Want Your Music In a Major Gaming Series? Meet the Guys Who Create Their Soundtracks

Music licensing and distribution platform Songtradr recently hosted their fifth “Happy Hour” livestream event, Music for Gaming: What’s Working + What’s Ahead. The hour-long sit down invited two of today’s foremost video game sync professio…

Artist Branding Isn’t Selling Out Anymore — But What’s the New Balance?

Music licensing and distribution platform Songtradr recently hosted their fourth “Happy Hour” livestream event, Balancing Branding with Artistry. During the hour-long discussion, two prominent branding professionals discussed what artists should – and …

KKR Leads $48 Million Investment In Royalty-Free Library Artlist

Subscription music licensing platform Artlist has raised $48 million in additional funding, and global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) led the investment initiative. Tech-focused venture capital firm Elephant Partners, an existing backer …

The Revolution Will Be Recorded: How Can Artists Shape Movements and Change Lives?

Music licensing and distribution platform Songtradr recently hosted their third “Happy Hour” livestream event, Music Through the Ages: Soundtrack or Catalyst of Change? A skillful artist, a veteran music executive, and a prominent composer were assembl…

It Took Years for These Music Industry Experts to Learn These Monetization Pro-Tips

Last month, music licensing and distribution platform Songtradr hosted a “Happy Hour” livestream event, during which three prominent music supervisors sipped their preferred beverages and discussed the music industry’s way forward amid the COVID-19 cri…

Working Through the Pandemic: Three Prominent Music Supervisors Discuss the Music Industry’s Way Forward

Between the postponement of most every crowd-based concert and the temporary closure of virtually all recording studios, as well as seemingly everything else, the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis’ impact on the music industry has been unprecedented,…

Sync Music Licensing: Secrets for Scoring Deals and Maximizing Revenue

Sync licensing—the process through which television, film, advertising, and other visual-media professionals feature songs in their works—provides all artists, from internationally beloved stars to behind-the-scenes composers, with a shot to achieve bo…

Burt Bacharach Dazzles at the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards in LA — Here’s Who Took Home Trophies

Burt Bacharach received the prestigious Icon Award at the Guild of Music Supervisors 10th Annual Awards ceremony in Los Angeles last night. In a keynote, he offered some sage advice to the crowd of music supervisors. DMN’s special coverage of the Guild…

Songtradr’s Big Sync Music Embarks on a Global Expansion — Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany

BIG SYNC MUSIC GLOBAL EXPANSION: Leading, Tech-Enabled Global Music Agency Expands Into Four New Markets Provides Industry-First, Data-Driven Music Solution for Brands. The following special announcement comes from Songtradr, part of a broader partners…