"Created by Converge and Mutoid Man drummer Ben Koller and royalty expert and educator Dan Hegarty, the Heavy Music Collective was backed by Metallica‘s Black Squirrel Partners as the new company’s lead investor in 2023. Since then, the service has already signed a number of artists in its short existence: Metallica, Baroness, Converge, The Offspring, Greta Van Fleet, and Yngwie Malmsteen, for example.
In an Instagram reel (as transcribed by The PRP), Koller explained exactly what Heavy Music Collective is, how it can help artists ensure they’re getting paid fairly, and how laws in different regions have made it hard for artists to get everything they’re owed." (FULL STORY)