Results for "Music Industry"

Red Cat Publicity - Five Years and Running Strong

January 21, 2010

Here we are in January 2010 celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Red Cat Publicity! Part of that celebration is starting this blog so I can keep you, and myself, up to date on what will be happening in the realm of Red Cat over the next few years, and what's happening now in the life of ...

Don't Confuse the "Music Industry" with the "Record Industry"

January 20, 2010

"The term 'music industry' is a misnomer. In reality the 'music industry' is not one industry, it is several independent industries. This is an important distinction because if we say that there is a “crisis in the music industry" it suggests an equal amount of misfortune for everyone (musicians, the recording industry, the live-music industry, Internet ...

Study Suggest That You Need Label Help to Cross Music's "Obscurity Line"

January 20, 2010

"In 2008 there were 1500 releases that sold over 10,000 album units. Out of that there were only 227 of them that were artists that had broken 10,000 for the first time. So in the whole year only 227 of the artists were artists that had broken what we call the “obscurity line." When ...

Brian Eno: "Recorded Music Equals Whale Blubber"

January 20, 2010

"I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky. There is no reason why anyone should have made so much money from selling records except that everything was right for this period of time..." “It was a bit like if you had ...

Selling Sex: The "Other" Shiny Plastic Disc Business

January 20, 2010

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor These days, it's becoming clearer that the record industry's plight in the digital age hasn't happened in a vacuum - that, in all actuality, its troubles aren't that unique at all. Many industries in fact, particularly those whose content can be turned into zeros and ones, are finding themselves struggling to ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Has a Dream for Jazz

January 18, 2010

Today we celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. King displayed a deep appreciation for jazz and understood its symbolic role in the struggle for civil rights. In honor of his memory, allow me to share one of my favorite jazz-related quotes, courtesy of Dr. King: Now, jazz is exported to the ...

When Will Digital Music Sales Surpass CD's?

January 18, 2010

Picture of Elvis and Nixon is Worth a Thousand Words

January 16, 2010

Behind the famous photo is a little-known story of an unlikely meeting in which the king of rock 'n' roll had his wish granted by the president. The National Archives is like a safe-deposit box for America's really important papers -- the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the $7.2-million canceled check for the purchase ...

Jazz Masters Honored

January 16, 2010

Wednesday night, the 2010 NEA Jazz Master awards went to pianists Kenny Barron, Cedar Walton and Muhal Richard Abrams; arranger, composer and band leader Bill Holman; saxophonist and flutist Yusef Lateef; vibrahaphonist Bobby Hutcherson; singer Annie Ross (pictured at the ceremony); and record producer George Avakian. They received their medals and checks in a National Endowment ...

A List of Income Streams for Musicians

January 15, 2010

This guest post by David Sherbow looks at potential artist revenue streams. David is the CEO ofLiveMusicMachine.com and blogs MusicBizGuy Speaks. The artist music business model has been in flux for years. The record deal dream that most artists sought is no longer the viable alternative that it once was. The leveling of the ...