Music & Ownership SeriesKayatick Styles Most artists think they are signing a deal.They are actually signing away leverage.By the time contracts entered the music business, ownership was already spoken for.Ownership Was Decided Before Artists Entered the RoomWeek 1 established the foundation....

If your footage only matters on upload day you are already losing. That is not a motivational quote. It is a business reality. The biggest difference between major media companies and independent creators is not budget marketing or reach. It...

Before There Was an Industry They built a billion dollar music industry that rarely paid them. But the story does not begin with record labels, contracts, or studios. It begins before the industry existed at all. In the late nineteenth...