We’ve received a number of messages from clients regarding this month’s royalty report and would like to clarify the methods we use for our reporting. We send royalty statements to all clients on the first Monday of each month. At 9am PST we look through our received royalties from all stores and mark all of those for which we have …
Shazam for Artists
The popular music identification and discovery platform, Shazam, has recently updated their artist verification process in order to make it easier for artists to manage their profiles and connect with fans. Artists (and their representation) are now able to self-verify their profiles by visiting this link and providing the required details like contact and social media info, artist image, etc. Once …
Introducing Our New Spotify Playlist Series!
As you know our Just (Drop)ped playlist is updated every Wednesday. In addition to that, Label Engine will begin featuring a new playlist for each day of the week, showcasing a variety of artists and musical genres. The Label Engine team is so grateful to work with such vast and talented labels and artists, and we hope that this playlist …
Update: Pandora Streaming Online, Wasabeat Offline
We are excited to announce that we have begun distribution to Pandora Streaming, Pandora Radio’s premium music streaming service. Currently, the Label Engine team is in the process of delivering all back catalog to Pandora Streaming, and this content will appear over the course of the coming days. All new releases will automatically be delivered, during which time they will …
Update: Weekly Payment Processing and PayPal Mass Pay
Beginning on February 15th 2017 there will be some significant changes to the way payments are made to our distribution and Connect clients. Weekly Payment Processing Starting February 15th we will process all payment requests on Wednesday of each week, meaning we will process your payment request on the Wednesday after it is submitted. Your payment must have been received by midnight …
Trackitdown Pre-orders
It has come to our attention that all releases delivered to Trackitdown are being made available for immediate pre-order as soon as they have been ingested. This means that visitors to the site are able to listen to releases and place pre-orders before the release date, even if the label has not requested for pre-orders to be available. We have discussed …
10 Music Tech stories you may have missed – October 2016
Pics/Illustrations credits: Bloomberg, Paul Tuller, Soundcloud, Getty Images. If you have been living under a rock, we got you covered! Here are 10 Music Tech stories that you may have missed in the last 30 days (or so). 1. Spotify in Talks to Acquire SoundCloud – via Variety/Financial Times According to a report from Financial Times and later …
Soundcloud to report monetized streams to Nielsen for Billboard charts
Soundcloud has announced a few days ago their integration with Soundscan, that means Soundcloud’s ad-supported and subscription activity for monetized content will be reported to Nielsen’s Music Connect dashboard, under the ‘Other’ category. That activity will count towards Billboards charts but key word here is that ONLY tracks identified for monetization will be included. Below is the message from Soundcloud. …
Dubset and Label Engine Integration announced
We are very excited to announce the integration of Dubset Media to our network of stores to help shape the future of mix content distribution! Dubset Media is a technology solutions company for the music industry, focusing in the creation of a new marketplace for mixes, and build the foundation for new royalties through online streaming. Dubset offers an innovative …
10 Music Tech stories you may have missed
Pics/Illustrations credits: Spotify, Ilya S Savenok, Jojo Sounthone, Getty Images. If you have been living under a rock, we got you covered! Here are 10 Music Tech stories that you may have missed in the last 30 days (or so). 1. Spotify is out of contract with all three major labels – and wants to pay them less …