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Testimonial Tuesday: Sandra McCracken via the Tennessean

This week’s testimonial comes courtesy of reporter Anita Wadhwani at The Tennessean, who talked to Nashville-based artists about the royalties they were receiving from play generated overseas.

Most Wanted Mondays: More from our summer help

This week’s ‘Most Wanted Mondays’ is another listing of one of our summer interns’ favorite artists who have money waiting at SoundExchange.  These are some of Ashley’s favorites: can you help us get it touch with them?

Dwele
Red Café
Little Brother
Fabolous
Wu-tang-clan
Mos Def
Jean Grae
The Isley Brothers (we have some members but not all)
Jesse Boykins III 

If you know these artists, let them know it’s time to register with SoundExchange. They can go complete the free registration online, so they can finally get paid when they get played. If you, or a friend, aren’t yet registered, don’t wait for us to put your name on the blackboard: it’s time for you to sign up too.

Testimonial Tuesday: Indie Artist Gordon Chambers Loves SoundExchange!

Gordon Chambers, indie recording artist and Grammy-winning songwriter for such luminaries as Anita Baker, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and more, dropped us a line this week to tell us his SoundExchange success story:

SoundExchange and Audio4cast Q2Y10 Webinar for Service Providers – Q&As and Video

On June 30th, SoundExchange presented a webinar, “Q2Y10 Webinar for Service Providers,” to address licensing options for services, materials that services need to submit, and what happens to the royalties SoundExchange collects from services.  During the event, we asked the 75 participants to ask us their questions about SoundExchange and statutory licensing. 

SoundExchange and Audio4cast Q2Y10 Webinar for Service Providers – Q&As and Video

On June 30th, SoundExchange presented a webinar, “Q2Y10 Webinar for Service Providers,” to address licensing options for services, materials that services need to submit, and what happens to the royalties SoundExchange collects from services.  During the event, we asked the 75 participants to ask us their questions about SoundExchange and statutory licensing. 

Testimonial Tuesday: Manager Scottie Diablo quoted in Billboard Magazine

In Billboard Magazine this week, Senior Editorial Analyst Glenn Peoples (formerly of Coolfer) recounted a conversation he had with a SoundExchange success story, and we snagged a paragraph for our Testimonial Tuesday.

Most Wanted Monday: Our summer interns’ favorite unpaid artists

We love our summer interns here at SoundExchange, so this week’s ‘Most Wanted Mondays’ features our interns’ favorite artists who have money waiting at SoundExchange. Do you know these names?

Most Wanted Monday: Our summer interns' favorite unpaid artists

We love our summer interns here at SoundExchange, so this week’s ‘Most Wanted Mondays’ features our interns’ favorite artists who have money waiting at SoundExchange. Do you know these names?

Testimonial Tuesday: Talib Kweli

Brooklyn MC, Talib Kweli, whose name translates to mean “seeker of truth,” is hailed as one of hip hop’s most conscious lyricists.  Talib is one-half of the duo Reflection Eternal, and he and collaborator, DJ Hi-Tek, released their sophomore album, Revolutions Per Minute in the spring of this year.  Talib recently shared his sentiments on SoundExchange’s place in today’s music arena: