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Jul 3, 2024 · Alternative rock band Hootie & the Blowfish sold 13 million copies of their debut album Cracked Rear View, and 3 million of those sales came through Columbia House or BMG. In fact, in 1994, an estimated 15 percent of all CDs in the US were sold through a music club.
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CD clubs offered ever-shifting traps for all ages and tastes, the deadliest of which involved ordering and receiving free albums, not paying a thing, never canceling the subscription, then dropping off company radar. Once a given time passes, contract clauses spring to life, full price is charged for all free discs, a collection agency is assigned,...
To keep costs low and profit margins high, CD clubs produced their own discs to sell, some apparently of questionable sound quality. Stereophileconducted a test in 1994in which top audio engineers repeatedly listened to both club and retail releases of the same albums, and indeed, they detected inconsistencies — different compression levels, stereo...
By 2003, the unraveling had begun. In a class-action lawsuit, a U.S. District Judge dropped the hammer on CD club private defendants, for what CBS News called a “price-fixing conspiracy.” A $143 million settlement was dispensed to millions of buyers, in the form of 75% discounts on full-priced club discs…which required a membership to buy. The priv...
BMG CD club was ultimately put to sleep in 2009 by its parent Columbia House group, who then succumbed to bankruptcy in 2015. In addition to schemesters and lawsuits, several clear factors led to their downfall. One painful legal caveat involved clubs having to wait from three months to a year before being permitted to sell an artist’s new release....
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Apr 30, 2020 · BMG is opening up its myBMG app to artists across the music industry to allow them to pitch for songs from BMG songwriters. Artists can submit written briefs or even videos to BMG’s writer roster, which includes Jessie Reyez, Erika Ender, Victoria Monet, Jason Evigan, Camille Purcell and more.
Welcome to MyBMG. For our writers/clients, this web portal is the go to place to view and analyze royalty and repertoire details. It works well on tablets and mobiles, so our clients can truly have access 24/7. www.mybmg.com.
Welcome to myBMG. What's new in myBMG 3.0? What's new in myBMG 4.0? Can I download a PDF user guide? Can I download a PDF user guide for myBMG Recordings? Is there a myBMG App?
