Simplifying royalties, one catalog at a time https://www.infinitecatalog.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3m5tpmkq7lk2jIC NEWSLETTER #80 ROUNDUP 💬 The subscriber chat is now open, starting with an AMA thread 🎶 Quick look at Cantilever Music, a ray of sunshine in streaming's Dark Forest 💸 Deep dive into how AI music platforms mainly sell lottery tickets (or enable fraud) infinitecatalog.substack.com https://infinitecatalog.substack.com17 Nov 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tpmkq7lk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lwoeayji7k26Music Biz Association members, join us for the first exciting webinar in internet history "Do Your Royalties! 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They should have learned from Spotify by now that it’s much easier to just do fake artists and payola [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2025 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvopyglv3c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lvnwum7dlk2b“Everything worthwhile is done with other people.” - Mariame Kaba05 Aug 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvnwum7dlk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lu3avl4ih22fWe've added support for a new income source, and that source is ETSY Shoutout everyone slinging vinyl records AND yarn slipmats16 Jul 2025 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3avl4ih22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3ltotqxvask2jIt used to be fun ignoring emails from VCs, now they're all just AI 😢11 Jul 2025 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltotqxvask2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lruvkgjrp22dmore like Infinite Calculator, am I rite18 Jun 2025 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lruvkgjrp22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lrqx7rjpy222The Amazonification of the music industry is here.16 Jun 2025 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrqx7rjpy222https://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lrdr4i3lzs24heavy sigh [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdr4i3lzs24https://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lrdmnczff22uGreetings from Indie Week! Day 1 served up some fascinating (if unsurprising) themes that really hit home for anyone working in the independent music space…11 Jun 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdmnczff22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lrbbkj75m22nThree takeaways from Tim Ingham of MBW: 1. Rights ownership is becoming more powerful than distribution. Majors are evolving into global service companies that primarily serve independent rights holders10 Jun 2025 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrbbkj75m22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lrb6geuq4c2nAt the industry conference10 Jun 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrb6geuq4c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lrazhgcdrc2zOur Summer Special is on! If you’ve been on the fence about upgrading your royalty situation, now’s the time. You can try IC free for 14 days and get 20% off with code SUMMER.10 Jun 2025 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrazhgcdrc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3llrm6f7scc22Doing royalties and listening to UMO’s new and aptly named IC-02 Bogotá, courtesy @jagjaguwar.bsky.social https://music.apple.com/us/album/ic-02-bogot%C3%A1/178503332701 Apr 2025 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrm6f7scc22https://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3llgrtfun5k2uDoing royalties and listening to the great Richard Sen on doyou.world https://doyou.world/28 Mar 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgrtfun5k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lkquztf6y22oAccording to Spotify's latest Loud & Clear Report "The system we've built together is working". According to the data in that report: - the rich artists are getting richer at direct expense of the less well off artists - upward mobility is getting harder - artist income growth is slowing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZESBF01aoEXFMRy6of1larMzlSU6Qjei0aUimPtGZMw/edit?gid=1455558390#gid=145555839019 Mar 2025 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkquztf6y22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lklpsrhp6s2hBoth shocking and not17 Mar 2025 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklpsrhp6s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lkcanjksas2rJoe Public gets it [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2025 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkcanjksas2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lkau6646kc2z🙏 @lizpelly.bsky.social https://musically.com/2025/03/13/author-and-journalist-liz-pelly-spotify-is-not-the-music-business-its-the-technology-industry/13 Mar 2025 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkau6646kc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3ljsjizfawc2gDoing royalties and listening to beloved IC customer Secretsundaze live on NTS1 https://www.nts.live/shows/secret-sundaze/episodes/secret-sundaze-6th-march-202507 Mar 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsjizfawc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3ljnfycl4v22fDoing royalties and listening to Manuel Göttsching's 1981 masterpiece, E2-E4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq-kovIr2BE05 Mar 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljnfycl4v22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3ljkngg54ms2iIC Full Service: we're OCD so you don't have to be04 Mar 2025 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkngg54ms2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3ljimerhloc2jTis the season03 Mar 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljimerhloc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3liznu6447s2kDoing royalties and listening to this sick show from Mississippi Records on NTS https://www.nts.live/shows/mississippi-records/episodes/mississippi-records-21st-january-202525 Feb 2025 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3liznu6447s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lix653fnnk2bWhat we accomplished at work last week24 Feb 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lix653fnnk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3limxgi6xu22pMark of the beast https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/daniel-ek-has-now-cashed-out-666m-in-spotify-stock/20 Feb 2025 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3limxgi6xu22phttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3limhgtwklk24Shoutout @subvert.fm, a true inspiration and something we're dying to see IC catalogs jump into This post is brought to you by the recent layoffs at #Bandcamp20 Feb 2025 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3limhgtwklk24https://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3lijvlkzun22yvibe goal for IC Full Service offering is basically "what if Mary Poppins did your royalty accounting"19 Feb 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijvlkzun22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3liafojb4gc2z💎 Catalogs Are Forever 💎15 Feb 2025 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3liafojb4gc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/infinitecatalog.bsky.social/post/3li3o3k27rk2wDoing royalties and listening to Little Simz as usual13 Feb 2025 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:lhvpdmvtxoxd2hxk2pki6soa/app.bsky.feed.post/3li3o3k27rk2w