Ron Majiros
@majiros.substack.com
Weekly deep-dives on Making It in the Music Business: optimizing DSPs, mastering music rights, and building sustainable fanbases.
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Song: hey there [i have a compulsive complex]
Artist: Q
Album: DO YOU SEE ME? (2026)
Label: Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Boy Meets Euphoria
Time: 5:31 pm
Artist: Q
Album: DO YOU SEE ME? (2026)
Label: Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Boy Meets Euphoria
Time: 5:31 pm
September 25, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Song: hey there [i have a compulsive complex]
Artist: Q
Album: DO YOU SEE ME? (2026)
Label: Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Boy Meets Euphoria
Time: 5:31 pm
Artist: Q
Album: DO YOU SEE ME? (2026)
Label: Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Boy Meets Euphoria
Time: 5:31 pm
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Song: Beaches In Tennessee
Artist: Cage the Elephant
Album: Melophobia (2013)
Label: RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Time: 8:28 pm
Artist: Cage the Elephant
Album: Melophobia (2013)
Label: RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Time: 8:28 pm
September 25, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Song: Beaches In Tennessee
Artist: Cage the Elephant
Album: Melophobia (2013)
Label: RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Time: 8:28 pm
Artist: Cage the Elephant
Album: Melophobia (2013)
Label: RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Time: 8:28 pm
🔧 PRO TIP: Your royalties are leaking money — all over the world.
Registrations, PRO signups, distributor splits vary by country. Most indies never collect a cent from overseas plays.
One hour auditing your registrations = free future money.
#Royalties #MusicBusiness #GlobalMusic
Registrations, PRO signups, distributor splits vary by country. Most indies never collect a cent from overseas plays.
One hour auditing your registrations = free future money.
#Royalties #MusicBusiness #GlobalMusic
September 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🔧 PRO TIP: Your royalties are leaking money — all over the world.
Registrations, PRO signups, distributor splits vary by country. Most indies never collect a cent from overseas plays.
One hour auditing your registrations = free future money.
#Royalties #MusicBusiness #GlobalMusic
Registrations, PRO signups, distributor splits vary by country. Most indies never collect a cent from overseas plays.
One hour auditing your registrations = free future money.
#Royalties #MusicBusiness #GlobalMusic
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Song: Fight For You (From the Original Motion Picture "Judas and the Black Messiah")
Artist: H.E.R.
Album: Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album (2021)
Label: ℗ This compilation (P) 2021 Six Course Music, Inc. & RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Time: 5:23 pm
Artist: H.E.R.
Album: Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album (2021)
Label: ℗ This compilation (P) 2021 Six Course Music, Inc. & RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Time: 5:23 pm
September 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Song: Fight For You (From the Original Motion Picture "Judas and the Black Messiah")
Artist: H.E.R.
Album: Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album (2021)
Label: ℗ This compilation (P) 2021 Six Course Music, Inc. & RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Time: 5:23 pm
Artist: H.E.R.
Album: Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album (2021)
Label: ℗ This compilation (P) 2021 Six Course Music, Inc. & RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Time: 5:23 pm
🏙️ GLOBAL SCENE: Afrobeats is the biggest genre story on the planet.
Nigeria and Ghana went from 'emerging' to setting the global pop tempo.
The lesson? The next big sound rarely comes from L.A. or NYC.
Who outside your city are you listening to?
#Afrobeats #GlobalMusic #Discovery
Nigeria and Ghana went from 'emerging' to setting the global pop tempo.
The lesson? The next big sound rarely comes from L.A. or NYC.
Who outside your city are you listening to?
#Afrobeats #GlobalMusic #Discovery
September 24, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🏙️ GLOBAL SCENE: Afrobeats is the biggest genre story on the planet.
Nigeria and Ghana went from 'emerging' to setting the global pop tempo.
The lesson? The next big sound rarely comes from L.A. or NYC.
Who outside your city are you listening to?
#Afrobeats #GlobalMusic #Discovery
Nigeria and Ghana went from 'emerging' to setting the global pop tempo.
The lesson? The next big sound rarely comes from L.A. or NYC.
Who outside your city are you listening to?
#Afrobeats #GlobalMusic #Discovery
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Miranda Lambert 'Palomino' Sony Music Nashville [CD]
🔗 https://www.ebay.com/itm/407207360289
#CDs #cdsky #CompactDisc #MusicSky #MirandaLambert #Palomino #Music
🔗 https://www.ebay.com/itm/407207360289
#CDs #cdsky #CompactDisc #MusicSky #MirandaLambert #Palomino #Music
Miranda Lambert 'Palomino' Sony Music Nashville [CD]
Ships worldwide from Japan. Tracked and packed with care.
www.ebay.com
September 23, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Miranda Lambert 'Palomino' Sony Music Nashville [CD]
🔗 https://www.ebay.com/itm/407207360289
#CDs #cdsky #CompactDisc #MusicSky #MirandaLambert #Palomino #Music
🔗 https://www.ebay.com/itm/407207360289
#CDs #cdsky #CompactDisc #MusicSky #MirandaLambert #Palomino #Music
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Song: hey there [i have a compulsive complex]
Artist: Q
Album: DO YOU SEE ME? (2026)
Label: Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Boy Meets Euphoria
Time: 4:23 pm
Artist: Q
Album: DO YOU SEE ME? (2026)
Label: Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Boy Meets Euphoria
Time: 4:23 pm
September 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Song: hey there [i have a compulsive complex]
Artist: Q
Album: DO YOU SEE ME? (2026)
Label: Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Boy Meets Euphoria
Time: 4:23 pm
Artist: Q
Album: DO YOU SEE ME? (2026)
Label: Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Boy Meets Euphoria
Time: 4:23 pm
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Ella Langley verbreekt het Billboard Hot 100-record van Mariah Carey #EllaLangley #BillboardHot100 #MariahCarey #ChoosinTexas #CountryMusic
Ella Langley verbreekt het Billboard Hot 100-record van Mariah Carey
In het kort Ella Langley vestigt nieuw record Ella Langley heeft een nieuwe mijlpaal bereikt in de Amerikaanse muziekgeschiedenis: haar countrynummer Choosin’ Texas heeft het vorige record in de Billboard Hot 100 verbroken. De in Alabama geboren zangeres overtrof daarmee de langdurige prestatie van Mariah Carey met haar kerstklassieker All I Want for Christmas Is […]
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September 23, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Ella Langley verbreekt het Billboard Hot 100-record van Mariah Carey #EllaLangley #BillboardHot100 #MariahCarey #ChoosinTexas #CountryMusic
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"Mr. Middleman" finds Jackson Wendell asking the man upstairs to help him reach the girl he loves. Produced by Brandon Hood, the new Sony Music Nashville single arrives as Wendell tours with Parker McCollum. zurl.co/SzSdD
Jackson Wendell Turns A Desperate Prayer Into Soulful New Single "Mr. Middleman" - That Eric Alper
Jackson Wendell is taking a problem he can’t solve himself and sending it upstairs on “Mr. Middleman,” his new single for Sony Music Nashville. Written with Hayden Baker and produced by Brandon Hood, the song finds the emerging Texas country singer asking for divine intervention when he realizes there is only so much he can […]
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September 23, 2026 at 1:25 PM
"Mr. Middleman" finds Jackson Wendell asking the man upstairs to help him reach the girl he loves. Produced by Brandon Hood, the new Sony Music Nashville single arrives as Wendell tours with Parker McCollum. zurl.co/SzSdD
🏢 THE GLOBAL FAN ECONOMY: The biggest shift since streaming.
Artists from Kenya to Korea are selling DIRECT — memberships, drops, private shows.
Winners aren't the biggest. They're the ones with the deepest 1,000 fans.
#FanEconomy #DirectToFan #IndependentArtist
Artists from Kenya to Korea are selling DIRECT — memberships, drops, private shows.
Winners aren't the biggest. They're the ones with the deepest 1,000 fans.
#FanEconomy #DirectToFan #IndependentArtist
September 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🏢 THE GLOBAL FAN ECONOMY: The biggest shift since streaming.
Artists from Kenya to Korea are selling DIRECT — memberships, drops, private shows.
Winners aren't the biggest. They're the ones with the deepest 1,000 fans.
#FanEconomy #DirectToFan #IndependentArtist
Artists from Kenya to Korea are selling DIRECT — memberships, drops, private shows.
Winners aren't the biggest. They're the ones with the deepest 1,000 fans.
#FanEconomy #DirectToFan #IndependentArtist
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Song: Ohio
Artist: Cautious Clay & Joshua Karpeh
Album: KARPEH (2023)
Label: UMG Recordings
Time: 10:05 am
Artist: Cautious Clay & Joshua Karpeh
Album: KARPEH (2023)
Label: UMG Recordings
Time: 10:05 am
September 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Song: Ohio
Artist: Cautious Clay & Joshua Karpeh
Album: KARPEH (2023)
Label: UMG Recordings
Time: 10:05 am
Artist: Cautious Clay & Joshua Karpeh
Album: KARPEH (2023)
Label: UMG Recordings
Time: 10:05 am
🎤 ON MY RADAR: Anna Wescoat
Getting real rotation on Lightning 100,WNXP,WSM (132 plays tracked)
Radio is still how Nashville discovers. This one's moving.
Hear them yet? What else am I sleeping on?
#NashvilleArtists #MusicDiscovery #IndieMusic
Getting real rotation on Lightning 100,WNXP,WSM (132 plays tracked)
Radio is still how Nashville discovers. This one's moving.
Hear them yet? What else am I sleeping on?
#NashvilleArtists #MusicDiscovery #IndieMusic
September 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🎤 ON MY RADAR: Anna Wescoat
Getting real rotation on Lightning 100,WNXP,WSM (132 plays tracked)
Radio is still how Nashville discovers. This one's moving.
Hear them yet? What else am I sleeping on?
#NashvilleArtists #MusicDiscovery #IndieMusic
Getting real rotation on Lightning 100,WNXP,WSM (132 plays tracked)
Radio is still how Nashville discovers. This one's moving.
Hear them yet? What else am I sleeping on?
#NashvilleArtists #MusicDiscovery #IndieMusic
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Song: Dirty Harry (feat. Bootie Brown)
Artist: Gorillaz
Album: JAM Sessions (2025)
Label: Warner Music Australia
Time: 5:13 pm
Artist: Gorillaz
Album: JAM Sessions (2025)
Label: Warner Music Australia
Time: 5:13 pm
September 21, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Song: Dirty Harry (feat. Bootie Brown)
Artist: Gorillaz
Album: JAM Sessions (2025)
Label: Warner Music Australia
Time: 5:13 pm
Artist: Gorillaz
Album: JAM Sessions (2025)
Label: Warner Music Australia
Time: 5:13 pm
🎸 FRENCH FAMILY BAND — TOMORROW in Nashville:
The Station Inn • Tuesday, Sep 22 • 8:00 PM
World-class family picking — the kind of show the Opry stage was built for. Don't sleep on this one.
Grab a spot: https://thefrenchfamilyband.com/shows
#NashvilleMusic #LiveMusic #Bluegrass
The Station Inn • Tuesday, Sep 22 • 8:00 PM
World-class family picking — the kind of show the Opry stage was built for. Don't sleep on this one.
Grab a spot: https://thefrenchfamilyband.com/shows
#NashvilleMusic #LiveMusic #Bluegrass
September 21, 2026 at 3:35 PM
🎸 FRENCH FAMILY BAND — TOMORROW in Nashville:
The Station Inn • Tuesday, Sep 22 • 8:00 PM
World-class family picking — the kind of show the Opry stage was built for. Don't sleep on this one.
Grab a spot: https://thefrenchfamilyband.com/shows
#NashvilleMusic #LiveMusic #Bluegrass
The Station Inn • Tuesday, Sep 22 • 8:00 PM
World-class family picking — the kind of show the Opry stage was built for. Don't sleep on this one.
Grab a spot: https://thefrenchfamilyband.com/shows
#NashvilleMusic #LiveMusic #Bluegrass
📻 NASHVILLE RADIO REPORT (3-day view):
• Anna Wescoat — Lightning 100 20x, WNXP 20x, WSM 20x
• Ariel Bui — Lightning 100 20x, WNXP 20x, WSM 20x
Radio is still how Nashville breaks. Who's on your radar?
#NashvilleRadio #MusicCity #IndieMusic
• Anna Wescoat — Lightning 100 20x, WNXP 20x, WSM 20x
• Ariel Bui — Lightning 100 20x, WNXP 20x, WSM 20x
Radio is still how Nashville breaks. Who's on your radar?
#NashvilleRadio #MusicCity #IndieMusic
September 21, 2026 at 3:30 PM
📻 NASHVILLE RADIO REPORT (3-day view):
• Anna Wescoat — Lightning 100 20x, WNXP 20x, WSM 20x
• Ariel Bui — Lightning 100 20x, WNXP 20x, WSM 20x
Radio is still how Nashville breaks. Who's on your radar?
#NashvilleRadio #MusicCity #IndieMusic
• Anna Wescoat — Lightning 100 20x, WNXP 20x, WSM 20x
• Ariel Bui — Lightning 100 20x, WNXP 20x, WSM 20x
Radio is still how Nashville breaks. Who's on your radar?
#NashvilleRadio #MusicCity #IndieMusic
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Song: Leaving (feat. Tristan Henry)
Artist: MK
Album: In The Night Again (2026)
Label: Ultra Records, LLC / Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license from River10Music, LLC
Time: 11:45 pm
Artist: MK
Album: In The Night Again (2026)
Label: Ultra Records, LLC / Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license from River10Music, LLC
Time: 11:45 pm
September 20, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Song: Leaving (feat. Tristan Henry)
Artist: MK
Album: In The Night Again (2026)
Label: Ultra Records, LLC / Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license from River10Music, LLC
Time: 11:45 pm
Artist: MK
Album: In The Night Again (2026)
Label: Ultra Records, LLC / Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license from River10Music, LLC
Time: 11:45 pm
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😢Edward Morris, a Nashville-based music journalist who edited Billboard's country coverage, wrote a popular CMT.com column and penned numerous books, died Thursday at age 90. Morris was best remembered in the country community for a 14-year tenure with Billboard from 1981 to 1995.
September 20, 2026 at 11:21 PM
😢Edward Morris, a Nashville-based music journalist who edited Billboard's country coverage, wrote a popular CMT.com column and penned numerous books, died Thursday at age 90. Morris was best remembered in the country community for a 14-year tenure with Billboard from 1981 to 1995.
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Song: Daytona 500 (feat. Raekwon & Cappadonna) [Radio Edit]
Artist: Ghostface Killah
Album: Camay / Daytona 500 (feat. Raekwon & Cappadonna) - EP (1996)
Label: Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Time: 7:21 pm
Artist: Ghostface Killah
Album: Camay / Daytona 500 (feat. Raekwon & Cappadonna) - EP (1996)
Label: Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Time: 7:21 pm
September 20, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Song: Daytona 500 (feat. Raekwon & Cappadonna) [Radio Edit]
Artist: Ghostface Killah
Album: Camay / Daytona 500 (feat. Raekwon & Cappadonna) - EP (1996)
Label: Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Time: 7:21 pm
Artist: Ghostface Killah
Album: Camay / Daytona 500 (feat. Raekwon & Cappadonna) - EP (1996)
Label: Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Time: 7:21 pm
💬 SATURDAY OPEN MIC (no promo, just real talk):
Which music scene OUTSIDE the US is influencing you most right now — and what should Nashville steal from it?
#NashvilleMusic #GlobalMusic #CommunityTalk
Which music scene OUTSIDE the US is influencing you most right now — and what should Nashville steal from it?
#NashvilleMusic #GlobalMusic #CommunityTalk
September 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
💬 SATURDAY OPEN MIC (no promo, just real talk):
Which music scene OUTSIDE the US is influencing you most right now — and what should Nashville steal from it?
#NashvilleMusic #GlobalMusic #CommunityTalk
Which music scene OUTSIDE the US is influencing you most right now — and what should Nashville steal from it?
#NashvilleMusic #GlobalMusic #CommunityTalk
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Song: Glory Box
Artist: Portishead
Album: Dummy + Portishead (2009)
Label: Universal Music Group International
Time: 6:28 pm
Artist: Portishead
Album: Dummy + Portishead (2009)
Label: Universal Music Group International
Time: 6:28 pm
September 19, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Song: Glory Box
Artist: Portishead
Album: Dummy + Portishead (2009)
Label: Universal Music Group International
Time: 6:28 pm
Artist: Portishead
Album: Dummy + Portishead (2009)
Label: Universal Music Group International
Time: 6:28 pm
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Song: Young Americans
Artist: David Bowie
Album: Young Americans (2016 Remaster) (1975)
Label: , 2016 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Time: 3:43 am
Artist: David Bowie
Album: Young Americans (2016 Remaster) (1975)
Label: , 2016 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Time: 3:43 am
September 19, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Song: Young Americans
Artist: David Bowie
Album: Young Americans (2016 Remaster) (1975)
Label: , 2016 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Time: 3:43 am
Artist: David Bowie
Album: Young Americans (2016 Remaster) (1975)
Label: , 2016 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Time: 3:43 am
💬 SATURDAY OPEN MIC (no promo, just real talk):
What's the ONE artist in Nashville right now who deserves way more attention than they're getting? Back it up — I want to go listen.
#NashvilleMusic #MusicBusiness #CommunityTalk
What's the ONE artist in Nashville right now who deserves way more attention than they're getting? Back it up — I want to go listen.
#NashvilleMusic #MusicBusiness #CommunityTalk
September 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
💬 SATURDAY OPEN MIC (no promo, just real talk):
What's the ONE artist in Nashville right now who deserves way more attention than they're getting? Back it up — I want to go listen.
#NashvilleMusic #MusicBusiness #CommunityTalk
What's the ONE artist in Nashville right now who deserves way more attention than they're getting? Back it up — I want to go listen.
#NashvilleMusic #MusicBusiness #CommunityTalk
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Song: hey there [i have a compulsive complex]
Artist: Q
Album: DO YOU SEE ME? (2026)
Label: Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Boy Meets Euphoria
Time: 4:12 am
Artist: Q
Album: DO YOU SEE ME? (2026)
Label: Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Boy Meets Euphoria
Time: 4:12 am
September 18, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Song: hey there [i have a compulsive complex]
Artist: Q
Album: DO YOU SEE ME? (2026)
Label: Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Boy Meets Euphoria
Time: 4:12 am
Artist: Q
Album: DO YOU SEE ME? (2026)
Label: Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under exclusive license from Boy Meets Euphoria
Time: 4:12 am
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UMG sued DistroKid. A researcher attached AI songs to a real artist's Spotify and no one stopped it. Spotify's offering free studio time at Ocean Way Nashville to emerging artists, no royalty trading required.
9 Signals drops every Friday via www.lpconsultingllc.music
#MusicBusiness #9Signals #LPC
9 Signals drops every Friday via www.lpconsultingllc.music
#MusicBusiness #9Signals #LPC
September 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM
UMG sued DistroKid. A researcher attached AI songs to a real artist's Spotify and no one stopped it. Spotify's offering free studio time at Ocean Way Nashville to emerging artists, no royalty trading required.
9 Signals drops every Friday via www.lpconsultingllc.music
#MusicBusiness #9Signals #LPC
9 Signals drops every Friday via www.lpconsultingllc.music
#MusicBusiness #9Signals #LPC
🔧 PRO TIP: Your hometown scene is the launchpad — think global.
Nashville today, but the same fan could be in London or São Paulo. Streaming made your zip code irrelevant.
Play locally, market globally. Make fans who'll fly for a show.
#IndieArtist #GlobalFanbase #MusicCareer
Nashville today, but the same fan could be in London or São Paulo. Streaming made your zip code irrelevant.
Play locally, market globally. Make fans who'll fly for a show.
#IndieArtist #GlobalFanbase #MusicCareer
September 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🔧 PRO TIP: Your hometown scene is the launchpad — think global.
Nashville today, but the same fan could be in London or São Paulo. Streaming made your zip code irrelevant.
Play locally, market globally. Make fans who'll fly for a show.
#IndieArtist #GlobalFanbase #MusicCareer
Nashville today, but the same fan could be in London or São Paulo. Streaming made your zip code irrelevant.
Play locally, market globally. Make fans who'll fly for a show.
#IndieArtist #GlobalFanbase #MusicCareer