Although a demo isn’t necessarily expected to be perfect, it’s important to make sure that any such recording is of sufficient caliber that it properly represents you as an artist, and will be taken seriously by your label, distributor, or anyone else who might hear it. __________________________ In this recent…
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A2IM Elects Four Indie Label Execs To Board Of Directors
U.S. indie label trade group A2IM has added four indie label execs to its board of directors. Stephanie Alexa (ATO), Glenn Dicker (Yep Roc Music Group), Andrew Kautz (Big Machine), and Louis Posen (Hopeless Records) are joining A2IM board for the 2016-2017 year. _____________________________________________ A2IM, the American Association of Independent…
SFX Lost $13M On Sale Of Ticketing Service Flavorus To Vivendi
I’m not sure why so many in the music industry find the dramatic demise of SFX fascinating, perhaps even fun to watch. I suspect that it has a lot to do with the fall of the music industry’s Donald Trump – the wildly arrogant, now removed CEO Robert F.X. Sillerman….
Music Attorney Ron Bienstock To Present At NAMM
Prominent music lawyer Ronald S. "Ron" Bienstock, a partner in Scarinci Hollenbeck and co-chair of both the firm’s Entertainment, Media and Sports Group, and its Intellectual Property Group, has been announced as a presenter at this year’s National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) conference. Bienstock will lead two roundtables at…
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CMT Music Awards 2016 – Full List Of Winners
Carrie Underwood was the big winner at the 2016 CMT Music Awards, taking home two trophies along with a show stopping performance. Here is a video of Underwood last night singing "Church Bells" with a full choir plus a full list of CMT Award Winners 2016: Female Video: “Smoke Break,”…
UPDATE: Spotify To Stream Radiohead "Moon Shaped Pool" 6.17, But It Almost Became Streamer’s First Windowed Release
UPDATE: Radhiohead’s latest album "A Moon Shaped Pool" will be available for streaming on Spotify starting on June 17th, the same day that the CD and vinyl versions of the album are released. But a bigger story has just been uncovered. _______________________________________________________ Spotify will begin streaming Radhiohead’s new "A Moon…
How To Go From Band To Brand
For many contemporary bands and artists, success has become closely dependent on being able to successfully build an online fanbase, to which they can then market themselves. Here we look at six tips for turning your band into a brand. _______________________ Guest Post by Ohad Bolotin, head of Wix Music…
Axl Rose Cooks Up Copyright Claim To Force Take Down Of Unflattering Fat Photo He Doesn’t Own
Not sure how broken copyright and the systems uses to police it are? Axl Rose has hired Web Sheriff to demand that sites across the web take down an unflattering photo of the then very overweight singer. There are two problems with this strategy. Rose does not own the photo…
RIAA Announces 91 Gold And Platinum Awards For May 2016 [Full List]
This May, the RIAA certified 65 Digital Single Awards and 26 Album Awards. Drake, Fetty Wap, Chrs Stapleton and Selena Gomez were among the recipients. View a full list here (pdf). Related articles Does The Reddit Revolt Foretell A Similar Uprising For The Music Industry? Full List Of MuchMusic Video…