5/6/2023 0 Comments Piano music whisperings![]() ![]() The name “solo piano music” is a testament to the gaping holes between commercial genre definitions. It needs to have a warning sticker: Do not operate heavy machinery while listening to this.” But I said, ‘Yeah, I really am.’ I have a running joke: Don’t listen to my music while you’re driving. “I think he was trying to take a jab in a roundabout way. “ I had someone ask me the other day, ‘Are you OK with being known as sleepy music?'” says Chad Lawson, another successful solo pianist. SiriusXM Is Making Some of the Most Money In Music “Some of them are making far more money from their music than the artists than you see on major labels that sell OK but are not crossing the threshold of really having an income stream for years to come,” Breuner continues. “We have a large group of solo piano players that are making a killing, making $7,000 to $10,000 a month,” says Kevin Breuner, VP of Marketing for CDBaby, which touts itself as “ the largest global digital distributor of independent music.” She’s a star in her field - to the point where another pianist says, “ I’m not quite doing Michele McLaughlin numbers” - reportedly making around $250,000 a year. Nope: McLaughlin is an independent artist in her forties who makes contemporary instrumental solo piano music. Young artists in popular genres are racking up streams like crazy these days - presumably McLaughlin is an ascendant rapper releasing 90-second battering rams through SoundCloud? Or maybe she’s the guest vocalist on the latest reggaeton posse cut to rule YouTube? Suggested credit line: Library of Congress, Music Division.On October 3rd, Michele McLaughlin got some exciting news: Her music has been streamed over one billion times. Please contact: Performing Arts Reading Room. The Library of Congress would like to learn more about these materials and would like to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information or know of their history. In some cases, the Library was unable to identify a possible rights holder and has elected to place some of those items online as an exercise of fair use for strictly non-commercial educational uses. This catalog data provides the details known to the Library of Congress regarding the corresponding items and may assist users in making independent assessments of the legal status of these items as related to their desired uses. Users should consult the bibliographic information that accompanies each item for specific information. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. There may be content that is protected as "works for hire" (copyright may be held by the party that commissioned the original work) and/or under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or other rights holders (such as holders of publicity and/or privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. The Library of Congress is providing access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes.
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