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    Music Publishing

    What I Often Find When I Audit an Artist’s Publishing Registrations

    ByRon Pye April 7, 2026April 7, 2026

    The last time I sat down to audit a new client’s publishing registrations, they were completely convinced everything was in order. PRS member, ticked. Distributor handling their releases, ticked. “My publishing is sorted,” they said. And genuinely, they believed it. What…

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    Music Industry Analysis Music Law & Rights UK Music Industry

    What the UK Government’s AI Copyright U-Turn Changes for Artists

    ByRon Pye March 26, 2026May 2, 2026

    Last week, an artist I work with was pretty pleased about the news. The Government had dropped the proposal, the music industry had pushed back and won. “So AI can’t use my music without permission now, right?” The honest answer is…

    Read More What the UK Government’s AI Copyright U-Turn Changes for ArtistsContinue

  • Collage of 20+ diverse musical instruments arranged on cream background, symbolising the realistic timeline for musicians to break through into the modern music industry with budget analysis
    Artist Development Career Development

    Artist Career Development: Music Career Timeline and Budget for UK Artists

    ByRon Pye March 18, 2026April 3, 2026

    Why Most Artists Get the Timeline Wrong In Part 1, we built the overall framework. In Part 2, we worked through the practical plan. This article answers the two questions every artist asks but rarely gets an honest answer to: how…

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  • The House of Lords Has Sided With Artists on AI Copyright. Here’s What It Actually Means for Your Career
    Music Industry Analysis UK Music Industry

    The House of Lords Has Sided With Artists on AI Copyright. Here’s What It Actually Means for Your Career

    ByRon Pye March 9, 2026May 2, 2026

    On Friday 6th March 2026, the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee published HL Paper 267, a formal parliamentary report on AI, copyright and the creative industries. Baroness Keeley, the committee chair, didn’t mince her words in the press statement…

    Read More The House of Lords Has Sided With Artists on AI Copyright. Here’s What It Actually Means for Your CareerContinue

  • A close-up artistic painting of a woman's eye with fragmented geometric patterns, symbolising the complex algorithmic targeting that Meta's Andromeda system uses to analyse musicians' Facebook ad creative
    Music Marketing

    Facebook Ads for Musicians After Meta’s Andromeda Update

    ByRon Pye December 27, 2025May 2, 2026

    The Scale Phase Your revenue foundations from Part 4 of our music marketing series, email lists, fan funding, and streaming strategies, won’t scale by themselves. You’ve built the systems that convert, but conversion without traffic is just theory. Most independent artists…

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    Music Management | Artist Management
    Why Getting a Manager Won’t Fix What You Think It Will

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    Music Business | Music Industry Analysis | Music Law & Rights
    What the BMG and Concord Merger Means for Artists

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    Music Law & Rights | Music Industry Analysis
    What Can Happen When an Artist Asks Their PRO to Prove What They’ve Been Paid

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