Tag: Los Angeles

Melboss Launches To Serve As Accelerator For Musicians Seeking To Build Careers

Melboss Co-Founders, Francisco Buendia and Filippo Tartari saw a need for an inclusive music hub and open marketplace and aim to fill that deficit with Melboss. Melboss prides itself on being an. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/23/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Acts of the Apostles, Alice Tully Hall, Ellen DeGeneres, L.A. Live, Los Angeles, music industry, Nokia, People's Choice Awards, Spotify, Taylor Swift

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Nominee Submissions Open For Personal Managers Hall of Fame

The National Conference of Personal Managers has announced that they are soliciting nominations for potential inductees into the newly established Personal Managers Hall of Fame.

Bruce Houghton on 01/21/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Boxing, Brooklyn, Cabazon, California, Colorado, Colorado Springs, El Terrible, Ghana, Ivan Redkach, Los Angeles, Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa

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BandsInTown Passes 15 Million App Downloads, 250,000 Artists

(UPDATED) BandsInTown announced today that more than 15 million music fans have downloaded its app. The company also shared that 250,000 artists now use the platform to promote their live. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/20/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ashley Hinshaw, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Disc jockey, DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love, Donald Glover, Engagement ring, Golden Globe Award, Grammy Award, Los Angeles

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Willing Nashville Label Launches

Willing Nashville, a new, full-service record label based in Nashville has launched, with launches with Angela Borchetta White serving as President & CEO. Promotion and overall operations at the label will. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/16/2015 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alberta, Artist, Calgary, Calgary Flames, Curtis Glencross, Digital distribution, Jiří Hudler, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Kings, record label

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Google Search Now Highlights Concert Info From Ticketfly, AXS, Ticketmaster and More

Google has been enhancing music related search in recent months highlighting links to tracks and videos; and a new search feature makes it much easier for fans to discover and buy. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/15/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: AdBrite, Apple Inc., Arizona Daily Star, Artist, BigChampagne, Bono, Centennial Hall, China, Google, iTunes, Live Nation Entertainment, Los Angeles, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, Ticketfly, Ticketmaster, Ticketweb, United States, YouTube

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SXSW Music Names 3rd Round Of Showcase Artists

SXSW has announced a third round of artists invited to perform at the 29th edition of the SXSW Music Festival March 17 – 22 in Austin. This brings the total. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/13/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, Aaron Neville, Alice Cooper, Assassination, bEATPORT, Benny Andersson, Los Angeles, New York City, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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6 Predictions For The Music Industry In 2015

Guest Post by Eric Neumann of Mad Genius Radio. It’s been an exciting year in music. Taylor Swift made headlines after pulling her entire catalog from Spotify, Thom Yorke released a surprise solo album. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/07/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Aaron Neville, Alice Cooper, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Times, Nashville Predators, New York City, Sonicbids, Staples Center

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15 Simple Rules for Making It in the Music Industry [Bobby Borg]

By Bobby Borg on Sonicbids Blog There are literally hundreds of tips on making it in the music business, and we all know how overwhelming that can be. If you're wondering which. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/22/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Borg (Star Trek), Costume Contest, Do it yourself, Email spam, Hal Leonard Corporation, Los Angeles, New York City, newsletter, Plan of Attack, Sonicbids

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Why My Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sales Didn’t Work

By Kosha Dillz, Independent Rapper I really wanted to make this happen for myself and participate in the extravaganza. All the people and acts from big labels are garnering all their fans to. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/04/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: AT&T, Facebook, Haaretz, Hip hop music, Islamic state, Israel, Jews, Kosha Dillz, Los Angeles, Rapping

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6 Ways To Kill Your Music Career

By Bobby Borg on Sonicbids Blog Most artists spend months writing, recording, and finalizing their songs, merch, and live performances for the marketplace, only to make repeated mistakes when it comes to promoting themselves. Don't let this be you. Here are six career-killing. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/03/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon Kindle, Borg (Star Trek), Costume Contest, Do it yourself, Email spam, Facebook, Hal Leonard Corporation, Los Angeles, Merriam-Webster, Plan of Attack

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The Rap Industry Needs SMS Marketing

By Max Porter at CallFire. With less than 10 percent of Facebook posts, and possibly less tweets, ever viewed, text messages have an open rate estimated at 98 percent and 90 percent texts are read. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/12/2014 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Chicago, Chief Keef, Facebook, Finally Rich, Interscope Records, Los Angeles, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Rapping, social media, Twitter

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