Music Answers

Bringing together those who write, perform, & produce music in a campaign to level the playing field with companies who profit from its use

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#DYK copyright gives musicians a set of exclusive rights to their works, including the right to make copies and remixes. Learn more about what musicians have to know about copyright here. https://t.co/XorQlQ8skz

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The latest episode of the Music Answers podcast featuring former Sony/ATV VP Jody Dunitz is available now! 🎧 🎶⬇️

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Maria (@schneidermaria) explains her stance on streaming, gives advice to up-and-coming music creators, and breaks down the 10 "plagues" that are afflicting music creators today. This is a conversation you do not want to miss!
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Available now - part two of our conversation with Maria Schneider on the MusicAnswers podcast! 🎧 Continuing where we left off, we start to get into the thick of some of the biggest issues facing music creators today.

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Please read this entire thread, important perspective.

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Reminder to our antimonopoly friends: Spotify has a good point about anticompetitive App Store policies, but that’s no reason to ignore Spotify’s aggressive attempts to use monopsony power to pay creators less,.

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Thank you for joining us @schneidermaria!

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This week on the MusicAnswers Podcast, we have part one of a very special two-part episode featuring 7-time Grammy Award-winning composer, bandleader, NEA Jazz Master, and music-creator activist Maria Schneider! Listen as we chat about her upbringing & the origins of her career.

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This week on the MusicAnswers Podcast: We sat down with Caleb Shreve from Killphonic, a rights collection company with a focus on transparency for artists, to talk about Neighboring Rights and the rapidly changing digital & international music industry.

New episode out now! 🎧⬇️

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Congratulations to @davidclowery on his #AmericanEagleAward from the #NationalMusicCouncil. His lovely and powerful acceptance speech is at the link below, please read and share! https://t.co/RpcFYXwLqX

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Spotify says it can’t pay songwriters better royalty rates, but also just spent $320 million on a Barcelona sponsorship deal? How can both of these things be true? ;) Check out this article from Music Business Worldwide and let us know what YOU think: https://t.co/PbAFkW5cNX

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Hey @indiaarie- great work on CNN. If you’d like to work with a few thousand other writers and performers to try to fix the current system please reach out to musicanswers. We’d love to chat. https://t.co/QkJOky8L0j

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When artists exercise their right to choose where and how they want their work to appear, that isn’t censorship. That’s freedom.

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To polish off 2021, our team sat down and chatted about the year that was. Here's our 5th episode, thanks for listening, and #HAPPYNEWYEAR2022 https://t.co/18JlGrnbaI

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It's time for a permanent chair to one of the country's most important institutions 🎶⬇️

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Along with @artistrightsnow & @SGAwrites, we support Jessica Rosenworcel for FCC chair. https://t.co/PtJSWh8eUF

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Dear @taylorswift13, MusicAnswers advocates for the rights of all music creators and we would love to work with you to respond to @Spotify's recent outrageous comments (that mentioned you!) https://t.co/NUI4jKmsAn

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— and pay — writers their fair share of those funds.
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Music Answers congratulates the @CopyrightOffice on the release of its report “Best Practice Recommendations for the Mechanical Licensing Collective.” The document addresses many of the concerns regarding transparency and fairness that MusicAnswers and its supporters...

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MusicAnswers intends to monitor the actions of the @MLC_US Board to ensure that they adhere to these best practices, urge all music creators to register with the #MLC, and continue to press those companies that entered into pre-MMA settlements to account to...