for Their Commission
July 6, 2026A manager is paid a share of what an artist earns rather than a salary. That structure explains the whole job, including the...
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ArtistsWhy Catalog Acts Keep Dominating the Biggest Tours and Streaming Charts
May 24, 2026Real Pollstar touring gross data and Luminate streaming shares show why legacy acts still top the charts, and what the graying of...
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ArtistsHow Nashville Songwriting Rooms Turn Three Strangers Into Hit Writers
May 21, 2026Inside the Nashville co-write system: equal-split economics, publishing deal ranges, royalty math, and named songwriters behind...
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ArtistsThe Session Musician Economy: Who Plays and What They Get Paid
May 17, 2026Who plays on the records you stream, real AFM union scale rates, named Nashville A-Team players, and how home studios reshaped...
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ArtistsWhat Taylor Swift's Re-Recordings Actually Changed About Master Rights
May 13, 2026The Big Machine sale, the Shamrock Capital flip, the Taylor's Version strategy, and how labels rewrote re-recording clauses in...
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ArtistsInside the K-Pop Trainee System: Real Training Costs and Debut Odds
May 10, 2026How the K-pop idol pipeline works: audition funnels, real training budgets, debut odds by the numbers, and how 2009 regulation...