Tye Farley has often been referred to as the "Male Olivia Pope." Tye is an advanced political and legal crisis expert who handles and fixes crises for politicians, athletes, celebrities, and average citizens. Tye's services as an advanced crisis expert/fixer have been used by the Department of Defense to handle certain military issues and law firms all over the country. Lisa and Tye speak about when you might need a "fixer," what to do in times of crisis management, and how Tye's other services of litigation communication, witness veracity, trial prep, government level investigation, and may be helpful to the lawyer and layperson in times of need.
In 2014, revenue from streaming services outpaced CD sales for the first time, according to RIAA. Billboard also recently changed its chart system to include streams.
Music streamers like Spotify, Pandora, and YouTube contributed 33 percent of total recorded music revenues in the first half of 2015, according to the report by RIAA. With this change in revenue, are sales and payments to artists, both independent and those signed to a major label affected.
Lisa interviews Tanya Bridges, a veteran music lawyer who specializes in digital performance revenues and licensing to explain how we got here and what this means to an artists bottom line today.