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G-Unit’s Lloyd Banks recently revealed his terms for signing a new record contract and possibly returning to Interscope.Banks said he is still willing to consider a record deal with his ex-label.
“They still got time,” Banks told radio personality Funkmaster Flex referencing Interscope Records. “They gotta drop the bag. I’m not staying [...]

billboard.biz

While it seems more and more clear that the live music business is taking a beating this summer, blogger Bob Lefsetz’ surprising claim that Live Nation has “supposedly” canceled as many as 200 shows by Creative Artists Agency acts alone cannot be confirmed at this point.
Individual shows, legs of tours, or entire tours have been [...]

guardian.co.uk

You remember how people have been telling us that musicians shouldn’t worry about their songs being spread all over file-sharing networks because the real money is to be made in touring? Especially, if memory serves, people who like getting music for free off file-sharing networks?
Turns out the real money isn’t necessarily in touring.
That’s the conclusion [...]

entertainment.timesonline.co.uk
techdirt

There’s nothing quite like watching a plane take off without you to really focus your mind on how much you want to be on it. As flight BA987 knifes off the runway, and begins its journey to Berlin, I’m watching it through a window in the departures lounge – still holding the ticket for seat [...]

press release

A study performed by a music career mentor and touring guitarist Tom Hess, uncovers several common mistakes made by musicians who are trying to build a music career. Hess says, “In addition to mentoring musicians from all over the world on how to build a successful career in the music business, I have several [...]

RIAA

Some industry observers like to suggest that efforts to address the theft of music online are somehow tantamount to efforts to maintain an “outdated business model” rather than to address forms of unfair competition based on illegal acts. The suggestion is there are ample alternative mechanisms for generating revenues from music — money from [...]

news.cnet

With music, there’s no bright line between art and commerce. Ever since the dawn of mass media, when big-band radio shows were commercially sponsored, musicians have explicitly endorsed products or allowed their songs to be used in advertisements. Fuel for that bus isn’t cheap. At the same time, there’s a notion among some musicians and [...]

Martin Atkins
knowthemusicbiz

Martin Atkins has a 30 year career in the music business that includes touring with the bands Public Image Limited, Killing Joke, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails and Pigface, owning an independent record label celebrating its 20th anniversary with over 350 releases, and is an instructor at Columbia College Chicago teaching The Business of Touring, [...]

Rachel Cheng
stateofaffairs.info

Since the dawn of the internet and file-sharing, record companies began to see major losses in their profits. With the new technology changing the world of music distribution, the actors involved have yet to adapt. So far we have seen various responses from musicians and record labels…
1. Integrating products, software, and forced paid downloading
Some [...]

“I am very happy and excited to announce that over the Christmas holidays I will be holding closed auditions for potential band members to hit the road with in 2009. If all goes well with the auditions, look for an announcement from me and Driven Music Group sometime in January of who I may have [...]

The concert business grossed just under $4 billion worldwide in 2008, the most ever for a year and up almost 13% over last year, according to Billboard magazine.
“Overall, it’s been a pretty good year for touring,” said Ray Waddell, who covers the industry for Billboard. “I’d never say it’s recession-proof, but it’s resilient.” In North [...]

I just love when I have to drive to Oxford to see Ween or Nashville to see Band of Horses or Atlanta to see Kings of Leon and even to Corinth, yes, Corinth, to see Lucero. I just love it. People like to complain about Starkville’s music scene. They say that not enough good bands [...]

The concert business has been remarkably resilient in the face of an incipient recession economy, but it’s not invincible. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost jobs who were employed when 2008 began. Many of them want to go to concerts. The industry needs them at concerts. But they have to eat, too. So now’s [...]

Developing bands must be in control of their own destiny when it comes to playing live. Yet before booking agents come onboard, they will want to know a band has a budding fan base. An act, therefore, needs to be proactive in its quest to become a professional touring unit.
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R. Kelly has won a $3.4 million award against his former tour promoter and is asking a Los Angeles judge to help him collect.
R. Kelly Touring, which represents the singer, filed court documents yesterday (Oct. 6) seeking a judge’s confirmation of the award an arbitrator granted against Georgia-based Rowe Entertainment last month.
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