NARM 2011 – Artist/Producer panel
May 16, 2011NARM/A2IM Music Business Crash Course, produced by Rich Bengloff Artist/Producer panel moderated by Ted Cohen with Artist Colin Hay (Compass Records, Men at Work), Producer Mike Clink (Aerosmith, Guns & Roses, Metallica, Sarah Kelly), Garry West, co-founder of Compass Records, and DJ Nu-Mark of Jurrassic 5. This diverse panel discusses the current state of music…
Are music consumers stepping on us?
February 25, 2011From today’s Digital Music News: Are Music Consumers Stepping On Us? That was the question posed on Thursday by NPD analyst Russ Crupnick at Digital Music Forum East in Manhattan. “Consumers are flipping us the bird,” Crupnick declared while trotting through slide-after-slide of distressing data. Exhibit A? Crupnick listed a litany of concessions and pro-consumer…
Selling the DIY Dream
December 9, 2010The larger music business has always contained a smaller industry focused on selling the dream of success to independent musicians. In the Go-Go record label days, this involved access to decision makers and copious amounts of advice on making your music more “commercial”. Musicians hoped that Mr. Big would hear their amazing song, fall in…
Don’t Go For The Masses, Go Direct-To-Fan
July 22, 2010Reblog from Hypebot.com: Don’t Go For The Masses, Go Direct-To-FanAuthor: Kyle Bylin – www.hypebot.comMajor labels are mass marketing power giants; it’s what they do. Before the advent of the social web, they were the only way to reach the masses. Due to their influence on commercial radio stations, big-box retail outlets, and television, much of this…