Videos

By admin • February 8th, 2010

latimesblogs.latimes

The Times is exploring how the Internet and social media are reshaping the recording industry in an occasional series of stories called “Broken Record.” Here’s a link to the first story by pop culture writer Geoff Boucher. Geoff explains the idea behind the series in this video:

topspinmedia

I was honored and excited to present on the topic of Managing, Measuring, and Marketing with Data for the MidemNet Academy last week in Cannes, France. I crafted the presentation to be more of an educational tool, which shares data from our Topspin direct to fan marketing campaigns and related best practices. There are links [...]

nahright

Quiet as kept, Swizz Beats sampled Justice’ monster “D.A.N.C.E.” record for Jay-Z’s “On To The Next One” off Blueprint 3. If you don’t remember the words “on to the next one” being mentioned on the Justice song, it’s because Swizz chopped up the words “under the spotlight” and looped it for the chorus. Either way, [...]

genyrockstars

This is a follow up video on outsourcing in the music business as an indie (or even major label) artist. After we shot the video, we received a ton of comments, ideas, concerns and a little resistance from the outsourcing subject (Bruce from Hypebot also posted the video and there were some good comments there [...]

futureofmusicbook

Learn from Grammy award winning producers like David Kershenbaum and Phil Ramone and leading publishers, A&R reps and music supervisors on the secrets of being a successful musician, producer or songwriter. MPN is my latest project and an online service for songwriters, music producers and independent music publishers. MPN provides online music business lessons, exclusive [...]

dimewars

John Austin IV (born September 26, 1973, in Carson, California),[1] better known by his stage name Ras Kass, is an American rapper. He is also a part of hip hop supergroup The HRSMN along with: Canibus, Killah Priest, and Kurupt. Ras Kass sent waves through the hip-hop world with his debut independent single release “Remain [...]

antimusic

(Slash) Ernie Ball has recently partnered with longtime endorsee Slash, to provide the once in a lifetime opportunity for over 20 guitarists to attend a private masterclass with Slash in Hollywood, CA.
Hidden inside select packs of Ernie Ball electric guitar string sets are 5 different colored picks - Gold, Silver, Red, Black, and White. Each [...]

Thisis50

Artist and über-producer Pharrell Williams took to the stage at MidemNet, in Cannes, FRANCE today, for an interview conducted by Cornerstone co-CEO Rob Stone.
The topics: how artists can engage their fans in the digital era, and the potential of musicians and brands joining forces. To paraphrase the N.E.R.D. song: you can’t be him, he’s a [...]

CinematicTV

We were shooting the Smoke DZA X CurT@!n$ song “Smoke N Dope” off Substance Abuse yesterday & CurT@!n$ had some shit on his mind, what he had to say was pretty powerful - shipes

youtube

Meet Bertie Big Balls, the A & R guy ! A tongue in cheek account of my experience in the music industry :o)
Streetlife DJs “The Ghetto Groove” out on the 1st Feb 2010 via Beatport. With heavyweight remixes from Lee Mortimer and Tobias Doppelganger.

Thisis50

She goes in depth of her book ‘Put Your Dreams First’. Thembisa talks about working with artist like 50 Cent, Wyclef, Busta Rhymes, Beyonce, Scarface, Alicia Keys and many more celebrities. She takes you back to when she first started and how she went in the music business. She gives advise to people who want [...]

indianasnewscenter

With Digital downloads dominating the music landscape, it’s surprising to learn that vinyl record sales were up 33% in 2009. At it’s peak, The Wooden Nickel Music Shop In Fort Wayne had 5 locations.
Although the Wooden Nickel is down to three stores, Owner Bob Roets is giving vinyl a pressing endorsement for saving his worst [...]

YOUTUBE

Producer Drumma Boy talks about the importance of utilizing personal relationships with artists when looking to land track placements.
The more people that you actually know, you can walk your product right in the door.

genyrockstars

Being a musician in today’s economy is not an easy task to tackle. You know everything you need to do and that list never seems to get smaller, only longer. Here is one of the secrets of business that took me a long time to realize - you need to play to your strengths and [...]

Dimewars

Can you own a sound?
“…an amazing documentary on the history of sampling” -Rob Sheffield.
Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone
USA Today calls Copyright Criminals
“…a compelling and insightful
documentary illuminating both sides
of a hotly debated issue.”

YOUTUBE

Bill Adler discusses the building of artists as a brand and extending their careers through development of identity and teaching them how to conduct interviews. Bill Adler is the former director of publicity for Def Jam Recordings and Rush Artist Management, where he promoted the careers of hip-hop legends Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, Public [...]

Dimewars

Patrick Douthit (born January 15, 1975 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina),[1] better known as 9th Wonder is a hip hop producer from Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.. He began his career as the main producer for the hip hop group Little Brother, and has also worked with Nas, Mary J. Blige, Jean Grae, Wale, Jay-Z, MURS, Buckshot, [...]

vladtv

Anthony Ryan Leslie (born September 25, 1978, in Washington, D.C.) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, entrepreneur, and singer. Founder of the media company NextSelection Lifestyle Group, Leslie has produced singles for a number of artists in a variety of genres ranging from R&B/Hip-Hop to Pop to Gospel. From 2005–2006 he had his most [...]

youtube

Earlier this month, Susan Boyle’s album, I Dreamed A Dream became the third highest selling debut. In seven days, the LP sold 701,000 copies. Currently, 50 Cent holds the crown for moving 827,000 duplicates of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ his rookie year. Back in ‘93, Snoop Dogg set the tone by scanning 803,000 units [...]

YOUTUBE

Satwaves is honored to announce that we will be conducting a live interview with musicFIRST Communications Director Martin Machowsky on the Satwaves Radio show tonight, Wednesday, December 23rd @ 9PM EST. With the holidays upon us, this is the time that people really have to reflect on what they have — and what they [...]

BLIPTV

Warner Music Group Chairman conversed with The Source and gave his thoughts on the music business and artist development.
Lyor Cohen is the North American Chairman and CEO of Recorded Music for Warner Music Group (WMG). He has been a pioneer in the development of hip hop music and influential in the development of hip hop [...]

npr

How has technology changed the relationship between musicians and their fans? While major record labels still struggle to grasp the power of the MP3, artists, including Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes, have embraced and even found creative solutions around file-sharing.

Dave Kusek
Berkleemusic

“Whatever you need to do in the music industry today, Berkleemusic is going to teach you what you need to know in order to have a successful career,” says Dave Kusek, co-author of The Future of Music book and instructor of the online course.
Dave Kusek Berkleemusic offers over two dozen forward-thinking online music [...]

npr

How has technology changed the relationship between musicians and their fans? While major record labels still struggle to grasp the power of the MP3, artists, including Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes, have embraced and even found creative solutions around file-sharing.

blog.artistshousemusic

It’s more important than ever that you understand what tools you have at your disposal and why they are essential to your career. Part of the indie revolution is putting the data in the hands of the artist. There are many ways that you can lose control of this data by ‘giving’ it to someone [...]

idolator

Don’t let the clever disguise fool you—that is indeed American Idol’s Allison Iraheta in a New York taxi cab, on her way to a Best Buy for the purpose of purchasing her own CD incognito (and just maybe aiming for some YouTube views). Guess she read about the expected sales of her debut album and [...]

musformation

DA (of Chester French) sold 65 CDs outside of the Lady GaGa show. Chester French is an American indie pop band consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter Andrew “D.A.” Wallach and multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Maxwell Drummey. They met as college students at Harvard University, naming their band after sculptor Daniel Chester French, who designed the [...]

mediabistro

As the music industry continues to experience a dramatic paradigm shift and a loss of profit, artists themselves are seeking more fruitful means of surival: namely music licensing. It’s not a new strategy of course, with artists like Moby having paved the way for the current crop of acts to get real paid via commercial, [...]

blog.adsdevshop

Greg Rollett is a cool Orlando local that is passionate about helping bands connect with and grow their fan base using social media and marketing. You can find him helping bands on Gen-Y Rock Stars, Lifestyle Design and Marketing, the Rock Star Business Series, and of course, Twitter.
http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2009/11/23/learn-music-marketing-with-greg-rollett/

berkleemusic

Topspin is a technology and data-driven, direct-to-fan marketing, management and distribution platform that is uniquely positioned to take advantage of this sea change in music marketing by providing musicians, bands and managers with a complete suite of tools to connect directly with their fans to market, promote, and sell their music online. In Berkleemusic’s new [...]

gearwire

We’re often lead to believe that the implements in our studio — our gear, as it were — were the most important part of our sound. Of course, deep down, we know that not the biggest issue. Unfortunately, when it comes to who’s got superior sonics, the elephant in the room tends to be the [...]

nypost
Jermaine Dupri went on Fox Business News to talk blogging and the music business. Thanks to direct access to his fans and their feedback, JD claims it has saved him money on what’s hot and what’s next….

expert village

Learn how to cold call venues to get a rock gig in this free video clip on how to book a rock show.
Expert: David Jackel
Bio: David Jackel has been working in film and video since 2002. He got his start with reality television and then moved on to commercial video. Jackel has shot and [...]

youtube

It seems like the President of Atlantic Records agrees with my sentiments. B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray is coming this April! Julie kills all the rumors and tells everyone that B.o.B is going to the top!

blog.bandcamp

Once more into the Bandcamp mailbag:
“I like your service but want to add some physical copies, and it would be really nice to use your interface to sell these items so I don’t have two different payment UIs (I worry my customers may be nervous about that). Obviously I would ship the items myself.”
“Does Bandcamp [...]

Erik Hawkins
erikhawkins.berkleemusicblogs

Wondering how much compression you should use in the mix? Maybe you’re skeptical that compression really makes a difference? It’s a difficult effect to get a handle on and to really use effectively. It starts by being able to hear the difference between a mix that has compression and one that does not. To [...]

GuitarCenterTV

Frontman, guitarist, producer, songwriter, businessman these are some of the many hats that musician Tom DeLonge has worn throughout his dozen-plus years in the music scene, whether as the on-stage co-lead to bassist Mark Hoppus in platinum pop-punk powerhouse Blink-182 or as the sole frontman of the more experimental, alternative rock act Angels and Airwaves. [...]

Kyle Anderson
mtv
Yesterday began as a normal day for LiliAna Rose. She woke up and came to work at MTV headquarters in New York as a member of the integrated marketing team. But then she checked her RSS feed and saw something she was not expecting: Her own name.
When she’s not working at MTV, Rose is [...]

edition.cnn

When you’re on a college campus and you ask someone what they’re studying, one answer you don’t typically hear is “hip hop.” But McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, Minnsota, is the first school in the nation to offer an accredited diploma program on the study and performance of hip hop music.
For Austen [...]

Mike King
mikeking.berkleemusicblogs

If you’ve been following my blog, you might be aware that I am a fan of artists and managers A) starting off by doing what they can themselves to help market and sell their own music, and B) seeking out partnerships with companies that can help them to do more than they are able [...]

WSHH

Earl Simmons (born December 18, 1970), better known by his stage name DMX (Dark Man X) is an American entertainer who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name stands for Dog Man X, the name he used when he first started rapping in 1990. To date, his best-selling album is his 1999 [...]

youtube

Heath would often say: Talent begets Talent so when childhood friend and one of the Godfathers of Australasian Hip Hop - Nfamas of 1200 Techniques - decided to break out on his own as No Fixed Abode he didn’t need to look much further for support than his ‘boy’ of many years - the late [...]

Youtube

SETH GODIN is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change.
Godin is author of ten books that have been bestsellers around the world. His most recent titles include The Dip and Meatball Sundae. Free Prize Inside was published in early May, 2004 and All Marketers Are Liars was published in 2005. His books that have [...]