How Sentric Music has built up over a decade to offer songwriters a different route to success
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Category archives: Interviews
ReverbNation’s Simon Perry On Identifying A Curating Talent [INTERVIEW]
In this interview Rick Goetz discusses his work as the Chief Creative Officer and head of A&R at ReverbNation, an online connection and career development source for over four million bands and artists around the world. _________________________ Guest post by Rick Goetz of Music Consultant Simon Perry is the Chief…
Is the global sync market set to explode for indie labels and unsigned artists?
Will some of the billions spent by Netflix and Amazon on content make its way to emerging acts?The post Is the global sync market set to explode for indie labels and unsigned artists? appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.
Sleater-Kinney’s Janet Weiss: The Gear and Tech That Keep Her Going
In this interview we hear from Janet, drummer, backup singer, co-songwriter, and setlist maker for a variety of different bands, most notably Sleater-Kinney and Quasi about her preferences for hardware, software, and setup. _____________________________ Janet Weiss from CASH Music’s WATT Who are you, and what do you do? I’m Janet…
How A Christian Rock Star Started A Six-Figure Music Business Online [INTERVIEW]
In this interview Chris Greenwood, aka Manafest, talks about how was able to build a six-figure online business as a Christian rock star thanks to magic of online sales and passive income. _____________________________ Guest post by Jeff Rose from Forbes As someone who has earned over $1 million dollars blogging,…
‘We don’t keep the lights on here if we don’t develop new artists’
RCA Records leaders Tom Corson and Peter Edge discuss Doug Morris, charts and radio, and who’s set to make the next big splash in streaming
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Hand Drawn Pressing Brings New Technology To Vinyl Records
A new record pressing plant out of North Texas, Hand Drawn Pressing is just getting started, but have plans to churn out almost two million records by the end of the year. Here two of the company’s top executives weigh in on the logic of opening a vinyl company in…
‘If the livelihood of songwriters is threatened, the music industry as a whole is threatened’
Reservoir’s Golnar Khosrowshahi talks A&R and the publishing landscape
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Rudy Sarzo On Being A Hired Gun [INTERVIEW]
A professional recording and performing artist Rudy Sarzo has had a lengthy career of performing across the world with Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Dio and others. Here he reflects on the many changes that have taken place in the music industry and offers advice to other performers in the business….
James McMurtry On State of Texas, State Of The Music Business Plus The Digital Tip Jar [INTERVIEW]
In this interview Brad Auerbach speaking with singer-songwriter and proud Austin resident James McMurtry about the rapid evolution of the music industry, and his thoughts on digital "tip jar" and artistic philanthropy in general. ______________________ Guest post by Brad Auerbach on Forbes James McMurtry is one of America’s songwriting treasures….