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News: Career

RIAA Chief Mitch Bainwol Officially Hits the Exit Door...

August 9, 2011

The majors probably can't afford a replacement. But that's their problem: on Monday, RIAA president Mitch Bainwol officially stepped down, the end of a period marked by massive industry declines, relatively little Congressional traction, modest ISP concessions, questionable legal crusades—oh, and a wildly-inflated salary. The new home for Bainwol will be the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, ...

News: Music Industry

5 Top Characteristics of Full Time Musicians

August 9, 2011

This guest post comes from Dave Cool, the Blogger In Residence at musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle. I've now been involved in the Montreal music scene in some way for 17 years, and have seen many artists and bands come and go. Now that I'm in my 30's, I'm starting to truly understand what ...

News: Festival

Robert Cray Band Replaces Gregg Allman at Bluestock

August 9, 2011

ROBERT CRAY BAND REPLACES AILING GREGG ALLMAN Bluestock is excited to announce the addition of the Robert Cray Band to the festival's inaugural lineup, following the cancellation of the upcoming Gregg Allman tour. Upon his doctor's orders, Gregg Allman is unfortunately being forced to cancel his August 26 through September 15 concert dates due to an ...

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News: Music Industry

Top New Music Industry Leaders Share Tips on Telling Your Story to Press and Fans

August 9, 2011

StoryAmp, a soon-to-launch self-marketing service for indie musicians is currently offering a free ebook, “Amplify Your Story: Getting More Press through the Art of the Pitch," as bait for future customers. It's an excellent guide to getting press and attracting fans by telling the stories of your life as a musician as well as the stories ...

News: Performance / Tour

Review: DMS at the Touhill Performing Arts Center

August 9, 2011

Much like blockbuster action films and mystery thrillers suitable for beach reading, summer tours by big-name musicians tend to be geared toward providing popular entertainment, not profound artistic statements. Such was the case with the concert by the jazz “supergroup" DMS on Sunday at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, as George Duke, Marcus Miller and former ...

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News: Recording

Anita O'Day Swings Rodgers and Hart

August 9, 2011

My favorite Anita O'Day album for Verve is Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart. Interestingly, O'Day hated it. Then again, she also disdained Billy May for a variety of reasons. And the feeling was mutual. Recorded in June 1960, the album intermingles ferocious band arrangements and tender string charts on some of the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Nick Lowe: Solo Dates

August 9, 2011

NICK LOWE CONFIRMS SOLO WEST COAST DATES TO FOLLOW TOUR WITH WILCO IN SEPTEMBER Nick Lowe has confirmed a string of solo headlining West Coast tour dates this October, including two nights at Largo in LA, in support of his new album The Old Magic out September 13 via Yep Roc. Lowe will preview the album ...

News: Interview

Interview: RootMusic CEO J Sider on Music Business Success Strategies

August 9, 2011

Last week in San Francisco, Musi2k held a Q&A session with RootMusic's CEO and Founder, J Sider. During the conversation, Sider brought up interesting anecdotal information about how he started RootMusic, the trials and tribulations he went through to get the company where it is today, and what musicians and entrepreneurs should keep in mind as they move ...

News: Video / DVD

Ian Rogers Interviews VEVO CEO Rio Caraeff on "This Week in Music" [video]

August 9, 2011

Rio Caraeff left his position of EVP at UMG's Digital Strategy arm “eLabs" to found and run VEVO. He joins Topspin CEO Ian Rogers in the “This Week In Music“ studio to talk about the business of music video and how VEVO is creating new revenue streams at a higher level than ever before. Co-Founder of ...

News: Recording

Keb Mo - The Reflection (2011)

August 9, 2011

Keb Mo isn't that kid playing the old blues on the old steel guitar anymore. Instead he often comes off on his new album The Reflection like a pillowy-smooth 1970s-era singer-songwriter—though guys like that, of course, never sounded this honey-smoked and warm. Leaving aside Keb Mo's earliest work, this shouldn't come a deep surprise. He has ...