Music business

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Do I have to register with SAMRO, CAPASSO, RiSA and SAMPRA?

Hi. I’ve been doing a bit of digging into rights organisations and how they relate to the bigger picture. Naturally, I was led down a...

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Using dark social media to grow your music brand

I want to talk about the importance of dark social media. It sounds scary and illegal, but it really isn’t. It refers to forms of social...

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When will SAMRO pay me?

What’s up? Today I wanted to talk about how long you can expect to wait before you get paid by SAMRO. I want to highlight that this...

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Getting paid by SAMRO

We're always told stories of how SAMRO is failing its members. There are countless opinion posts stating that royalties aren't being paid...

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A guide to marketing your music as a creative in South African - PART 2

Lets talk compelling and engaging content. In a pursuit to market your music you're going to have to put out attractive content...

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A guide to marketing your music as a creative in South African - PART 1

Marketing is an area where most creatives fail. It's difficult getting your work out when there's no real fanbase available to send your...

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How do you make yourself recession proof as a creative

2020 has been a weird year for the music industry. Conventional forms of entertainment have slowed to a snail's pace and incomes have...

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3 Things your music career needs to be successful

Today I want to highlight 3 things I feel every music career needs to be successful. In no way am I saying that these are the most...

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How SAMRO royalties help me pay my bills

What's good? It's been a while since I posted anything about SAMRO. I'd just like to say that I don't work for them nor do they pay me to...