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PC Magazine Snubs Back: "You Guys Are Desperate..."
Up until recently, a letter from the RIAA stirred emotions of fear, anxiety, or outrage. But these days, it provokes something closer to... pity and scorn? Even when co-signed by about a dozen other industry organizations like A2IM, NMPA, BMI, and SoundExchange. No one's getting intimidated anymore. It worries me that the music industry took this ...
BMG Buys Chrysalis, $169 Million Deal...
he glow around publishing was pricked a long time ago, though catalogs are still a much better buy than recordings. Just ask Guy Hands. In that spirit, BMG Rights Management has now announced its purchase of Chrysalis for $169 million (£107.4 million), the latest in a string of high-profile publishing acquisitions. The buyout brings a massive ...
Berklee Professor Brings Student Digital Arts Group to Havana, Cuba, for Cross-Cultural Collaborations and Performances Fusing Cutting-Edge Electronic and Traditional Elements
Neil Leonard, a professor in Berklee College of Music's Electronic Production and Design Department, will bring the Berklee Interarts Ensemble to Havana, Cuba, in December to create and perform a new work from a week-long, cross- cultural collaboration with local student musicians, composers, and dancers. The creative process and artistic research will take place in the ...
Superstar WME Agent Ari Emanuel on How to Monetize Superstar Talent in the Digital Age
This year, Julia Boorstin interviewed Ari Emanuel, the CEO of William Morris Endeavor (WME), at the Web 2.0 Summit. He shares his perspective on the state of monetizing superstar talent and how technology has shifted the range of opportunities available to them. Considering that we normally focus on smaller and midsize acts, this is a fascinating ...
$99 Media Contact Lists Puts Your Music and Art in Front of the Right Jazz Radio Stations and Reporters
Jazz reviewers and radio stations are not going to come to come knocking on your door wanting to review your music or band. You have to reach out and expose them to your music if you want to move your career forward. Smart jazz artists that want to do their own publicity need to get exposure ...
Get More Mileage out of Your Projects by Bringing Your Fans into Your World
There's a very good reason people do things like take pictures, write journals (or, these days, blogs), and collect souvenirs. We want to capture a moment in time and hold on to it, reflect on it later and possibly share it with others, make them feel like they were there. The David Crowder*Band have just released ...
Lack of Passion and Caring About Music at Majors
In an interview with the Village Voice, DJ Premier shared his thoughts on the record industry. Mainly, what has changed in it since he first came out. What Premier says isn't surprising. But it's worth sharing. Is the passion gone? I'm 44-years-old so I remember when the majors had passion and cared about music. That's gone ...
Why Dead Labels Are Fertilizer for Music Startups...
A disproportionately high number of startups fail, but music-related startups are almost statistically guaranteed to bite the dust. And frequently, death strikes because of complications related to licensing. Sure, plenty of concepts are hair-brainedSpiralfrog, BurnLounge, and iMesh among them. But others, like Pandora, have dialed intoreal consumer sweet spots. But Pandora is surviving despite ridiculous licensing ...
Paul Reed Smith Guitars welcomes Roman Miroshnichenko to the family!
PRS Guitars was founded by guitarist and luthier Paul Reed Smith in 1985. Paul Reed Smith Guitars is a leading manufacturer of high-end electric guitars. PRS guitars, originally crafted for local guitar players, have become highly prized by musicians and collectors around the world. Mr. Roman Miroshnichenko Is one of the most prominent virtuosos in Russian ...
Protecting the Present While Building the Future
Eric Garland, CEO of Big Champagne, argues that the cultural industries must protect the present without forgetting to build the future. In his interview with CNET, Garland had a number of highly insightful things to say about the future of music and movies. One of which is, You have to put at least as much energy, ...


